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Joe Wynne 🌻 🚗 ⛰️
@joewynne@mindly.social  ·  activity timestamp 8 hours ago

Report: State of the Butterflies in the United States

🦋 More than one-fifth of our butterflies disappeared between 2000 and 2020.

🦋 Over 40% of assessed species fell in numbers by 50% or more—and two dozen species suffered more than 90% losses.

🦋 "Butterfly habitat should be woven into all parts of our landscapes—farmland, utility corridors, solar arrays, bike paths, roadsides, natural areas, and backyard and community gardens—to provide homes for common and wide-ranging butterflies as well as rare and at-risk species."

🦋 "To recover butterflies, we must combine efforts across towns and cities, working lands, and natural areas as well as in the linkages and stepping stones which provide connecting pathways."

👉 All is not lost! Have a garden, pots or access to a natural area or park? Join me in building back habitat for butterflies. I will post useful resources and share my experiences and tips. Share yours as well.

🌷 I'll also post butterfly gardens from my travels. Many have a head start in this.

https://xerces.org/publications/scientific-reports/state-of-butterflies-in-united-states

#ButterflyConservation 🧵
#Butterflies#Nature#Conservation#Gardening#HabitatGardening#BiodiversityGardening
Joe Wynne 🌻 🚗 ⛰️
@joewynne@mindly.social  ·  activity timestamp 8 hours ago

Report: State of the Butterflies in the United States

🦋 More than one-fifth of our butterflies disappeared between 2000 and 2020.

🦋 Over 40% of assessed species fell in numbers by 50% or more—and two dozen species suffered more than 90% losses.

🦋 "Butterfly habitat should be woven into all parts of our landscapes—farmland, utility corridors, solar arrays, bike paths, roadsides, natural areas, and backyard and community gardens—to provide homes for common and wide-ranging butterflies as well as rare and at-risk species."

🦋 "To recover butterflies, we must combine efforts across towns and cities, working lands, and natural areas as well as in the linkages and stepping stones which provide connecting pathways."

👉 All is not lost! Have a garden, pots or access to a natural area or park? Join me in building back habitat for butterflies. I will post useful resources and share my experiences and tips. Share yours as well.

🌷 I'll also post butterfly gardens from my travels. Many have a head start in this.

https://xerces.org/publications/scientific-reports/state-of-butterflies-in-united-states

#ButterflyConservation 🧵
#Butterflies#Nature#Conservation#Gardening#HabitatGardening#BiodiversityGardening
hastingsmothman
@hastingsmothman@mastodon.green  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Today's #MothOfTheDay is a tiny 4mm micromoth (about a grain of rice). Micros are known by their Latin name first, with vernacular as secondary.

LOBESIA RELIQUANA (Wood Marble) A tortrix moth; ergo it spins leaves to create larvae shelters. Hard to photo in focus with 6yr old iPhone because it's so miniscule!

#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies#MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #cute #garden #summer #conservation #biodiversity #alttext

Side on shot of a 4-5mm moth about the size of a grain of cooked rice. It faces left. It is three times as long as it is high and it holds its wings tight against its abdomen in a tented position making it look almost tubular. Its scales are a distinct marble pattern of blue, gold and rust in a very metallic sheen, each blotch edged in white. It has a small dark tuft sticking up just behind its head and an antennae which it holds close to its flank.
Side on shot of a 4-5mm moth about the size of a grain of cooked rice. It faces left. It is three times as long as it is high and it holds its wings tight against its abdomen in a tented position making it look almost tubular. Its scales are a distinct marble pattern of blue, gold and rust in a very metallic sheen, each blotch edged in white. It has a small dark tuft sticking up just behind its head and an antennae which it holds close to its flank.
Side on shot of a 4-5mm moth about the size of a grain of cooked rice. It faces left. It is three times as long as it is high and it holds its wings tight against its abdomen in a tented position making it look almost tubular. Its scales are a distinct marble pattern of blue, gold and rust in a very metallic sheen, each blotch edged in white. It has a small dark tuft sticking up just behind its head and an antennae which it holds close to its flank.
hastingsmothman
@hastingsmothman@mastodon.green  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Today's #MothOfTheDay is a tiny 4mm micromoth (about a grain of rice). Micros are known by their Latin name first, with vernacular as secondary.

LOBESIA RELIQUANA (Wood Marble) A tortrix moth; ergo it spins leaves to create larvae shelters. Hard to photo in focus with 6yr old iPhone because it's so miniscule!

#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies#MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #cute #garden #summer #conservation #biodiversity #alttext

Side on shot of a 4-5mm moth about the size of a grain of cooked rice. It faces left. It is three times as long as it is high and it holds its wings tight against its abdomen in a tented position making it look almost tubular. Its scales are a distinct marble pattern of blue, gold and rust in a very metallic sheen, each blotch edged in white. It has a small dark tuft sticking up just behind its head and an antennae which it holds close to its flank.
Side on shot of a 4-5mm moth about the size of a grain of cooked rice. It faces left. It is three times as long as it is high and it holds its wings tight against its abdomen in a tented position making it look almost tubular. Its scales are a distinct marble pattern of blue, gold and rust in a very metallic sheen, each blotch edged in white. It has a small dark tuft sticking up just behind its head and an antennae which it holds close to its flank.
Side on shot of a 4-5mm moth about the size of a grain of cooked rice. It faces left. It is three times as long as it is high and it holds its wings tight against its abdomen in a tented position making it look almost tubular. Its scales are a distinct marble pattern of blue, gold and rust in a very metallic sheen, each blotch edged in white. It has a small dark tuft sticking up just behind its head and an antennae which it holds close to its flank.
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺
@animalculum@scholar.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Little spotted kiwi found on #NewZealand's mainland for first time in 50 years https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/567038/little-spotted-kiwi-found-on-new-zealand-s-mainland-for-first-time-in-50-years

"#Kiwi pukupuku are extremely vulnerable to introduced predators. Until now, it was believed they only survived in offshore islands and fenced predator-free sites. An estimated 2000 of the threatened #birds remain, though the population is increasing thanks to the #conservation efforts... Despite years of searching, the last known sighting of a #KiwiPukupuku on the mainland was in 1978."
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺
@animalculum@scholar.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Little spotted kiwi found on #NewZealand's mainland for first time in 50 years https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/567038/little-spotted-kiwi-found-on-new-zealand-s-mainland-for-first-time-in-50-years

"#Kiwi pukupuku are extremely vulnerable to introduced predators. Until now, it was believed they only survived in offshore islands and fenced predator-free sites. An estimated 2000 of the threatened #birds remain, though the population is increasing thanks to the #conservation efforts... Despite years of searching, the last known sighting of a #KiwiPukupuku on the mainland was in 1978."

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Carolannie
@carolannie@c.im  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

A poster explaining why beaver ponds and dams are good for ecosystems
#Conservation #Restoration#Ecosystems
Thanks to @ml the original, but not the artists' names, are found!
This originated at
https://martinezbeavers.org/climate-change-superheroes/
I don't have artist names, but thanks to these folks for creating a great poster

(A drawing of a beaver catching rain in an upside down umbrella and of streams flowing from mountains into a pond)BEAVER PONDS SATURATE SOIL AND PLANTS. MAKING THEM MORE RESISTANT TO FIRE. | (A drawing of a beaver above a pond full of fish) THE WEIGHT OF THE POND BEHIND DAMS FORCES WATER FROM UNDERGROUND, COOLING FISH. (A drawing of a beaver standing by a stream with a series of beaver dams) BEAVER PONDS ALLOW WATER TO SOAK IN AND SLOW DOWN. SPEED BUMPS SLOW FLOODING. (A drawing of a beaver pond surrounded by fire while animals take refuge in he green plants) BEAVER PONDS ARE SAFE PLACES FOR WILDLIFE TO TAKE REFUGE DURING FIRES (A drawing of a beaver in a pond surrounded by lush plants)PLANTS AROUND BEAVER PONDS ARE MORE RESILIENT |AND REBOUND MORE QUICKLY. (A drawing of a beaver enjoyed cool water under a blazing sun) BEAVER PONDS STORE WATER ABOVE AND BELOW GROUND EVEN DURING DROUGHT.
(A drawing of a beaver catching rain in an upside down umbrella and of streams flowing from mountains into a pond)BEAVER PONDS SATURATE SOIL AND PLANTS. MAKING THEM MORE RESISTANT TO FIRE. | (A drawing of a beaver above a pond full of fish) THE WEIGHT OF THE POND BEHIND DAMS FORCES WATER FROM UNDERGROUND, COOLING FISH. (A drawing of a beaver standing by a stream with a series of beaver dams) BEAVER PONDS ALLOW WATER TO SOAK IN AND SLOW DOWN. SPEED BUMPS SLOW FLOODING. (A drawing of a beaver pond surrounded by fire while animals take refuge in he green plants) BEAVER PONDS ARE SAFE PLACES FOR WILDLIFE TO TAKE REFUGE DURING FIRES (A drawing of a beaver in a pond surrounded by lush plants)PLANTS AROUND BEAVER PONDS ARE MORE RESILIENT |AND REBOUND MORE QUICKLY. (A drawing of a beaver enjoyed cool water under a blazing sun) BEAVER PONDS STORE WATER ABOVE AND BELOW GROUND EVEN DURING DROUGHT.
(A drawing of a beaver catching rain in an upside down umbrella and of streams flowing from mountains into a pond)BEAVER PONDS SATURATE SOIL AND PLANTS. MAKING THEM MORE RESISTANT TO FIRE. | (A drawing of a beaver above a pond full of fish) THE WEIGHT OF THE POND BEHIND DAMS FORCES WATER FROM UNDERGROUND, COOLING FISH. (A drawing of a beaver standing by a stream with a series of beaver dams) BEAVER PONDS ALLOW WATER TO SOAK IN AND SLOW DOWN. SPEED BUMPS SLOW FLOODING. (A drawing of a beaver pond surrounded by fire while animals take refuge in he green plants) BEAVER PONDS ARE SAFE PLACES FOR WILDLIFE TO TAKE REFUGE DURING FIRES (A drawing of a beaver in a pond surrounded by lush plants)PLANTS AROUND BEAVER PONDS ARE MORE RESILIENT |AND REBOUND MORE QUICKLY. (A drawing of a beaver enjoyed cool water under a blazing sun) BEAVER PONDS STORE WATER ABOVE AND BELOW GROUND EVEN DURING DROUGHT.
Carolannie
@carolannie@c.im  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

A poster explaining why beaver ponds and dams are good for ecosystems
#Conservation #Restoration#Ecosystems
Thanks to @ml the original, but not the artists' names, are found!
This originated at
https://martinezbeavers.org/climate-change-superheroes/
I don't have artist names, but thanks to these folks for creating a great poster

(A drawing of a beaver catching rain in an upside down umbrella and of streams flowing from mountains into a pond)BEAVER PONDS SATURATE SOIL AND PLANTS. MAKING THEM MORE RESISTANT TO FIRE. | (A drawing of a beaver above a pond full of fish) THE WEIGHT OF THE POND BEHIND DAMS FORCES WATER FROM UNDERGROUND, COOLING FISH. (A drawing of a beaver standing by a stream with a series of beaver dams) BEAVER PONDS ALLOW WATER TO SOAK IN AND SLOW DOWN. SPEED BUMPS SLOW FLOODING. (A drawing of a beaver pond surrounded by fire while animals take refuge in he green plants) BEAVER PONDS ARE SAFE PLACES FOR WILDLIFE TO TAKE REFUGE DURING FIRES (A drawing of a beaver in a pond surrounded by lush plants)PLANTS AROUND BEAVER PONDS ARE MORE RESILIENT |AND REBOUND MORE QUICKLY. (A drawing of a beaver enjoyed cool water under a blazing sun) BEAVER PONDS STORE WATER ABOVE AND BELOW GROUND EVEN DURING DROUGHT.
(A drawing of a beaver catching rain in an upside down umbrella and of streams flowing from mountains into a pond)BEAVER PONDS SATURATE SOIL AND PLANTS. MAKING THEM MORE RESISTANT TO FIRE. | (A drawing of a beaver above a pond full of fish) THE WEIGHT OF THE POND BEHIND DAMS FORCES WATER FROM UNDERGROUND, COOLING FISH. (A drawing of a beaver standing by a stream with a series of beaver dams) BEAVER PONDS ALLOW WATER TO SOAK IN AND SLOW DOWN. SPEED BUMPS SLOW FLOODING. (A drawing of a beaver pond surrounded by fire while animals take refuge in he green plants) BEAVER PONDS ARE SAFE PLACES FOR WILDLIFE TO TAKE REFUGE DURING FIRES (A drawing of a beaver in a pond surrounded by lush plants)PLANTS AROUND BEAVER PONDS ARE MORE RESILIENT |AND REBOUND MORE QUICKLY. (A drawing of a beaver enjoyed cool water under a blazing sun) BEAVER PONDS STORE WATER ABOVE AND BELOW GROUND EVEN DURING DROUGHT.
(A drawing of a beaver catching rain in an upside down umbrella and of streams flowing from mountains into a pond)BEAVER PONDS SATURATE SOIL AND PLANTS. MAKING THEM MORE RESISTANT TO FIRE. | (A drawing of a beaver above a pond full of fish) THE WEIGHT OF THE POND BEHIND DAMS FORCES WATER FROM UNDERGROUND, COOLING FISH. (A drawing of a beaver standing by a stream with a series of beaver dams) BEAVER PONDS ALLOW WATER TO SOAK IN AND SLOW DOWN. SPEED BUMPS SLOW FLOODING. (A drawing of a beaver pond surrounded by fire while animals take refuge in he green plants) BEAVER PONDS ARE SAFE PLACES FOR WILDLIFE TO TAKE REFUGE DURING FIRES (A drawing of a beaver in a pond surrounded by lush plants)PLANTS AROUND BEAVER PONDS ARE MORE RESILIENT |AND REBOUND MORE QUICKLY. (A drawing of a beaver enjoyed cool water under a blazing sun) BEAVER PONDS STORE WATER ABOVE AND BELOW GROUND EVEN DURING DROUGHT.
ProPublica
ProPublica boosted
activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Utah Sen. Mike Lee Says Selling Off Public Lands Will Solve the West’s Housing Crisis. Past Sales Show Otherwise.
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Last month, Lee introduced a now-removed amendment to Trump’s policy megabill that mandated the sale of up to 3 million acres. It did little to address the challenges of building affordable housing on public land.
https://www.propublica.org/article/utah-mike-lee-public-lands-sell-off?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Utah#Housing#PublicLands#Conservation#Law
Jon Sullivan
@joncounts@mastodon.nz  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

I’m generally a bit skeptical of de-extinction plans, when we have so many wild species on the brink of extinction that need our help. Still, I find myself excited at the prospect of Peter Jackson helping to bring back NZ’s nine species of moa. Peter can spend his money however he likes, and this is much better than buying another big yacht or a social media company.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/south-island-giant-moa-de-extinction-plans-sir-peter-jackson-teams-up-with-colossal-biosciences/5M5QPE2VWVBYRAXPWH6OWOO4DY/

#deextinction #moa #nz #birds #conservation
ProPublica
@ProPublica@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Utah Sen. Mike Lee Says Selling Off Public Lands Will Solve the West’s Housing Crisis. Past Sales Show Otherwise.
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Last month, Lee introduced a now-removed amendment to Trump’s policy megabill that mandated the sale of up to 3 million acres. It did little to address the challenges of building affordable housing on public land.
https://www.propublica.org/article/utah-mike-lee-public-lands-sell-off?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Utah#Housing#PublicLands#Conservation#Law
Mongabay
@mongabay@mastodon.green  ·  activity timestamp last month

Bank financing for the fossil fuel sector rose by $162.5 billion in 2024, more than 20% compared to 2023, according to a Rainforest Action Network report.

Fossil fuel-related financing declined in 2022 and 2023, but in 2024 almost 70% of the 65 banks analyzed increased their funding for companies involved in fossil fuels.

By John Cannon
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/banks-bet-big-on-fossil-fuels-boosting-financing-in-2024-report-finds/

#News#Conservation#Environment#FossilFuels
Mongabay
@mongabay@mastodon.green  ·  activity timestamp last month

Bank financing for the fossil fuel sector rose by $162.5 billion in 2024, more than 20% compared to 2023, according to a Rainforest Action Network report.

Fossil fuel-related financing declined in 2022 and 2023, but in 2024 almost 70% of the 65 banks analyzed increased their funding for companies involved in fossil fuels.

By John Cannon
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/banks-bet-big-on-fossil-fuels-boosting-financing-in-2024-report-finds/

#News#Conservation#Environment#FossilFuels
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

Fifty years after "Jaws" vilified sharks, real-world overfishing, climate change and misunderstanding — not cinematic horror — now threaten their survival, though conservation efforts offer hope for their recovery. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/06/22/world/movie-jaws-demonized-sharks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #jaws #sharks #conservation #climatechange #endangered