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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

It’s that time of year again to celebrate ghost wolves in Texas! REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED! Please use this link or the QR code in the flyer: form.jotform.com/243382698990... When: 11 January 2025, 6-830pm Where: Moody Gardens 3D Auditorium

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 24/06/2024

Looking for a post-bac with bioinformatic skills from Princeton? Julian Gottfried (juliansg@princeton.edu) uses theoretical modeling and Bayesian inference for disease ecology or applied conservation. His thesis work with me was analysis of single cell RNA Seq data of pinnipeds. He is excellent!

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 14/06/2024

A preprint about endangered species recovery goals for social species need to use units of social groups (not individuals!). Gray wolves are our example system. doi.org/10.31219/osf...

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 19/03/2024

This is "colossal" news for endangered species, de-extinction, rewilding, and revolutionary biotechnology! Beth Shapiro is a powerhouse. Plus, she's awesome 🤩 www.streetinsider.com/Business+Wir...

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 09/03/2024

If you’re a bird watcher, photographer, or want something different to do, join FeatherFest on Galveston Island (April 18– 21) to observe thousands of birds that annual pass through on their arduous northward migration from Central/South America. www.galvestonnaturetourism.org/featherfest/

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 29/02/2024

We just built de novo assemblies of a coyote and gray wolf genome!!! My coauthors are amazing and this team really delivered not only one, BUT TWO high quality genome assemblies. Now we're ready to science. academic.oup.com/jhered/artic...

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 28/02/2024

Six days left to support ghost wolves through a very reasonably priced hoodie! www.customink.com/fundraising/...

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 23/02/2024

10 days left to support this funding raising campaign for ghost wolves! Buy a $35 hoodie and support research on the Gulf Coast Canine Project! www.customink.com/fundraising/...

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 13/02/2024

Interested in supporting ghost wolf research? Buy a hoodie! To learn more about the research of the Gulf Coast Canine Project, visit our webpage (www.gulfcoastcanineproject.org#/)! We hope to see 50 hoodies get a new home in the next 21 days. WE ARE HALF-WAY THERE! Thank you for your support!!

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 05/02/2024

Help us meet our goal of fundraising through the purchase of a hoodie! We hope to see 50 of them find a new home. Learning more about ghost wolf DNA will give us innovative options that will help save the critically endangered red wolf. Thank you in advance!!! www.customink.com/fundraising/...

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 03/02/2024

If you want to support ghost wolf research, please consider purchasing a hoodie using the link below! And share this fundraiser with others! Every little bit helps and 100% of any profit will be used for research efforts, supplies, and equipment. Many thanks! www.customink.com/fundraising/...

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 24/01/2024

Start with the last image or follow the page numbers in the bottom right of the images. I'll update with a website link to these resources shortly!

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 24/01/2024

The minutes from our Galveston Town Hall on Ghost Wolves and habitat preservation! We want RREAF Holdings, Innisfree Hotels, and Margaritaville to incorporate wildlife protection plans, buffer zones around sensitive habitat, and wildlife corridors for the East Beach Galveston.

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 21/01/2024

Amazing cattle in southwestern Louisiana

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 05/01/2024

Upcoming event and make sure to mark your calendars! A great panel of leadership. Come learn and engage with us about ghost wolves. Register here (host.nxt.blackbaud.com/registration...) but walk-ins welcome, too.

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 23/12/2023

Now with a registration link!

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 06/12/2023

Thanks to my amazing coauthors, we estimated effective population size estimates of gray wolves of the Northern Rocky Mountains and the Western Great Lakes. Ne is lower than needed for sustained genetic health. Open Access Mol Ecol! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1365294x...

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 05/12/2023

I run a REU Site and I feel we do the opposite! But also trying to keep the goal of making a positive and supportive impact. It’s difficult (and wonderful). vonholdt.princeton.edu/REU.html

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 23/11/2023

What a beautiful and special deer! Central New Jersey.

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 15/11/2023

The Division of Vertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) seeks an Assistant Curator in the Department of Mammalogy to start on or after July 2024. For more details, see the link below! Early career scientists please apply!!! careers.amnh.org/postings/3921

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

I seriously love that I can see a picture of a different coyote EVERY HOUR. Every post is my new favorite picture 🧡🐺

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The American Genetic Association @theaga.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

Science artists! Design a simple, evocative logo for AGA President Beth Shapiro's symposium, #AGA2024: Genomic Technologies & the Future of Conservation. Talks will explore DNA and other biotechnologies, including cloning and de-extinction, for biodiversity conservation. $150 prize! www.theaga.org

Lake Tahoe, California, from Granlibakken Resort, site of the upcoming symposium, #AGA2024

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

Galveston Island East Beach Development has been put on hold! There will be no discussion of it at tonight’s Council meeting (I’m told!)! Still good to attend the meeting (virtually or in person) to help build up trust and show our presence. Hopefully there is a brighter future for the east end!

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

#GalvestonDon’tPaveParadise

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Claudia Gonzaga-Jauregui @cgonzagaj.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

Beautiful art work in the latest front cover of Nature to illustrate the diversity of Mexican Genomics as evidenced by recent publications. We need more large-scale genomics projects for underrepresented populations, but also the time & resources to analyze, derive insights, and train students.

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

Let's all virtually attend the Galveston City Council meeting tonight 5pm CT! Let's advocate for preserving the coastal prairies, wetlands, Wildlife! Unless you can attend in person and give a public comment: City Hall Council Chambers, 823 Rosenberg, 2nd Floor. G-TV: www.galvestontx.gov/420/G-TV

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

How would RREAF Holdings (the developers) feel about being pushed out of their homes? See their homes razed? Stand up for habitat and wildlife!

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

I really wish I could eat more than a teeny spot of The Hot Ones The Last Dab hot sauce (Apollo pepper). It’s amazingly complex and hot!!! 🌶️🌶️🌶️🔥🔥🔥

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

www.galvnews.com/news/ghost-w...

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 24/10/2023

If you are not able to attend the Galveston City Council meeting to advocate for the island's east end habitat and wildlife, please submit use this link to submit a written public comment by end of day October 25th: forms.galvestontx.gov/Forms/Public...

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

A photo by Dr. Kristin Brzeski at the very location where development is being threatened.

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

A photo by Ron Wooten of the ghost wolves/fancy coyotes on Galveston Island.

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

6) Do not hesitate to reach out to me if you want to help protect this region and are looking for any opportunity to get communities involved, spread the word, and support coyotes and native biodiversity.

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

5) The best way to take action? Submit a written comment (forms.galvestontx.gov/Forms/Public...).

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

4) We want to help the Council see that they would not only damage their unique coyote population, but also the dozens of species that live in this coastal habitat (which is currently UNDEVELOPED).

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

3) Our research has discovered that these amazing 'ghost wolves' or 'fancy coyotes' has been featured in the New York Times (www.nytimes.com/2022/01/03/s... , a PBS Ecosense For Living episode (www.pbs.org/video/messin...), CNN (www.cnn.com/2022/07/02/u...), as well as other numerous media outlets.

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

2) The Galveston coyotes are unique and carry a non-trivial amount of endangered red wolf genetics that they acquired from red wolves, which were declared extinct in the wild in 1980. These red wolf genes persist in these coyotes that are quite distinct from other coyotes across the nation.

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Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

The coyotes that live on Galveston Island are unique and in urgent need of advocacy! 1) The Galveston City Council is holding a meeting on Oct 26th to decide if they will allow the development of a Margaritaville hotel and additional condo across 63 acres on the east end of the island.

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The American Genetic Association @theaga.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

The 2024 AGA Awards round is open! Evolutionary, Ecological, and Conservation Genomics (EECG) Research Awards to grads & postdocs. Up to $6,000 to conclude genomic research projects and prepare results for publication. More info at www.theaga.org Deadline: Midnight EST, 13 Dec 2023

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