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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾

@ashrececo.bsky.social
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Associate Prof at OSU. Recreation ecologist - I study outdoor recreation disturbance in public lands. Knitter. 🧶 She/her/hers. Views are my own

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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Great work by Dr. Minehart (former PhD student in my lab group)! Excited to see this important work out in the world.
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
I had a great chat with Lauren for this podcast! And I even included my knitting as an essential piece of "field gear" for a recreation ecologist. 😀
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Episode 57: Recreating – Balancing Fun with Ecology
In this episode of ‘In the Woods’, host Lauren Grand , Lane County Extension Forester, talks with Dr. Ashley D’Antonio, an associate professor in nature-based recreation managemen…
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
I end my classes w/ time for students to write a short reflection of what they learned that day. I typically include a pic of my cats on the slide w/ the reflection prompt. Students have started sending me photos of their pets & plants to include on that slide. This brings me so much joy this term.
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Self-care things from this weekend = baking a chocolate cake & casting on a new shawl
A square chocolate cake on a brown dish. The cake has light colored chocolate ice cream and is decorated with small colorful candy stars. A small triangular knitting project on a cable needle. The yarn is grey with colorful speckles. The shawl is laying on a light colored wooden floor.
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
It was actually sunny today and my window cling made a lovely little patch of rainbows in my office. Hopefully a good sign on the first day of Winter Term. 😊
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Great story from Think Out Loud featuring College of Forestry and OSU colleagues.
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Oregon sees growth in outdoor industry, worth over $8 billion
The Bureau of Economic Analysis found that Oregon's outdoor industry brings in billions to the stat's economy. We'll hear from OSU to break down the growth and the industry's future.
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Holiday knitting. ❄️
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
If you’re at #AGU24 this week, go check out this talk by my amazing friend and colleague Dr. Bursztyn. Yay for collaborative science!
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Michael Paul Nelson @michaelpaulnelson.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Please spread the word on this exciting position, can’t wait to have a new colleague!
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Alexander L. Metcalf, PhD @metcalfhdlab.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Please repost - we're hiring a TT Asst. Prof. of Natural Resource & Water Policy! Please reach out with questions, like if the description fits you. Check out the position and apply here: apply.interfolio.com/160158 #HumanDimensions #Conservation #Sustainability #Environment #ConSocSci #SocEcoSys
A group gathers at the center of the green, tree-lined "Oval" on the Missoula campus of the University of Montana with Mount Sentinel in the background.
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J. Chris Pires @jchrispires.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Great opportunity at #Colorado State University in College of #Agriculture to lead a great Department of Agricultural #Biology as as Professor & Head: jobs.colostate.edu/postings/153... Apply by Jan 15, 2025 #plantscience #weedscience #entomology #plantpathology 🌾🌱🍃🧫🪴🌿🍄🐝🐞🪲🌎🧬🚜
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Professor & Head, Department of Agricultural Biology
We seek an engaged, innovative, and visionary leader and accomplished scientist to catalyze new initiatives and collaborations, identify strategic priorities, and provide leadership in research, schol...
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 25/05/2024
Been pretty quiet on here lately for lots of reasons but mostly b/c I was trying to disconnect during sabbatical. But! Field studies are ramping up and I just got back from a lovely place with great colleagues from University of Montana. Yay for collaborative science!
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 24/05/2024
Wrapping up a week of fieldwork at Curecanti National Recreation Area with colleagues from University of Montana. We’re trying to better understand the experience and movement of anglers on Blue Mesa Reservoir. Yay for collaborative science!
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 08/11/2023
On sabbatical this year, so I haven’t taught since March 2023. I guest lectured today for a grad student so she didn’t have to cancel class. I came home after and immediately napped. 😆 I love teaching but forgot how draining it is - especially as an introvert.
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 07/11/2023
On sabbatical this year, so haven’t taught since March 2023. I did a “guest lecture” today for my grad student so she didn’t have to cancel class (a class she is covering for me). I came home after and immediately napped. 😆 I love teaching but forgot how draining it is - especially as an introvert.
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 22/10/2023
Back from a work meeting in South Lake Tahoe. Got to spend a lovely field day in the Desolation Wilderness. 😍
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 04/10/2023
I just did @SkypeScientist w/ a 5th grade class to help prepare them for a camping trip to a state park. The teacher is having them present what they learned about recreation ecology to the other classes going on the trip so they can enjoy nature while minimizing disturbance. ❤️
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 04/10/2023
I just did @skypeascientist.bsky.social w/ a 5th grade class to help prepare them for a camping trip to a state park. The teacher is having them present what they learned about recreation ecology to the other classes going on the trip so they can enjoy nature while minimizing disturbance. ❤️
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 29/09/2023
Since I am on sabbatical this term, I have been trying to work as little as possible on Fridays to give myself three day weekends most weeks. Today I used some of my free time to bake a “confetti cake” covered in multicolored stars! 💫
A round cake on a brown plate with white icing covered on all sides with Star-shaped sprinkles.
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Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 29/09/2023
Submit your proposal TODAY for speaking opportunities at the SCIENCE TALK '24 annual conference celebrating #sciencecommunication! Be a part of the #scicomm community event! Learn more: Associationofsciencecommunicators.org/conference/science-talk-24
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Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · 28/09/2023
Ten (10) open positions at the Nature Conservancy of Canada. www.natureconservancy.ca/en/who-we-ar... Please share! Working here is great. #ConservationJobs
Sunset over forested hills with the words “We’re hiring!” in all caps and NCC’s green logo at the top.Screenshot of 5 job titles and locationsScreenshot of 5 job titles and locations
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 26/09/2023
You can also find me in the sky place now - "AshRecEco". And here's a photo of a gnome I knit just because. 🍄
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 26/09/2023
Hi folks! I am an Associate Prof at Oregon State and study recreation ecology and outdoor recreation management. I mostly work in parks and protected areas in the U.S. and my research aims to help balance recreation use with conservation goals. I also knit (A LOT) & have two adorable cats. #HiSciSky
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 15/09/2023
Today was my first official day of my academic sabbatical. Really looking forward to some focused time for reading, writing, and - of course - some knitting. 😊 Today I took a midday knitting and reading break outside in my garden where our roses are having a second bloom.
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 15/09/2023
Interesting piece from Rocky Mountain NP and Park Science on how community scientists can help with monitoring visitor-related disturbance. www.nps.gov/articles/000/let-me-cou…
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Let Me Count the Ways: How Citizen Scientists Helped a Pa...
Wildly popular Rocky Mountain National Park wanted to mea...
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 13/09/2023
Congrats to former lab member Susie Sidder! Another chapter from her dissertation was published this week in @info_iasnr's journal. This chapter presents a framework for how animal movement theory could be applied to visitor use....
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 12/09/2023
Heading back to Oregon after celebrating the marriage of two dear friends. And I had the honor of doing the flowers for their wedding! ❤️
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 20/08/2023
Happiest of birthdays to my favorite floof! Macey turns 13 sometime this month and I am so lucky to be her human. 💜😸
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 18/08/2023
Huge congrats to @ecohugger who successfully defended her dissertation today!!! 🎉 Yay Dr. Jacobs! Your work might be one of the most interdisciplinary recreation ecology research projects I have ever seen! Nice work!
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 13/08/2023
Bummed to have missed #ESA2023 when it was so close to home this year, but grateful to have been able to find time during a busy summer to visit my family in PA.
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 03/07/2023
Back from a week of field work in Rocky Mountain National Park! This was the park where I started my career as a recreation ecologists and it was lovely to be back here. 🥰
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 18/06/2023
Today was commencement at OSU! Congrats to Dr. Susie Sidder! 🎓🎉 She was also the first PhD student I have had the honor of hooding!
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 09/06/2023
It's been just a lovely day. My sister and I wandered around Bar Harbor all day, there was sunshine, I ate amazing fig ice cream, and I received my Dept's Outstanding Faculty Award! This award is voted on by the graduate students, so it's an extra special one for me. 😊
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 07/06/2023
Tried to travel from Portland, OR to Portland, ME today (3 flights). Instead I took 1 flight, spent 8 hours in the SLC airport, and am now about to board a red-eye to Newark and will arrive in Portland, ME tomorrow at 11am. At least there were some good views on that 1 flight. 😆
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 28/05/2023
Spent the morning wandering around a peony farm, the weather was perfect and the flowers were stunning.
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 16/05/2023
New lab paper! The first paper from Susie Sidder's dissertation was published today! 🎉She applied methods and tools from wildlife ecology to help us predict the movement of kayakers in Glacier Bay National Park. www.sciencedirect.com/science/artic…
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 12/05/2023
For about 20 glorious minutes today, my inbox had zero emails that needed my attention! That hasn't happened in like 3 years. 😆
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 04/05/2023
Yes! Second best “holiday” after Halloween. Happy Star Wars Day! #Maythe4bewithyou
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 26/04/2023
I’m at Yosemite NP for a project this week. But found time to wander around the park. I didn’t realize how much my introverted soul needed to just meander in the sunshine (which I haven’t seen for months..) and not talk to another human for hours on end. Feeling so refreshed! 😆
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 24/04/2023
I carried my book for the @osuteaching book group up the Mist Trail in Yosemite National Park. That way I could read while I ate lunch at the footbridge. 😊 Here for work, so figured I’d have a “working lunch” as well.
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 30/03/2023
Field work over spring break isn’t so bad if these are your views.
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 26/03/2023
Final grades submitted! Finished my winter term grading with a couple of days to spare.🎉 I Just need to wrap up a couple of research presentations and then Spring Break!
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 22/03/2023
Views from my post-work walk, couldn’t miss out on this sunshine today! ☀️
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 16/03/2023
The students in my capstone class did an amazing job presenting their final projects today! They worked on developing their own recreation management plans for a local protected area. I was so proud of them, but I am also so glad to be done with 8:30am classes for a while.😴
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 03/03/2023
My first PhD student successfully defended her dissertation today! Congrats Dr. Sidder! 🎉🍾 You’ve done such amazing work!
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 14/02/2023
I found this piece a really helpful read. "Students need flexibility, but they also need structure. Their professors, though, will be hard-pressed to meet either need as long as they feel depleted — and unsupported — themselves." www.chronicle.com/article/course-co…
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 06/02/2023
It’s that time of the winter where I desperately need some bright colors in my life. Immediately cast on this new yarn from the Lemonade Shop when it arrived. 🤩
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 02/02/2023
Brought all my sci-fi nerdiness into a work meeting recently. And my random comment about May 4th being a good day for a meeting because it’s Star Wars day made it into the official meeting minutes. 😆🤓
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 19/01/2023
Winter term is always intense for me. Teaching 2 courses (1 w/ a lab) and no TA support + service and research related meetings, means many days of the week I don’t check a single thing off my to-do list. I used to feel SO unproductive and stressed after those days…
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Dr. Ashley D'Antonio 🥾 @ashrececo.bsky.social · 10/01/2023
Drink all the coffee! Ugh, this night owl is not a fan of 8:30am classes. 😴 1 early morning down, 19 to go. 😆
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