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Adam Ford
@adamtford.bsky.social
Canada Research Chair in Wildlife Restoration Ecology, Department of Biology, University of British Columbia
#WiRELab
Syilx Territory & Kelowna, BC
atford.weebly.com
Thanks to Bart at the Oceola Fish and Game Club for hosting Mitch Brunet and I last night as we updated stakeholders on current deer research happening in the #WiRELab, in partnership with:
@bcwf.bsky.social @hctfbc.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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We're #hiring a Manager of Operations! Respect and collaboration are integral to our work: if you have a track record of successfully building multi-stakeholder biodiversity research and monitoring programs, consider joining our team!

Full details, including compensation, are available below 🔽
November 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Ive never heard one of our papers described as 'beautiful' before, but here it is, referring to Kamaru et al 2024 [DOI: 10.1126/science.adg1464]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJxe...
Deadly Serious Games: The 212th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying
YouTube video by Bret Weinstein
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Our 2020 essay on human–wildlife coexistence led by @hjkoenig.bsky.social has become a key reference in the global debate on how people and wildlife share landscapes.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
"...but wait until they get to the playoffs."

source:
higheredstrategy.com/scholarly-ou...
November 18, 2025 at 4:10 AM
its still a headline eh
November 4, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Reposted by Adam Ford
Recent #cougar sightings have seen a temporary trail closure in Garibaldi Provincial Park.

@ubcokanagan.bsky.social‬ PhD student Siobhan Darlington discusses cougar behaviour with @vancouversun.bsky.social vancouversun.com/news/cougars...
June 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
happy harvest moon from Kelowna,BC ,Canada +
October 7, 2025 at 2:38 AM
It was a bluebird day.
October 3, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Please enjoy yesterdays trailcam image of this omnivorous void.
September 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Enjoy this live feed of the supplemental feeding station for the Kennedy Siding caribou herd in British Columbia, Canada: mlibwildlife.ca/live-cam/

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September 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I thought I knew, but i really didn't know, what laughter was until I sat with a 7 year old watching Tom and Jerry for the first time.
tom from tom and jerry is wearing a hat and dancing in a doorway .
ALT: tom from tom and jerry is wearing a hat and dancing in a doorway .
media.tenor.com
September 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Please enjoy our synthesis on apparent competition in African savannas: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
In African savannas, are donor and trophic control of ungulate prey coupled by apparent competition?
ecoevorxiv.org
September 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A cool TedEd animation of our @aaas.org Science paper on ants-tree cover-predation: ed.ted.com/lessons/can-...
Can you figure out the savanna mystery? - Cella Wright
In the early 2000s, one of the world’s most widespread invasive species landed in Kenya’s Laikipia Plateau: big-headed ants. They expanded rapidly into super-colonies, preying on other insects, spider...
ed.ted.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Just a reminder that the greatest music video ever made from 🇨🇦 CANADA 🇨🇦 was the "Darkest One" by the Hip. let me know what you think!

youtu.be/s_DR45Mtrsg?...
The Darkest One - In Violet Light - The Tragically Hip
YouTube video by The Tragically Hip
youtu.be
August 29, 2025 at 2:20 AM
thats a deep cut NYT. what does this mean?!?
August 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
One of our cameras recorded a single vehicle collision near a major highway. Passengers walked out a few minutes later.

#RoadEcology
August 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
People are not sticking their head in the sand on this issue.
August 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
What are you reading this summer?
August 19, 2025 at 3:03 AM
now we're doing so many peaches
August 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Remember the prescient RATM lyric for our current time? Pepperidge farms remembers:

#CodingError
August 7, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Reposted by Adam Ford
If you think a golden ballroom is more important than childhood cancer research… I have nothing left to say to you. Please unfollow me.

#pediatriccancer #cancermom
August 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM