Will Newbegin

Bird Up / EES 028 at LU

[Will Newbegin @wrn221]

Thanks to the twittersphere for an enlightening and entertaining time here. See you guys in #ees152 ???
#ees028

[Will Newbegin @wrn221]

@sarah_cedro @LehighEcology @PSUArboretumWx Wish I knew! Do love the PSU arboretum though. Great photo #ees028

[Will Newbegin @wrn221]

We discussed the “decline” of fishing since overfishing grew out of hand in the 1990s... look what happened to this abandoned fishing village after! #ees028
https://t.co/K6LxYLoMEL

[Adam Patching @APatchingEES]

Thought I'd share one of my favorite photos from my road trip last summer. @ZionNPS was hands down the most beautiful place I've ever been. It's landscape like this that makes conservation worth it. #ees028

[Sean Brown @seanpbrown221]

Rewilding is what scientists are calling the act of reconstructing past ecosystems by inserting species that would have lived there before humans existed. #ees028

[Jingyue Lu @lu_jess028]

Dad of the year! Charles Darwin had his kids count how many snail hatchlings and other mollusks are attached to the duck feet, you gotta do what you gotta do to test the New Pangea Theory!! #ees028 #6thextinction

[Jessie Brill 💚🌊☀️ @BioJessieB]

#SteveIrwin was honored w/a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Crocodile Hunter was 1 of the things that inspired me to pursue conservation biology & Steve’s always been a hero of mine. Thanks to his family & @AustraliaZoo for continuing his legacy & sharing your light. #ees028

[Jeff Gladstone @EcologyDude]

Pleistocene parks are different then Jurassic Park because instead of bringing back extinct creatures, they're bringing back existing creatures whose populations have died out in order to resuscitate ecosystems.

#iceage #ees028

[Tatiana Milner @tatianamilner98]

As small or scary as a bat may seem, they actually provide much more than a simple halloween decoration! Bats are essential to our ecosystem as they control insect populations through their diets, and even pollinate! #batsarethenewbees #ees028 #sixthextinction

[Will Newbegin @wrn221]

However, now that a section of the highway has been removed, some water should likely start flowing south again. #MakeTheEvergladesGreatAgain #ees028

[Will Newbegin @wrn221]

The effects of Highway 41’s construction in the Everglades are a microcosm of what damming major waterways can do — particularly to wetlands #ees028

[Will Newbegin @wrn221]

Compare these two photos: the left depicts what the water flow of south-running water from Lake Okeechobee should look like: the right shows what actually occurs. #ees028

[Jessie Levy @Jwl320]

Humans played a significant role in megafaunal extinction and now we are facing the ecological consequences #ees028 #rewilding

[Will Newbegin @wrn221]

Source: https://t.co/A4jGoS9pSm #ees028

[Will Newbegin @wrn221]

Military bases have a higher density of threatened/endangered species than any other federal land — including national parks! #ees028

[Will Newbegin @wrn221]

The most spent-on species by the DoD is the Red-cockaded woodpecker (Leuconotopicus borealis). #ees028

[Will Newbegin @wrn221]

@LehighEcology So tragic to see...

[Will Newbegin @wrn221]

If we can't take care of our ecosystems now, why should we try to take on more responsibility? #ees028

[Will Newbegin @wrn221]

I think there should be significant ethical concerns over species brought back to life just for aesthetics. #pleistoceneParks #rewilding #ees028