Elizabeth Pansing, PhD
@epansing.bsky.social
Literal 🌲 hugger, forest ecologist, pyromantic, quant. Developing water nerd. Director, forest and restoration science @AmericanForests. Opinions my own.
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👋 @bsky.app! I’m the director of forest and restoration science @americanforests.bsky.social. I work at the intersection of research, planning, and forest management to turn research into action. I create tools and strategies that foster wildfire- and climate- #resilient #forests. 🌲
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Please see our new paper just published in Global Change Biology: “Intensifying fire season aridity portends ongoing expansion of severe wildfire in western US forests”. 🧪🌍🔥
Please see our new paper just published in Global Change Biology: “Intensifying fire season aridity portends ongoing expansion of severe wildfire in western US forests”. 🧪🌍🔥
Intensifying Fire Season Aridity Portends Ongoing Expansion of Severe Wildfire in Western US Forests
Area burned by wildfire has increased in western US forests over recent decades. However, high-severity fire—fire that kills all or most trees—is also an important metric of fire activity given its d...
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August 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Please see our new paper just published in Global Change Biology: “Intensifying fire season aridity portends ongoing expansion of severe wildfire in western US forests”. 🧪🌍🔥
Please see our new paper just published in Global Change Biology: “Intensifying fire season aridity portends ongoing expansion of severe wildfire in western US forests”. 🧪🌍🔥
Excited to be a part of this year's Climate Week NYC!
@planscape.bsky.social and @americanforests.bsky.social will be chatting post-fire reforestation at Doris Duke's Treehouse with amazing speakers from @nature.org, @moorefound.bsky.social, and more!
@planscape.bsky.social and @americanforests.bsky.social will be chatting post-fire reforestation at Doris Duke's Treehouse with amazing speakers from @nature.org, @moorefound.bsky.social, and more!
September 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Excited to be a part of this year's Climate Week NYC!
@planscape.bsky.social and @americanforests.bsky.social will be chatting post-fire reforestation at Doris Duke's Treehouse with amazing speakers from @nature.org, @moorefound.bsky.social, and more!
@planscape.bsky.social and @americanforests.bsky.social will be chatting post-fire reforestation at Doris Duke's Treehouse with amazing speakers from @nature.org, @moorefound.bsky.social, and more!
@americanforests.bsky.social is #hiring multiple positions to support post🔥 reforestation 🌲 on USFS lands. Come work with a really great team doing amazing work. Reach out if you have questions!
www.americanforests.org/job-opportun...
www.americanforests.org/job-opportun...
Job Opportunities - American Forests
The movement to create healthy forests is growing daily as more people recognize the role of trees in slowing climate change and advancing social equity. Be a part of it.
www.americanforests.org
September 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
@americanforests.bsky.social is #hiring multiple positions to support post🔥 reforestation 🌲 on USFS lands. Come work with a really great team doing amazing work. Reach out if you have questions!
www.americanforests.org/job-opportun...
www.americanforests.org/job-opportun...
Come work with me! We’re hiring an ecologist who will be working with Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks to support whitebark pine conservation and restoration. Please share!
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Recruitment
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July 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Come work with me! We’re hiring an ecologist who will be working with Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks to support whitebark pine conservation and restoration. Please share!
workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
Larimer County Conservation Corps is looking for a crew to support post-fire reforestation efforts across Northern Colorado. Please share! Learn more:
www.governmentjobs.com/careers/cola...
#jobs #reforestation #wildfire
www.governmentjobs.com/careers/cola...
#jobs #reforestation #wildfire
Reforestation - Individual Site Placement
The Larimer County Conservation Corps (LCCC) offers positions to young adults to spend a season serving on meaningful conservation projects throughout the Front Range of Colorado. The LCCC is based in...
www.governmentjobs.com
May 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Larimer County Conservation Corps is looking for a crew to support post-fire reforestation efforts across Northern Colorado. Please share! Learn more:
www.governmentjobs.com/careers/cola...
#jobs #reforestation #wildfire
www.governmentjobs.com/careers/cola...
#jobs #reforestation #wildfire
Reposted by Elizabeth Pansing, PhD
It’s Forester Friday, looking at root disease impacts and treatment in western WA Douglas-fir stands.
May 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It’s Forester Friday, looking at root disease impacts and treatment in western WA Douglas-fir stands.
Reposted by Elizabeth Pansing, PhD
The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants.
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
www.spencer.org
May 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants.
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
Reposted by Elizabeth Pansing, PhD
Well, it's official. We just received notice that all authors on the Sixth National Climate Assessment have just been released from their roles.
The NCA is a vital, Congressionally mandated resource for our nation as we prepare for the impacts of climate change. This is a huge loss.
The NCA is a vital, Congressionally mandated resource for our nation as we prepare for the impacts of climate change. This is a huge loss.
April 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Well, it's official. We just received notice that all authors on the Sixth National Climate Assessment have just been released from their roles.
The NCA is a vital, Congressionally mandated resource for our nation as we prepare for the impacts of climate change. This is a huge loss.
The NCA is a vital, Congressionally mandated resource for our nation as we prepare for the impacts of climate change. This is a huge loss.
Signs of spring in the high country! ❤️
April 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Signs of spring in the high country! ❤️
Colorado State Forest Service is hiring a nursery manager. Please share widely!
jobs.colostate.edu/postings/159...
jobs.colostate.edu/postings/159...
Nursery Manager
Under the direct supervision of the Associate Director of Forest Planning and Implementation, this position is responsible for planning, directing, and coordinating all activities related to a forest ...
jobs.colostate.edu
April 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Colorado State Forest Service is hiring a nursery manager. Please share widely!
jobs.colostate.edu/postings/159...
jobs.colostate.edu/postings/159...
First round of the storm for the central Colorado mountains cleared up overnight. Couldn't be prettier. 117% of median for the Blue River watershed isn't a bad start!
November 25, 2024 at 5:29 PM
First round of the storm for the central Colorado mountains cleared up overnight. Couldn't be prettier. 117% of median for the Blue River watershed isn't a bad start!
@americanforests.bsky.social ‘s resilient reforestation work in SC Oregon was featured on CBS last night! I had the honor of co-creating an integrated post-🔥 resilience strategy for the region, released last year. AMAZING to see increased capacity to support climate informed reforestation! (1/4) 🌲
How collecting pine cones is helping regenerate Oregon forests destroyed by wildfires
Conservationists are teaming up with the U.S. Forest Service and logging companies to clear scorched land and make room for new reforestation projects.
www.cbsnews.com
November 23, 2024 at 3:05 AM
@americanforests.bsky.social ‘s resilient reforestation work in SC Oregon was featured on CBS last night! I had the honor of co-creating an integrated post-🔥 resilience strategy for the region, released last year. AMAZING to see increased capacity to support climate informed reforestation! (1/4) 🌲
👋 @bsky.app! I’m the director of forest and restoration science @americanforests.bsky.social. I work at the intersection of research, planning, and forest management to turn research into action. I create tools and strategies that foster wildfire- and climate- #resilient #forests. 🌲
November 22, 2024 at 9:29 PM
👋 @bsky.app! I’m the director of forest and restoration science @americanforests.bsky.social. I work at the intersection of research, planning, and forest management to turn research into action. I create tools and strategies that foster wildfire- and climate- #resilient #forests. 🌲