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World-first radiation data through Earth’s lower atmosphere has been collected in a collaboration between the Met Office, @uniofsurrey.bsky.social and @knmi.nl.
Find out more in our blog 👇
www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2025/wo...
Find out more in our blog 👇
www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2025/wo...
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
World-first radiation data through Earth’s lower atmosphere has been collected in a collaboration between the Met Office, @uniofsurrey.bsky.social and @knmi.nl.
Find out more in our blog 👇
www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2025/wo...
Find out more in our blog 👇
www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2025/wo...
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Big Data: Our approach is not simply to provide weather data, but to combine that data with intelligence, both human and artificial, to deliver tailored, meaningful value to our customers and partners.
Read more in our latest blog post:
www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2025/ho...
Read more in our latest blog post:
www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2025/ho...
How the Met Office utilises Big Data in its operations
The Met Office stands at the intersection of science, technology, and public service.
www.metoffice.gov.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Big Data: Our approach is not simply to provide weather data, but to combine that data with intelligence, both human and artificial, to deliver tailored, meaningful value to our customers and partners.
Read more in our latest blog post:
www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2025/ho...
Read more in our latest blog post:
www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2025/ho...
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❓We’re in a nature crisis – but how do we really know what’s happening?
Indicators give us the facts behind the headlines 👇
In our latest blog we explore the UK’s rich history of #wildlife recording – from Victorian botanical art to today’s cutting-edge data.
🔍 jncc.gov.uk/news/measuri... 🧵
Indicators give us the facts behind the headlines 👇
In our latest blog we explore the UK’s rich history of #wildlife recording – from Victorian botanical art to today’s cutting-edge data.
🔍 jncc.gov.uk/news/measuri... 🧵
November 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
❓We’re in a nature crisis – but how do we really know what’s happening?
Indicators give us the facts behind the headlines 👇
In our latest blog we explore the UK’s rich history of #wildlife recording – from Victorian botanical art to today’s cutting-edge data.
🔍 jncc.gov.uk/news/measuri... 🧵
Indicators give us the facts behind the headlines 👇
In our latest blog we explore the UK’s rich history of #wildlife recording – from Victorian botanical art to today’s cutting-edge data.
🔍 jncc.gov.uk/news/measuri... 🧵
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New analysis of 1960s land use maps, many created by schoolchildren and students, reveals fresh insights on the timing and extent of habitat losses caused by post-war agricultural intensification and urban growth in England and Wales.
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#maps #LandUse
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#maps #LandUse
November 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
New analysis of 1960s land use maps, many created by schoolchildren and students, reveals fresh insights on the timing and extent of habitat losses caused by post-war agricultural intensification and urban growth in England and Wales.
www.ceh.ac.uk/press/maps-c...
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#maps #LandUse
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#maps #LandUse
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Join our national monitoring project and help expand a GB-wide network of pheromone traps to improve understanding of the eight toothed spruce bark beetle, Ips typographus.
👉 Sign up: ow.ly/TICy50XtxN9
@forestrycommission.bsky.social @sylva.org.uk #DefraGovUK
👉 Sign up: ow.ly/TICy50XtxN9
@forestrycommission.bsky.social @sylva.org.uk #DefraGovUK
November 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Join our national monitoring project and help expand a GB-wide network of pheromone traps to improve understanding of the eight toothed spruce bark beetle, Ips typographus.
👉 Sign up: ow.ly/TICy50XtxN9
@forestrycommission.bsky.social @sylva.org.uk #DefraGovUK
👉 Sign up: ow.ly/TICy50XtxN9
@forestrycommission.bsky.social @sylva.org.uk #DefraGovUK
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Join UKCEH on 3 Dec, 10am–12 noon, for an online community workshop on improving pollution data access.
Discover the UK Environmental Exposure Hub – a resource linking data from UKCEH, Defra, SEPA, UKWIR & more.
Take part to help shape the resource: buff.ly/yHWUj5r
Discover the UK Environmental Exposure Hub – a resource linking data from UKCEH, Defra, SEPA, UKWIR & more.
Take part to help shape the resource: buff.ly/yHWUj5r
November 16, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Join UKCEH on 3 Dec, 10am–12 noon, for an online community workshop on improving pollution data access.
Discover the UK Environmental Exposure Hub – a resource linking data from UKCEH, Defra, SEPA, UKWIR & more.
Take part to help shape the resource: buff.ly/yHWUj5r
Discover the UK Environmental Exposure Hub – a resource linking data from UKCEH, Defra, SEPA, UKWIR & more.
Take part to help shape the resource: buff.ly/yHWUj5r
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The Copernicus Sentinel-6B satellite has successfully launched and is now in orbit, monitoring global sea levels from space. 🛰️
It will measure sea surface height and wind speeds to improve weather forecasts and climate predictions. 🌍
Read more 👉 gov.uk/government/n...
It will measure sea surface height and wind speeds to improve weather forecasts and climate predictions. 🌍
Read more 👉 gov.uk/government/n...
November 17, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The Copernicus Sentinel-6B satellite has successfully launched and is now in orbit, monitoring global sea levels from space. 🛰️
It will measure sea surface height and wind speeds to improve weather forecasts and climate predictions. 🌍
Read more 👉 gov.uk/government/n...
It will measure sea surface height and wind speeds to improve weather forecasts and climate predictions. 🌍
Read more 👉 gov.uk/government/n...
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🛰️ Following the successful launch of Sentinel-6B this morning, we look at some recent and upcoming satellite missions transforming our weather and climate intelligence.
Find out more below, including a mission that could transform space weather forecasting 👇
www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2025/fi...
Find out more below, including a mission that could transform space weather forecasting 👇
www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2025/fi...
November 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🛰️ Following the successful launch of Sentinel-6B this morning, we look at some recent and upcoming satellite missions transforming our weather and climate intelligence.
Find out more below, including a mission that could transform space weather forecasting 👇
www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2025/fi...
Find out more below, including a mission that could transform space weather forecasting 👇
www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2025/fi...
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With #COP30 underway, the @ipbes.net #NexusAssessment findings are more urgent than ever.
The climate crisis can’t be solved alone — it’s linked to biodiversity loss, water scarcity, food insecurity and pollution.
Integrated solutions can tackle these crises together. New in @plosclimate.org ⬇️
The climate crisis can’t be solved alone — it’s linked to biodiversity loss, water scarcity, food insecurity and pollution.
Integrated solutions can tackle these crises together. New in @plosclimate.org ⬇️
📢 In a new PLOS Climate Opinion article, the Co-Chairs of the the @ipbes.net Nexus Assessment, @pammcelwee.bsky.social and Paula Harrison, share key lessons for the UNFCCC #COP30
🔗 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
🔗 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
November 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
With #COP30 underway, the @ipbes.net #NexusAssessment findings are more urgent than ever.
The climate crisis can’t be solved alone — it’s linked to biodiversity loss, water scarcity, food insecurity and pollution.
Integrated solutions can tackle these crises together. New in @plosclimate.org ⬇️
The climate crisis can’t be solved alone — it’s linked to biodiversity loss, water scarcity, food insecurity and pollution.
Integrated solutions can tackle these crises together. New in @plosclimate.org ⬇️
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🌿 We’re hiring a Scientist in Molecular Biology to be involved in routine testing of samples for pests and pathogens. 👉 Find out more and apply: ow.ly/NGqQ50XkRNX
📍 Location: Alice Holt Research Station, Hampshire
📅 Apply by: 25 November 2025
#ScienceCareers
📍 Location: Alice Holt Research Station, Hampshire
📅 Apply by: 25 November 2025
#ScienceCareers
November 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
🌿 We’re hiring a Scientist in Molecular Biology to be involved in routine testing of samples for pests and pathogens. 👉 Find out more and apply: ow.ly/NGqQ50XkRNX
📍 Location: Alice Holt Research Station, Hampshire
📅 Apply by: 25 November 2025
#ScienceCareers
📍 Location: Alice Holt Research Station, Hampshire
📅 Apply by: 25 November 2025
#ScienceCareers
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Exciting PhD Opportunity: Antarctic Ice Loss in High Definition: Analysing novel high-resolution satellite data streams for quantifying 21st century change.
Interested in combining computing innovation with climate impact?
🔗 For full details and to apply: www.exageo.org/phd-student-...
Interested in combining computing innovation with climate impact?
🔗 For full details and to apply: www.exageo.org/phd-student-...
November 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Exciting PhD Opportunity: Antarctic Ice Loss in High Definition: Analysing novel high-resolution satellite data streams for quantifying 21st century change.
Interested in combining computing innovation with climate impact?
🔗 For full details and to apply: www.exageo.org/phd-student-...
Interested in combining computing innovation with climate impact?
🔗 For full details and to apply: www.exageo.org/phd-student-...
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'Moor House – an outdoor laboratory' describes the wealth of research undertaken over 70 years at Moor House National Nature Reserve. An accompanying file lists the 1000+ publications describing scientific studies of this northern Pennines area. #ecology #environment #research #monitoring #LTER
November 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
'Moor House – an outdoor laboratory' describes the wealth of research undertaken over 70 years at Moor House National Nature Reserve. An accompanying file lists the 1000+ publications describing scientific studies of this northern Pennines area. #ecology #environment #research #monitoring #LTER
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Join the 𝐄𝐂𝐒𝐀 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 “𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑶𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑨𝒓𝒕𝒔” for a creative online workshop with 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬, storyteller, writer and citizen science practitioner.
🗓 𝑊𝑒𝑑𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑦, 26 𝑁𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 2025 | 13:00–14:00 𝐶𝐸𝑇 | Zoom
🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫: eu01web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🗓 𝑊𝑒𝑑𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑦, 26 𝑁𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 2025 | 13:00–14:00 𝐶𝐸𝑇 | Zoom
🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫: eu01web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Join the 𝐄𝐂𝐒𝐀 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 “𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑶𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑨𝒓𝒕𝒔” for a creative online workshop with 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬, storyteller, writer and citizen science practitioner.
🗓 𝑊𝑒𝑑𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑦, 26 𝑁𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 2025 | 13:00–14:00 𝐶𝐸𝑇 | Zoom
🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫: eu01web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🗓 𝑊𝑒𝑑𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑦, 26 𝑁𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 2025 | 13:00–14:00 𝐶𝐸𝑇 | Zoom
🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫: eu01web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Latest Hydrological Outlook: November river flows likely normal to above normal in northern and western UK; normal to below normal in central, southern & eastern England, plus eastern Scotland.
Groundwater levels mostly normal to below normal across the UK. This pattern likely to persist Nov-Jan.
Groundwater levels mostly normal to below normal across the UK. This pattern likely to persist Nov-Jan.
November 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Latest Hydrological Outlook: November river flows likely normal to above normal in northern and western UK; normal to below normal in central, southern & eastern England, plus eastern Scotland.
Groundwater levels mostly normal to below normal across the UK. This pattern likely to persist Nov-Jan.
Groundwater levels mostly normal to below normal across the UK. This pattern likely to persist Nov-Jan.
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11 November marks 10 years since @ecmwf.int and the European Commission signed the agreement for #ECMWF to deliver the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). Discover a decade of milestones:
🔗 climate.copernicus.eu/new-paper-re...
🔗 climate.copernicus.eu/new-paper-re...
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
11 November marks 10 years since @ecmwf.int and the European Commission signed the agreement for #ECMWF to deliver the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). Discover a decade of milestones:
🔗 climate.copernicus.eu/new-paper-re...
🔗 climate.copernicus.eu/new-paper-re...
⌛Be sure to secure your place TODAY before registration closes. ⌛ #NEMC2025 #environment #ecology #monitoring #observation #data
Take your place at the National Environmental Monitoring Conference next month and help build momentum for a shared UK environmental monitoring vision.
Registration closes tomorrow, 11 Nov: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/nati...
@britishecologicalsociety.org @ukeof.bsky.social
Registration closes tomorrow, 11 Nov: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/nati...
@britishecologicalsociety.org @ukeof.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
⌛Be sure to secure your place TODAY before registration closes. ⌛ #NEMC2025 #environment #ecology #monitoring #observation #data
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New dataset: sea ice drift, tracked daily. Discover daily gridded data from satellite sensors showing how Arctic and Antarctic ice moves. Essential for tracking climate change impacts.
Access the new dataset: cds.climate.copernicus.eu/datasets/sat...
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Access the new dataset: cds.climate.copernicus.eu/datasets/sat...
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November 6, 2025 at 10:22 AM
New dataset: sea ice drift, tracked daily. Discover daily gridded data from satellite sensors showing how Arctic and Antarctic ice moves. Essential for tracking climate change impacts.
Access the new dataset: cds.climate.copernicus.eu/datasets/sat...
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Access the new dataset: cds.climate.copernicus.eu/datasets/sat...
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The BBS Team is currently busy verifying 2025 data. For the next couple of weeks, we are going to share some species info from 2024. This week, we share the 10 most numerous species recorded on BBS squares across the UK in 2024! @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The BBS Team is currently busy verifying 2025 data. For the next couple of weeks, we are going to share some species info from 2024. This week, we share the 10 most numerous species recorded on BBS squares across the UK in 2024! @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social
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Long-term monitoring tells a story of change. For 80 years scientists have monitored Windermere and nearby lakes in Cumbria, tracking how climate change and pollution are reshaping our freshwater ecosystems.
It’s one of the longest lake datasets anywhere in the world! 🌎
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It’s one of the longest lake datasets anywhere in the world! 🌎
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November 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Long-term monitoring tells a story of change. For 80 years scientists have monitored Windermere and nearby lakes in Cumbria, tracking how climate change and pollution are reshaping our freshwater ecosystems.
It’s one of the longest lake datasets anywhere in the world! 🌎
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It’s one of the longest lake datasets anywhere in the world! 🌎
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A selection of our most widely used maps have received a major update. The latest version of BGS Geology 50K now covers the majority of Great Britain plus the Isle of Man, an estimated 236 000 km2.
November 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
A selection of our most widely used maps have received a major update. The latest version of BGS Geology 50K now covers the majority of Great Britain plus the Isle of Man, an estimated 236 000 km2.
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The #CaSTCo project shows how community data can drive decisions on river management in England & Wales.
UKCEH co-led work on data management with Rivers Trust colleagues, developing CaSTCo Data Governance Principles & supporting best practice in citizen science.
🔗 castco.org/impact-report
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UKCEH co-led work on data management with Rivers Trust colleagues, developing CaSTCo Data Governance Principles & supporting best practice in citizen science.
🔗 castco.org/impact-report
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November 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The #CaSTCo project shows how community data can drive decisions on river management in England & Wales.
UKCEH co-led work on data management with Rivers Trust colleagues, developing CaSTCo Data Governance Principles & supporting best practice in citizen science.
🔗 castco.org/impact-report
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UKCEH co-led work on data management with Rivers Trust colleagues, developing CaSTCo Data Governance Principles & supporting best practice in citizen science.
🔗 castco.org/impact-report
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Radar technology has been around for decades, used to track & predict weather. Now scientists have made a breakthrough using it to monitor insects - paving the way for cost effective biodiversity tracking across huge areas @katatrepsis.bsky.social @ncas-uk.bsky.social www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
Trillions of insects fly above us - weather radar reveals alarming declines
Scientists have made a breakthrough in monitoring insect populations across the UK using an unexpected tool: weather radar.
www.leeds.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Radar technology has been around for decades, used to track & predict weather. Now scientists have made a breakthrough using it to monitor insects - paving the way for cost effective biodiversity tracking across huge areas @katatrepsis.bsky.social @ncas-uk.bsky.social www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
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Thanks for highlighting Moor House and this important long-term ecological study. Moor House, in the North Pennines, has a long history of research, including long-term ECN monitoring, and it's great that ECT is supporting Rob's grazing experiment. 🐑 #ecology #research #vegetation #grazing #LTER
Moor House Grazing Plots, #England is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.
Rob Marrs is testing the effects of removing #grazing sheep across 4 plant community types ranging from #grassland to #peatbog.
Pending the webpage on this site, you can read about it in our #newsletter from 2021: bit.ly/Dec21ECTNews 🌏
Rob Marrs is testing the effects of removing #grazing sheep across 4 plant community types ranging from #grassland to #peatbog.
Pending the webpage on this site, you can read about it in our #newsletter from 2021: bit.ly/Dec21ECTNews 🌏
October 31, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Thanks for highlighting Moor House and this important long-term ecological study. Moor House, in the North Pennines, has a long history of research, including long-term ECN monitoring, and it's great that ECT is supporting Rob's grazing experiment. 🐑 #ecology #research #vegetation #grazing #LTER
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Register now for the National Environmental Monitoring conference! Help create the UK's environmental monitoring future through talks & interactive sessions.
Registration closes 11 Nov - don’t miss out!
https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/national-environment-monitoring-conference-3/
Registration closes 11 Nov - don’t miss out!
https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/national-environment-monitoring-conference-3/
October 31, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Register now for the National Environmental Monitoring conference! Help create the UK's environmental monitoring future through talks & interactive sessions.
Registration closes 11 Nov - don’t miss out!
https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/national-environment-monitoring-conference-3/
Registration closes 11 Nov - don’t miss out!
https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/national-environment-monitoring-conference-3/
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We are happy to introduce the Soil Ecology SIG @britishecologicalsociety.org! Our aim is to connect soil ecology researchers across career stages, facilitating knowledge exchange and collaboration. Check out www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/plan... and feel free to get in touch!
Soil Ecology Group - British Ecological Society
Understanding the vital ecosystem services provided by soil
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October 30, 2025 at 8:57 AM
We are happy to introduce the Soil Ecology SIG @britishecologicalsociety.org! Our aim is to connect soil ecology researchers across career stages, facilitating knowledge exchange and collaboration. Check out www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/plan... and feel free to get in touch!