C. L. Photo @clichtenberger.bsky.social · 22/02/2026This is significant! If Congress gets their way with selling off public lands in and around the BWCA, they can do it anywhere. The BWCA is personal. This is where I learned to canoe. This is where I did my first multi-day camping trip. The BWCA is some of Minnesota’s most beautiful wilderness. 030
Reposted by C. L. PhotoFriends of the Earth @friends-earth.bsky.social · 16/02/2026"Sewage in rivers, air pollution around schools and risks from flooding are not abstract statistics – our own lives and our wildlife is at risk from this mounting environmental crisis." - Haf Elgar, Director of Wales, Friends of the Earth. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.uk'Climate breakdown' warning over polluted rivers and floodingFrom filthy rivers to flooding, Wales faces 23317
Reposted by C. L. PhotoSave the Boundary Waters @savetheboundarywaters.org · 16/02/2026In a rare letter to Republican senators, four descendants of the former president oppose mining near a wilderness area in Minnesota. Read more: bit.ly/4rOgr2Bnytimes.comTeddy Roosevelt’s Family Urges G.O.P. to Protect Public Lands 02312
Reposted by C. L. Photo🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Crowd sings Oh Canada as Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand raises Canadian flag to officially open Canadian consulate in Nuuk, Greenland 🇨🇦🇬🇱 🎥 Credit CBCOlivia / via 𝕏 ❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️ ❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️ 20494142
C. L. Photo @clichtenberger.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Anyone who thinks our #publiclands are for exploiting is out of their mind. 020
Reposted by C. L. PhotoNational Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) @protectparks.bsky.social · 15/01/2026"Our national parks are the gold standard for American conservation where we must maintain a careful balance between fish and wildlife restoration, recovery, and recreational and subsistence access."- Bart Melton, NPCA Senior Wildlife Program Director. bit.ly/4pMpQ9Jbit.lySecretarial Order Aims for Access that Already Exists Across Many National Parks"Our national parks are the gold standard for American conservation where we must maintain a careful balance between fish and wildlife restoration, recovery, and recreational and subsistence access." ... 093
C. L. Photo @clichtenberger.bsky.social · 31/12/2025I forgot I took this sunset panorama at Crater Lake a few months back. I was waiting and hoping the clouds would clear up by the evening so I could finally get a photo of the milkyway over the lake! As evening approached, the mosquitoes and flies became more voracious, chowing down on my legs. 290
Reposted by C. L. PhotoFriends of the Boundary Waters @bwca.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Minnesota DNR approved a Chilean mining company to drill at the Boundary Waters’ edge. The Walz administration could have stopped it. They didn’t. The Boundary Waters and our public lands deserve better. Support the fight: www.friends-bwca.org/donate #BoundaryWaters #ProtectPublicLands #NoMining 1123
C. L. Photo @clichtenberger.bsky.social · 30/12/2025Developers are building these data centers in places where water is scarce (think Nevada, Arizona, etc) AND in places that hold our largest sources of freshwater (i.e. Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, etc). This is not innovation. This is exploitation. #ai #saveourwater #publiclands #stopthesteal 020
C. L. Photo @clichtenberger.bsky.social · 28/12/2025Just a reminder that corporations are spending billions to convince you that this is “healthy forest management”. Don’t believe them. #oldgrowth #saveourforests #nature #conservation #deforestation #savethetrees 010
Reposted by C. L. PhotoThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/12/2025Bernie calls for a moratorium on A.I. data centers 1373588827
Reposted by C. L. PhotoSave the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 28/12/2025A Canadian icebreaker reached the world’s last sea ice not because we pushed farther, but because the ice is melting. CBC tells these uniquely Canadian stories, from Arctic science to Inuit knowledge, coast to coast to coast. This is why public media matters. r.pebmac.ca/https://www.... 2259
C. L. Photo @clichtenberger.bsky.social · 27/12/2025WPR reported on 2 of Wisconsin state representatives wanting to ban any “rights of nature” ordinances in Wisconsin. This is paving the way for data center construction and more. Remember, at the end of it all, you can’t eat money. Nature rights are human rights. #wpr #npr #nature 020
C. L. Photo @clichtenberger.bsky.social · 26/12/2025The gulf islands of British Columbia are some of my favorite places in the world. Quiet, remote, and full of natural beauty 🇨🇦 . . . #canada #canadaexplored #britishcolumbia #pnwphotographer #pnw #canadianwilderness 29310
Reposted by C. L. PhotoJake @jp1102.bsky.social · 26/12/2025Just so much BS that this planet has to put up with. Tech is out of control. 1052320898
Reposted by C. L. PhotoRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/12/2025"It's A Wonderful Life" isn't just a feel-good holiday classic (and my favorite movie of all time). It's also a warning about what happens when greed runs the economy.youtube.comRobert Reich Reacts: “It's a Wonderful Life”Robert Reich 21756161244
C. L. Photo @clichtenberger.bsky.social · 25/12/2025The beautiful Sitka spruce burls of the Olympic coast 💚 . There are many theories as to how these burls formed - fungi, environmental factors (e.g. saltwater corrosion or wind erosion), etc - but the burls are benign. 160
C. L. Photo @clichtenberger.bsky.social · 25/12/2025My prized Roosevelt bull elk captures of 2025! For wildlife portraits, I sometimes love doing both color and black & white prints. Especially for bison and elk, the black and white prints add an interesting dramatic twist to the capture. 130
C. L. Photo @clichtenberger.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Well, the smoke is back in Seattle 🥲 Unfortunately, the Bear Gulch Fire in the Olympic National Park has blown up 😔 We need rain soon and a lot of it. As an FYI - I recommend Watch Duty and Paku for wildfire tracking and air quality, respectively. EPA data is inconsistent, so Purple is all we have. 020
C. L. Photo @clichtenberger.bsky.social · 22/09/2025I am slowly migrating my IG over to Flashes! Additionally, I will soon have a substack where I will be posting field notes from my outings! Stay tuned! 020
C. L. Photo @clichtenberger.bsky.social · 22/09/2025My star photo this year - the milkyway over Crater Lake, OR. Hi everyone! I will gradually be moving my portfolio from IG over to here! I am excited to be migrating to Flashes. While I will still be on IG for now, my plan is to start being more active here. 130
C. L. Photo @clichtenberger.bsky.social · 17/09/2025A photo I had been wanting to take for ages - the milky way over Crater Lake in Oregon! #milkyway #astrophotography #craterlake #nationalparks 2482
C. L. Photo @clichtenberger.bsky.social · 21/08/2025A pair of tufted puffins having a moment while the one in the back third wheels 🤣 #nature #puffins #pnwphotographer #birding #wildlifephotography 040
C. L. Photo @clichtenberger.bsky.social · 16/08/2025If there’s one place in Washington I spend most of my free at, it’s the Olympic Peninsula and its forests 🌲 #forest #oldgrowth #nature #washingtonexplored #pnwphotography 010
C. L. Photo @clichtenberger.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Oh to be a harbor seal lounging on some rocks, not knowing what Teams or Outlook are. #naturephotography #seal #marinelife #wildlifephotography 073
C. L. Photo @clichtenberger.bsky.social · 24/07/2025A quiet morning at the creek in Olympic National Park . #pnw #pnwphotographer #naturephotography #cascadia 171
C. L. Photo @clichtenberger.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Last month’s total lunar eclipse #moon #lunareclipse #astrophotography 010
C. L. Photo @clichtenberger.bsky.social · 17/03/2025*blep*! A pine marten, Martes americana, searching for some food early in the morning. As soon as this marten approached where I was, all the birds and red squirrels scattered! #pinemarten #wildlifephotography #minnesotawildlife #wildlifebiology #nature 04815
C. L. Photo @clichtenberger.bsky.social · 12/03/2025A sweet little snowshoe hare I saw in Minnesota. These critters are aptly named for their big rear legs that help them navigate in snow! #wildlife #photography #nature #art #snowshoehare #wildlifephotography 0140
C. L. Photo @clichtenberger.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Close up of a great grey owl’s nictitating membrane! This translucent membrane originates from the medial canthus (inner eye corner) and spreads across the eye, protecting it while maintaining vision. #owl #birds #birdphotography #audubonsociety #birding #greatgreyowl #wildlife 060
C. L. Photo @clichtenberger.bsky.social · 05/03/2025A snowy owl braving the bitter cold Michigan wind with me 🥶 #snowyowl #owls #birding #birding #michigan 040
Reposted by C. L. PhotoAltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 03/03/2025We passed peer review with comments like "foundational" and "novel" concerning our work with the moose. The publication process is slow but we're on it. We're a 501c3 and all our documentation is available to the public on our website If you can manage it Please donate tonight gofund.me/babd9034gofund.meDonate to Please Support our Research at ALTYNP, organized by Ominous AnnHaving found a research project here in the park, now its up to me to find fundin… Ominous Ann needs your support for Please Support our Research at ALTYNP 657373
C. L. Photo @clichtenberger.bsky.social · 03/03/2025The boreal owl has a dependency on black woodpeckers. Black woodpeckers create cavities in trees, which owls use for nesting. This species interdependency is very common in the animal and plant kingdoms. #wildlifeconservation #birds #borealowl #protectwildlife 030
C. L. Photo @clichtenberger.bsky.social · 01/03/2025The owl I travelled over 1000 miles to see - a Boreal owl #birding #owl #owlirruption #borealowl 050
C. L. Photo @clichtenberger.bsky.social · 01/03/2025One of many Great Grey owls I saw in Minnesota 🦉 #owl #greatgreyowl #minnesota 0112
C. L. Photo @clichtenberger.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Very seriously. #protectourpubliclands #nps #usfs #blm www.outdoorlife.com/conservation...outdoorlife.comHow Seriously Should We Take the Sale of Federal Lands? Very Seriously, Experts SayThere is a major push within the second Trump administration, Congress, and certain Western states to dispose of federal public land. It's a real threat. 000
C. L. Photo @clichtenberger.bsky.social · 08/02/2025I finally got a clear shot of a merlin! They tend to be so skittish that most pics I take come out blurry. #birds #merlin #birding 150
Reposted by C. L. PhotoAltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 07/02/2025Find a protest near you. We can't promote wildlife and save what little is left without addressing the political situation we find ourselves in. The radical right must be stopped. Get involved Get in this fight www.mobilize.us/indivisible/mobilize.usIndivisible National · Indivisible on MobilizeWe’re a grassroots movement of thousands of local Indivisible groups with a mission to elect progressive leaders, rebuild our democracy, and defeat the Trump agenda. 141330317
C. L. Photo @clichtenberger.bsky.social · 06/02/2025A new parliament of Northern Saw-whet Owls have moved into the hemlock bushes I first saw them in last year! #birds #owls #audubonsociety 0193
C. L. Photo @clichtenberger.bsky.social · 05/02/2025America's national parks are our greatest treasures. We cannot let this administration destroy them. If a national park is gone, that's it. There is no recovering it. Protect our public lands! 020
C. L. Photo @clichtenberger.bsky.social · 03/02/2025(1/2) Trudeau and Sheinbaum are doing exactly what any good leader would do - stand up for their nation and fight back. What I am very disheartened by is how America is treating two of our historically closest allies. These are our neighbors and friends. 120
Reposted by C. L. PhotoSierra Club @sierraclub.org · 03/02/2025Tell your Senators to STOP a harmful logging bill, that would make it easier to log forests on public lands 🙅🪓🌲 Info at the 🔗act.sierraclub.orgTell the Senate to OPPOSE this harmful logging bill!Tell your Senators to STOP a harmful logging bill called the "Fix Our Forests Act." Instead of actually helping forests, the bill makes it easier to log forests on public lands. 168647
C. L. Photo @clichtenberger.bsky.social · 22/01/2025It's an #irruption year! Lots of #snowyowls have migrated further south into the northern mainland US to hunt and stay for the winter! An irruption year is where owls have more chicks due to a larger population of lemmings during the previous summer. 120
Reposted by C. L. PhotoAltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 21/01/2025We're not giving up our parks to developers and con men. Get in this fight and help us defend our parks. Follow, retweet and repeat @altyellonatpark.org 5771672171
Reposted by C. L. PhotoSierra Club @sierraclub.org · 21/01/2025The Alaskan Arctic is home to some of the last truly wild places in the U.S., not spoils for Big Oil CEOs. We must protect our public lands as Trump seeks to turn them in the world’s largest gas station. www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...sierraclub.orgSierra Club statement on Trump’s Arctic giveaway to Big Oil CEOsWASHINGTON, D.C. – In a flurry of executive orders declaring a “national energy emergency” and aiming to "unleash American energy,” Donald Trump acted to slash environmental protections in Alaska, inc... 47018
C. L. Photo @clichtenberger.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Is there anything more iconic in winter than a bright red cardinal in the snow? #birds #audubonsociety #birding 020