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Zach

@zcnem.bsky.social

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coastal hazards & watershed health, Philly-based, mostly thinking about trash, rust belt offspring, views = mine, he/him

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Zach @zcnem.bsky.social · Nov 16

Hi folks! I do outreach around coastal and watershed topics in the Philly area - anywhere from vernal pools to the Delaware River coast! I’m also into music, art, writing, food, bikes, travel, and beer! Excited to make connections on here👋

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Zach @zcnem.bsky.social · 3d

went on a drive yesterday through coastal bucks county and stumbled upon this

Tall structure possibly water tower with different species of fish drawn on it

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Wisconsin Sea Grant @uwiscseagrant.bsky.social · 13d

There's more to fish than the fillet, and we need your ideas on how to use it! Submit your suggestions to the 100% Wisconsin Fish contest for a chance to win a #GreatLakes prize pack.

Contest closes Oct. 24.

https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/submit-your-ideas-to-the-100-wisconsin-fish-contest/

An image with a whitefish with the message, "Think beyond the fillet"

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Dan Akin (He/Him) @dandiru.bsky.social · 14d

New sucker just dropped -

Description of the Apalachicola Redhorse (Catostomidae: Moxostoma ) | Zootaxa share.google/ixQSEQq1DX3p...

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 13d

#FoodieFriday We're celebrating Soup Season with a line-up of wonderful seafood-forward soups and chowders! This week, a walleye chowder that pairs freshwater and marine seafoods for a belly-warming final result:

Walleye seafood chowder

Try making your own seafood stock for this cozy walleye chowder!

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Eshani Surya | PREORDER RAVISHING OUT 11.11.25 @eshanisurya.bsky.social · 13d

I absolutely loved @megiddings.bsky.social’s book LAKEWOOD and it hugely helped me figure out the way forward for writing BIPOC characters who are experiencing trauma due to strange products changing the body. This blurb means THE 🌎.

If you haven’t gone out and read Megan Giddings yet, go now!

Brown woman (me) smiling and holding up her book and LAKEWOOD by Megan Giddings. Text reads Megan’s blurb for RAVISHING: “Ravishing is an incredible accomplishment. Surya writes a heartfelt and engaged novel of ideas that examines familial love, friendship, and complicated relationships to our bodies. There’s so much to praise here, but nobody writes bodies—in sickness, in health, in love—with such empathy and care like Surya does. A brilliant debut.”

Photo of RAVISHING and LAKEWOOD on a blue chair with a Tucson desert inspired pillow behind them

Quote card for the blurb reading “nobody writes bodies in sickness, in health, in love with such empathy and care like Surya does”

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John P. Friel, Ph.D. @friel.bsky.social · 13d

Wake up, babe, a new species of Redhorse just dropped. Meet the Apalachicola Redhorse (Moxostoma antelunare), which is found throughout the Apalachicola River Drainage as well as Enconfina Creek in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. 🐟🧪

www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...

Live picture of Moxoostoma antelunare, Apalachicola Redhorse by David Werneke.

The distribution of Moxoostoma antelunare, Apalachicola Redhorse.

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 15d

The lowly muskrat could be an unexpected ally in the push against aquatic invasive plants:

New tool in fight against Great Lakes invasive species: muskrats - Bridge Michigan

In the battle against invasive species, the common muskrat may be an unsung hero. A new study done in the UP by scientists from the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Loyola University and…

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Albert Ruhí @albertruhi.bsky.social · 18d

Does tidal marsh #restoration "work", if the goal is bringing back key species AND the trophic interactions that support them? A thousand stable isotope samples later, we have answers! 💯 work by PhD student Megan Pagliaro:
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #SanFrancisco #BayDelta

Does tidal marsh restoration lead to the recovery of trophic pathways that support estuarine fishes?

Evaluation of tidal marsh restoration success is typically based on the recovery of habitat size and target species. However, food-web structure may provide valuable insight into ecosystem functionin...

esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Eshani Surya | PREORDER RAVISHING OUT 11.11.25 @eshanisurya.bsky.social · 17d

RAVISHING comes out in less than a month and all I can do is hope she finds the readers she’s dedicated to 💗💗

My book RAVISHING next to a cup of coffee

The inside of my book (dedication page). It reads “for all the sick girls”

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Zach @zcnem.bsky.social · 22d

In the meantime, check out the band All Else Failed especially if you are a fan of Title Fight: open.spotify.com/album/7BVRUs...

This Never Happened

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Zach @zcnem.bsky.social · 22d

Currently, compiling a Spotify playlist of bands listed on the site - stay tuned

Zach @zcnem.bsky.social · 22d

Non-work related but found this site archiving the West Chester (PA) punk scene: westchesterrockcity.com

Welcome to West Chester Rock City

West Chester Rock City was a time in the 90's when there was an awesome music scene in a quiet-ish little town outside Philadelphia, PA

westchesterrockcity.com

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Zach @zcnem.bsky.social · Sep 26

oFISHcial YouTube channel is now up

m.youtube.com/@creekcosmos

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Zach @zcnem.bsky.social · Sep 19

Happy fish Friday! YouTube channel coming soon🐟

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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 23d

New episode of the Teach Me About the Great Lakes podcast is out! I joined a couple other invasive species folks to talk about the new-ish aquatic invasive species in the #GreatLakes region we think people should know about www.teachmeaboutthegreatlakes.com/113

Teach Me About the Great Lakes | Spoiler Alert: This is Not Fine

What are the aquatic invasive species that Great Lakes experts wish you knew more about? Megan and Carolyn discuss with TMATGL all-stars El Lower, Katie O'Reilly, and Brian Roth.Links:Past episodes...

www.teachmeaboutthegreatlakes.com

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Zach @zcnem.bsky.social · Sep 26

oFISHcial YouTube channel is now up

m.youtube.com/@creekcosmos

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Zach @zcnem.bsky.social · Sep 19

Happy fish Friday! YouTube channel coming soon🐟

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Zach @zcnem.bsky.social · Sep 26

You know you’ve been at Sea Grant long enough when someone introduces you as, “this is Zach, he herds cats”🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛

Zach @zcnem.bsky.social · Sep 23

Delaware River crab, anyone?

Blue crab carapace and claw held in human hand with Delaware River in background

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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · Sep 22

Come join us at @ilinseagrant.bsky.social! We're hiring a Research & Reporting Administrator to manage the program's ~$400,000 per year competitive research portfolio of #GreatLakes science; the position will be based at Purdue University
careers.purdue.edu/job/Research...

A photograph of a rain garden with overlaid text reading "Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant - Now Hiring!"

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Zach @zcnem.bsky.social · Sep 19

Happy fish Friday! YouTube channel coming soon🐟

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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · Sep 18

#GreatLakes whitefish (Atikameg) - a once-abundant and culturally important staple of the region - is in trouble. Faced with lakes transformed by invasive zebra and quagga mussels, some are proposing "pond rescue" as a potential way to save the species from collapse bridgemi.com/michigan-env...

Time running out for Great Lakes whitefish. Can ponds become their Noah’s Ark? - Bridge Michigan

On the brink of collapse in Lakes Michigan and Huron, whitefish need a miracle. Now, some want to relocate fish en masse to inland waters to preserve dying bloodlines.

bridgemi.com

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Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · Sep 17

BIG Bigmouth Buffalo fish! These native freshwater planktivores can live for over 100 years!

We caught, fin-clipped, released several during yesterday’s @garlab.bsky.social native fishes survey!

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Zach @zcnem.bsky.social · Sep 10

Golden rainbow

Zach @zcnem.bsky.social · Sep 10

hatchery tours near State College🐟

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Li Li 李黎 @lireactivewater.bsky.social · Sep 9

Upcoming #WARR talks on water chemistry + pollution in substantially modified urban streams flowing through densely populated landscapes

Drs. Elizabeth Herndon + Anne Jefferson @annejefferson.bsky.social

REgister: psu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

@waterbarnes.bsky.social @devonkerins.bsky.social

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Zach @zcnem.bsky.social · Sep 4

They are so cool! Maybe there is a way to get into both.