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Problems with the Fix Our Forests Act

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Ross Reid, Nature Nerd @nerdyaboutnature.bsky.social · Apr 10

The Fix Our Forest Act aims to totally f**k our forests.

Take action: oregonwild.org/safeguard-ou...

It's actually planning on totally f**king our forests 😳

The Perils of Reductionist Thought

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Ross Reid, Nature Nerd @nerdyaboutnature.bsky.social · Mar 17

New think-piece now live on the Substack 🤙

open.substack.com/pub/nerdyabo...

& why thinking more wholistically is our way to a better future.

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Ross Reid, Nature Nerd @nerdyaboutnature.bsky.social · Mar 10

Blows my mind the type of silly compassionless things people find to complain about on the internet these days 🙄

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Ross Reid, Nature Nerd @nerdyaboutnature.bsky.social · Mar 10

Mmm I mean, anything in ‘nature’ is bound to be wiggly in some capacity when we try to define things, especially when you’re close to it, but regardless things have been relatively stable for about 10k years which has served humanity very nicely!

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Ross Reid, Nature Nerd @nerdyaboutnature.bsky.social · Mar 10

Plant Diversity in Japan is pretty dang incredible! But how did it come to be?

A mix of glaciation, geothermal activity, and lots of time!

#science #edu #evolution #nature

Plant Diversity in Japan

Support one another, despite our differences

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Ross Reid, Nature Nerd @nerdyaboutnature.bsky.social · Mar 6

Funny to see the BC forestry industry so terrified of the US tariffs hurting business, when they could’ve just embraced the Paradigm Shift introduced by the NDP 4+ years ago and actually been more insulated and resilient to these global shifts…but instead chose to chase short term profits. Classic 😂

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Ross Reid, Nature Nerd @nerdyaboutnature.bsky.social · Feb 23

Absolutely incredible ideas in this one, one of my faves 🙌

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Ross Reid, Nature Nerd @nerdyaboutnature.bsky.social · Feb 22

Endless growth on a finite planet is probably the stupidest idea anyone has ever had 🙄

Why can’t people / companies just stay in their lane, stay small, and give back when they are successful instead of trying ti take over the whole dang world?!

Support local, wherever you are🤙

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Ross Reid, Nature Nerd @nerdyaboutnature.bsky.social · Feb 20

A great lesson we could all take from these trees 🙏

Taking lessons from one of the most inspiring and supportive trees you've ever seen.

Always faulting others instead of reflecting on ourselves 🙄 Can't just start doing better already?

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Ross Reid, Nature Nerd @nerdyaboutnature.bsky.social · Feb 19

Drove by a McDonalds earlier and got a craving for a McFlurry and fries…but then remembered that the closest the US has ever come to a class consciousness uprising was spoiled by a McDonalds employee who ratted on Luigi, ironically, for the reward money that they weren’t even paid.
I kept driving.

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Ross Reid, Nature Nerd @nerdyaboutnature.bsky.social · Feb 17

Can we please stop getting hung up on everyone’s shortcomings and just start doing better already…?

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Ross Reid, Nature Nerd @nerdyaboutnature.bsky.social · Feb 16

Do you ever notice how much our societies have normalized complaining about others for their shortcomings as a way of avoiding or taking responsibility for our own?

#japan #hypocrisy #trash #plastic #cars #whalehunt #oldgrowthforest #logging #dobetter

The Curious Case of how the Pacific Wax Myrtle came to be where it is today.

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Ross Reid, Nature Nerd @nerdyaboutnature.bsky.social · Feb 13

The Curious Case of how the Pacific Wax Myrtle came to be where it is today…just in case you needed another reminder that us humans are active parts of these ecosystems, not apart from them 🙌

#education #nature #funfacts #thinkdifferently #pnw

Incredible Vegetative Regeneration in a Magnificent Maple

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Ross Reid, Nature Nerd @nerdyaboutnature.bsky.social · Feb 10

Maybe one of the coolest trees I've ever come across 😍

#nature #education #funfacts #inspiration

Is Outdoor Recreation a form of Resource Extraction?

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Ross Reid, Nature Nerd @nerdyaboutnature.bsky.social · Feb 9

A deep dive thought experiment into a sensitive subject in the hopes that we can all grow and push ourselves to do better.

Read the whole thing by subscribing to my substack today!

Reframing our relationship to enjoying the 'great outdoors'

Exxon is quietly planning a new $8.6 billion plastics plant in Texas

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Ross Reid, Nature Nerd @nerdyaboutnature.bsky.social · Feb 8

This follows up my last post nicely - renewables may be the future of energy, but O&G is just going to pivot and find a way to take advantage of our plastics addiction.

Is it too bad of a pun to say that they’ve got plastics on their mind…? Cuz it’s literally in all of our brains 😳

Grist @grist.org · Feb 7

Exxon is quietly planning a new $8.6 billion plastics plant in Texas.

grist.org/accountabili...

#TX #Texas #Plastic #Pollution #Climate

Exxon's proposal for a plastics factory on the Gulf Coast raises alarms for a community already dealing with pollution.

grist.org

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Ross Reid, Nature Nerd @nerdyaboutnature.bsky.social · Feb 7

Despite the oil-loving rhetoric from trump and the conservatives, the future is renewable. It’s already here in many ways!

Grist @grist.org · Feb 7

California just debunked a big myth about renewable energy.

The state went a record 98 of 116 days providing up to 10 hours of electricity with renewables alone.

grist.org/energy/calif...

#Energy #CA #California #Renewables #Solar

California just debunked a big myth about renewable energy

Are renewables reliable? A new study says California ran on renewables alone for a record number of days last year.

grist.org

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Ross Reid, Nature Nerd @nerdyaboutnature.bsky.social · Feb 5

Habitat formation for megafauna in the Coast Redwoods is pretty wild, and theres so much of it! Unfortunately, there's not much demand...because we've killed most of the megafauna 🫤

#forest #ecology #howstuffworks #bears #redwoods #america

Habitat for Megafauna in Coast Redwood Forests

Coast Redwoods store HUGE amounts of Carbon - Some of the biggest stores of carbon on our planet!

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Ross Reid, Nature Nerd @nerdyaboutnature.bsky.social · Feb 3

More carbon stored in complex forests = good
Carbon released from clear cutting forests = bad

It's simple!

Across the Pond for a Shift in Perspective

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Ross Reid, Nature Nerd @nerdyaboutnature.bsky.social · Feb 1

Trying to get in the habit of writing more in preparation for a bigger project I’m eyeing up this year; check out the substack to stay in the loop!

Reflections from a spontaneous trip to Japan

Why Coast Redwoods Evolved to have Two Different Types of Leaves

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Ross Reid, Nature Nerd @nerdyaboutnature.bsky.social · Jan 31

Coast Redwoods have two distinct types of leaves - one optimized for gathering sunlight, and one optimized for collecting moisture...but why?

#redwoods #science #education #nature #evolution

The Results of Ecological Forest Restoration in a Secondgrowth Forest

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Ross Reid, Nature Nerd @nerdyaboutnature.bsky.social · Jan 28

Let’s take a look at how ecological forest restoration can help create healthier lands and communities! 🙌🌲

#forest #restoration #ecology #nature #science #logging #education