Liz Perkin

Stream ecologist researching human interactions w/ecosystems; wild, native fish & the communities they support. Tweets reflect my own opinions. She/her

[Liz Perkin @riverperkin]

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[Liz Perkin @riverperkin]

FYI: I’m migrating to #MastodonSocial. Find me as @riverperkin@mastodononline. Oh yeah, and if you care about the future of democracy in the US, vote on Tuesday (or earlier)! So long and thanks for all the fish!

[Liz Perkin @riverperkin]

A well-deserved recognition of all @travislongcore has done to advance the field of ecological light pollution research!

[Liz Perkin @riverperkin]

@Dbwagner104 After watching some German TV shows recently, I dreamed in German for the first time in years. Which was kind of cool. The dream itself? A weekly project management zoom call I run 🥱

[Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman]

Honestly, someone should take advantage of this chaos and colonize England.

[Liz Perkin @riverperkin]

@timakimoff Or will drive otherwise sympathetic people away? I support their cause, but don’t appreciate destroying one of the things that still makes life worth living. Physically block parliament, throw “oil” (vegetable) on oil execs. Destroying art is just that—more destruction

[Liz Perkin @riverperkin]

@Shaun28751521 @UPBeachBum @SolomonRDavid @MiMagaWatch I grew up in the PNW, have been watching salmon spawn my whole life & am also a fish bio. Those are clearly pre-spawn fish. https://t.co/n4EahaeSuJ

[Liz Perkin @riverperkin]

@Shaun28751521 @UPBeachBum @SolomonRDavid @MiMagaWatch The people taking that video are actual fish bios who go to that creek every year to collect data on the salmon. They know what spawned out fish look like, which apparently you don’t. Spawned out fish will generally be covered in fungus & look rotten even before they die.

[Liz Perkin @riverperkin]

@Shaun28751521 @UPBeachBum @SolomonRDavid @MiMagaWatch I know I shouldn’t take this bait, but just for anyone else who’s reading—that was PRE-spawn mortality. Meaning they died BEFORE they spawned. Due to water temperatures that were too high/dissolved oxygen levels that were too low

[Liz Perkin @riverperkin]

@timakimoff I’m extremely concerned about climate change. I also don’t understand how destroying art—a thing that adds beauty to life—is an effective way to protest government inaction on climate change.

[WWF Water 💧🐟 @WWFLeadWater]

BREAKING: Freshwater species populations have plunged by 83% on average since 1970 - the largest fall of any species group

World must prioritize freshwater biodiversity in new global framework for nature

More in new @WWF @OfficialZSL #livingplanetreport
https://t.co/PzMASstyWm

[Liz Perkin @riverperkin]

It’s the dryness in Oregon. Well, along with the fact we’re still having 80+F days in the Portland area in mid-October.

[NOAA Climate.gov @NOAAClimate]

September 2022 was the 5th warmest in the 128-yr record for the contiguous US. Out West, Nevada and Utah had their hottest September on record and California, Idaho, Wyoming and Arizona each had their second warmest September.
https://t.co/5Dkj5t4kjC

[Emaan @EmaanzT]

Who is responsible for today’s climate crisis? The developed countries who are polluting to maintain their economy and luxurious life? While the rest suffer
#Pskistan is surrounded by 2 polluting neighbors #India and #China and is paying the price of economic development

[Dr. Solomon David @SolomonRDavid]

Garfriends👍

(Longnose, Shortnose, Spotted, Florida, Alligator, and Cuban Gar)

[Secretary Pete Buttigieg @SecretaryPete]

Today, we launched a national program to fix and replace culverts currently obstructing fish passages and leaving roads vulnerable to flooding. This will bring environmental and economic benefits here in the Pacific Northwest and across America.

[Liz Perkin @riverperkin]

Nominations for first round participants: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, the entire Murdoch family, Mark Zuckerberg, Trump (not that rich, but very good entertainment value), Mike Bloomberg…the list goes on

[Liz Perkin @riverperkin]

How Squid Game should really work: take the richest, most entitled people & force them to take part. Once eliminated, their wealth is distributed to people in the bottom 50% of household wealth

[Liz Perkin @riverperkin]

@DefectorMedia Bra, followed pretty closely by waders after a long day of backpack electrofishing in the summer

[Liz Perkin @riverperkin]

@JorgeRH2O Congratulations! I'm so happy for you!

[Liz Perkin @riverperkin]

How could anyone think of this as a “trash fish”? Look at the iridescence on its cheeks! The delicate rays in its dorsal fin. Absolutely gorgeous!