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John Fodi
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Ecologist (professionally retired), active forest restorationist and steward, friend of toads, oak guy.

I try to promote a healthy planet for all life.

I am based in north-central United States (southern Michigan).
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John Fodi @j-fodi.bsky.social · Apr 11
1/7 The Ecological Restoration and Stewardship feed was created to promote the rehabilitation and care of the natural world by highlighting such efforts and providing ideas, information, and inspiration to aspiring and practicing restorationists and stewards.
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In the latest installment of Rewilding in Action, Maureen continues her chat with Hugh Wilson about forest restoration at the Hinewai Preserve on Aotearoa's Banks Peninsula. 🌰

(Aotearoa is sometimes also known as New Zealand)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cMG...
29 - Pests and Planting: Part Two with Hugh Wilson from Hinewai Reserve
YouTube video by OAR FM Dunedin
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December 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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The View from East Point

#landscape 🌿

Ice covers about half of the lake. The trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) and sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis) have fled for warmer climes. But I did see a bald eagle (Haliaetus leucocephalus) cruise by on that day.
December 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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friendlyevalley.bsky.social Friends of Lye Valley @friendlyevalley.bsky.social · 7d
It's remarkable how much #FenRestoration (and other #conservation work) comes down to the repetition of these two simple tasks. Scything and raking. Maybe not glamorous (especially the raking!), but vital to controlling rank vegetation and letting other plants thrive.
#OxfordshireFens #GreenSpaces 🌍
Roughly in the centre of the photo a man with wellies, light coloured trousers and shirt with a darker anorak is raking a large pile of cut reed down a slope towards him. In the background a large stand of reed waiting to be cut. Roughly in the centre of the photo a man facing to the left with dark trousers and wellies with a blue checked shirt is using a scythe to cut the reed in front of him. In the foreground a heap of material he has already cut, while on the left of the photo an area waiting to be cut. In the background is a mostly featureless area of short mostly greenish vegetation.
December 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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hardknottforest.bsky.social Restoring Hardknott Forest 🌎 @hardknottforest.bsky.social · 6d
It's #NationalTreeWeek and yesterday we planted 800 trees along the edges of a newly rebuilt bridleway. It'll stablise the work and create a lovely mixed corridor of woodland in years to come. Oak, aspen, alder and grey willow pegs went in.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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friendlyevalley.bsky.social Friends of Lye Valley @friendlyevalley.bsky.social · 6d
A very cold and frosty morning for our volunteers today, but at least we had sunshine!
#OxfordshireFens #FenRestoration #OX3 @judywebb.bsky.social
A landscape view down a shallow valley. Almost everything is covered with frost. Starting at the bottom right corner and snaking the full length of the valley is a boardwalk. Near bottom right a man in a hi-vis jacket and carrying a dark rucksack is walking away from the camera. At upper right and in the distance are a number of trees, some of which still have autumn coloured leaves. Low sunshine is hitting the right hand side and middle distance of the view. The sky is blue with a few low white clouds.
December 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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manxpeat.bsky.social Manx Peat Partnership @manxpeat.bsky.social · 5d
What a day for #sphagnum moss planting 😁🌿 Despite the wind, rain and mist our hardy bunch of volunteers, including His Excellency and Lady Lorimer, got stuck in and planted hundreds of sphagnum plugs. This will help to keep the peat wet and eventually start to form new peat 🤞
December 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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healrewilding.org.uk Heal Rewilding @healrewilding.org.uk · 4d
Our new mechanically created wetland restoration areas are already transforming the landscape! 🌿 Just a month after the diggers left, these beautiful wetlands are drawing in water-loving birds like redshank, teal, and even snipe - plus a flurry of dragonflies and damselflies. Rewilding in action! 🌱💧
December 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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rewildscotland.bsky.social Rewild Scotland @rewildscotland.bsky.social · 3d
Restored Woodland pond looking fab! ❤️🐸🌳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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sussexwildlife.bsky.social Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 8d
Recently our fab Adur & Worthing Hit Squad removed Sycamore dominating Cissbury Fields to make way for native tree species which will benefit local biodiversity. If you're free one Saturday morning a month, we'd love you to get involved!
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📷Jack Thompson
November 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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whittledaway.bsky.social Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 8d
I visited Abbey Wood in Killarney National Park over the weekend where a massive job of rhododendron removal has been undertaken in the last year or so with the help of Killarney Moutain Meitheal. The area is now deer fenced to allow recovery - very impressive work!
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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In my opinion, Detroit Lion Jahmyr Gibbs is the most exciting player in the NFL. Check this out.

Detroit Lions

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Jahmyr Gibbs had himself a day 😭
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November 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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The View from East Point

#landscape
November 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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"What we are witnessing is clearly contradictory not only to the heart of the Christian Gospel, but to the essence of other world religions as well".

#Catholic OpenChristian

www.ncronline.org/opinion/edit...
What is American Catholicism in this moment of political crisis?
U.S. bishops have spent untold millions to influence national politics on abortion, but their response to real terror in our streets and government-driven deprivation of basic needs has been embarrass...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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massecorestore.bsky.social Division of Ecological Restoration (DER) @massecorestore.bsky.social · 13d
Another dam down! Earlier this month, partners including The Nature Conservancy removed the Becker Pond Dam on an unnamed tributary to Schenob Brook in Mt Washington. With the dam gone, natural riverine processes are restored, improving habitat for coldwater species like Eastern brook trout
Construction equipment actively removing a concrete dam as a stream flows in the foreground.
November 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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philsturgeon.com Phil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com · 14d
Pucklechurch is getting 30 hectares of woodland!

Western Forest + Forest of Avon helping access Trees for Climate funding from Defra to plant on South Gloucestershire land.

@protect.earth is helping out! Tools, kit, and volunteers. Come play! www.protect.earth/events/treep...
Volunteers needed to help South Gloucestershire Council plant trees in Pucklechurch, Bristol — Protect Earth
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November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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hardknottforest.bsky.social Restoring Hardknott Forest 🌎 @hardknottforest.bsky.social · 13d
Decent views in the Duddon valley today. Not a bad day for our contractors felling larch for the project's timber needs. @leedsleaf.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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friendlyevalley.bsky.social Friends of Lye Valley @friendlyevalley.bsky.social · 12d
Autumn in the Lye Valley.
Our scything team have done a great job in cutting large parts of both the east and west SSSI. Lots still to do though, and we've now got a huge backlog of cut material waiting to be taken off the fen.
#OxfordshireFens #FenRestoration #OX3 🌍
A view looking south down a shallow valley. In the foreground scattered brownish cut material. Large parts of the Valley have short green vegetation, though some areas still have longer brown vegetation. On the right of the photo starting at the centre point and old Willow pollard with thin branches growing up. A brown boardwalk snakes through the centre of the Valley, while in the background are a number of trees, mostly without leaves, though a few have yellowish leaves still. The sky is grey with some darker clouds present.
November 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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somersetwildlands.bsky.social Somerset Wildlands @somersetwildlands.bsky.social · 12d
Early morning start to dig some
modest scrapes in two fields at Athelney. It might seem from our recent posts that we do loads of digging and planting, but actually this is pretty much the first thing we’ve done like this here. After this it’s back to its own thing!
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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rewildscotland.bsky.social Rewild Scotland @rewildscotland.bsky.social · 10d
Landscape scale ecological restoration. Reduce grazing and nature flourishes.

Images with permission from National Trust Scotland
Glen Derry 2011 Glen Derry 2025 with young trees in foreground.
November 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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This anti-green agenda does not seem very pro-life.

ClimateSky
#Catholic
OpenChristian

www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump’s Anti-Green Agenda Could Lead to 1.3 Million More Climate Deaths. The Poorest Countries Will Be Impacted Most.
Most of the people expected to suffer these temperature-related deaths live in poor countries in Africa and South Asia that are least prepared to cope with the increasing heat from climate change.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Aussie Wildlife Show returned from a two-year hiatus in May and is again issuing fun and informative podcasts. In this episode, the AWS crew chats with Karen Coombes about tree kangaroos (my favorite macropodids). 🌍🌿

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November 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Have you ever wondered what it is like in an Amazonian flooded forest after dark? If so, join Fabiola Alves Pedrosa and her parents as they go spear-fishing. Viewer advisory: there is graphic video of fish cleaning after about 19:00.

#amazonrainforest

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PESCA NOTURNA DE ZAGAIA NO LAGO AMANÃ/Amazonas.
YouTube video by As Ribeirinhas da Amazônia Fabiola e Fabiane.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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In the latest episode of Rewilding in Action, Maureen chats with Hugh Wilson about weed control in the Hinewai preserve on the Banks Peninsula of Aotearoa (also known as New Zealand).

🌰 🌍

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OFg...
28 - A Way with Weeds: Rewilding on Hinewai Reserve
YouTube video by OAR FM Dunedin
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November 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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J's Tune of the Day 🎧

This is one of the tunes that plays during the end credits of the film The Empty Man.

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In a Prison Built Out of Lies
YouTube video by Christopher Young - Topic
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November 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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The View from East Point

#Landscape
November 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM