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Michaelanne Makuch
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Native plant restoration
Dog mom of Polly Polenta the Bark Ranger
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A morning well spent - pulling invasive vines off of a 3 year old tree planting site with interns and my Bark Ranger 🐕‍🦺
A dog playing on the ground holding a tennis ball in her mouth. She is leashed to a fence. Inside the fence is a tree planting site where a group of interns is removing invasive vines
July 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Thanks to the wife for the prime rugby watching seats! #usarugby #usavfiji #everyonewatcheswomenssports
A line out at the USA v Fiji women’s rugby game at Audi field
July 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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The most important tool doing field work is a spider web clearing stick (and a trusty assistant!)
A picture of a trail. There is a dog sitting in the trail the the person taking the picture is holding a long stick in front of them to clear spider webs from the path
July 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Hiked the Billy Goat Trail today in the rain and only fell on my ass once!
Three people at the bottom of a rock scramble
June 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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You can kind of see the holes here on the leaves
A close up of mile a minute. Two of the leaves have round holes from a biocontrol weevils
June 13, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Before and after removing Mile-a-minute today! This is just one small section we worked on today, freeing up tree cages and native plants to live their best lives!
A before picture of a forest edge with tree cage covered with invasive mile a minute And after photo of a forest edge cleared of invasive mile a minute
June 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Big day of planting! Got almost 2500 plants into the ground today!
A recently planted whorled rosin weed
April 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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At the trans day of visibility rally on the national mall today
Two women at the trans day of visibility rally on the national mall. The capitol building is in the background. They both have buttons that say “f*ck transphobia”. One is wearing a shirt that says “homophobe headrests” with a picture of a guillotine. The other is wearing a shirt that says “I’d rather be fighting the patriarchy”
April 1, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Love when my “office” looks like this! Scouting for spring ephemerals and saw an American Mink across the water!
A large sycamore along a stream A mink on a rock across a creek
March 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Fully squeaked with excitement opening the package. My own MASSIVE 8qt Le Creuset Dutch oven!! What should I make first?!
An 8 quart blue le creuset oval Dutch oven sitting on a stovetop
March 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Felt like a moth drawn to a pretty flower 🌺
A woman standing in a greenhouse. A hanging plant is in front of her that has large purple flowers. She is smiling up at the flowers
March 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Went behind the scenes at the US Botanical Gardens Production Facility today and saw some super cool plants! Highlights were the corpse flowers in the leaf form and a bunch of tiiiiiny orchids!
A corpse flower plant in its leaf form A very tiny orchid A cluster of 6 small orchids A large purple orchid view from the top
March 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Small but good turn out today at #GreatFallsNPS with lots of support from the other park goers! We love our park rangers and all the hardworking NPS staff that keep our parks open and safe. #protectourparks #resistancerangers
A black doodle dog wearing a sign that says “bark rangers for park rangers” saying hello to another dog at a protect our parks rally
March 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Getting ready to rally to #protectourparks
Three protest signs. One reads “hurt these lands, catch these hands” another says “born to lay in moss, forced to fight facism” and the last days “bark rangers for park rangers”
March 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Lead a great group of volunteers today removing invasive Vinca minor and Pachysandra terminalis. Both common garden plants that escape into and wreak havoc on our natural areas. Very satisfying to yank these suckers out!
Invasive Vinca minor Invasive Pachysandra terminalis
February 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Cool find at the nursery today! Examples of egg cases of both the native Carolina mantis (left on the post) and the invasive Chinese mantis (right).
On the left, a native Carolina mantis egg case on a rusty post. On the right, and invasive Chinese mantis egg case being held by a hand. The Chinese mantis egg case is much larger and looks paper mache like. The native Carolina mantis egg case is flatter and smoother
February 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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A snow day means making biscuits. Look at those layers!
Three homemade biscuits on a baking sheet
February 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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I got married in November and am using any excuse to post wedding photos
Two women at their wedding stopped mid aisle for a dip kiss Wedding portrait of two women sitting on a bench in a forest next to a river. One is wearing a burgundy suit the other is wearing a white dress and green draped cape Black and white photo of two women having their wedding first dance Wedding portrait of two women in a forest. One is wearing a burgundy suit and standing behind a fallen log. The other is sitting on the log wearing a green cape
January 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM