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Melanie S. @ocparkbuilder.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Do I have any #ParkChat friends who (1) live in CA and (2) were part of the DOGE federal work force reductions that might want to speak at an upcoming event with a large audience of decision makers? If so, reach out!

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Heather @explorationproject.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Another sign of spring - the chorus frogs are out! 🐸

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Heather @explorationproject.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Signs of spring. Rain and puddles sure but also the skunk cabbage coming up quickly.

Duck Toller dog on wooden walking bridge.

Back of Duck Toller dog walking along wooden boardwalk in spring. Raining and puddles.

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Anne with an “e” @redheadinthecity.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

The fact the candidate everyone isn’t talking about is Conservative candidate, Andrew Lawton, is SHAMEFUL. This piece of filth has DECADE of bigotry, sexism, homophobia, on record. Not one bad day. Why isn’t Poilievre being asked to remove him, like when he ran for Ford a few years ago?

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59nationalparks @59nationalparks.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

This Wednesday at 9 PM ET #ParkChat welcomes @beckyjlomax.bsky.social and @thedetoureffect.bsky.social as our special guest hosts. They are looking at a very interesting topic “Managing Fears While Hiking”. Please join us. @naturetechfam.bsky.social @camarowrx.bsky.social @tthrash.bsky.social

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Elbows Up, Canada! @elbowsupcanadateam.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Margaret Atwood is keeping her Elbows Up! 💪 She sends her best and reminds Canadians that when we're in a tough spot, standing together matters. Join us on March 22 Toronto Nathan Phillips Square 2 PM. Wear red 🔴. Bring a sign. Stand together. #toronto #ElbowsUp #HandmaidsTale #margaretatwood

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The Godyssey Podcast @godysseypodcast.com · 09/03/2025

Leave out milk, bread, and honey and you'll have less housework to do: the brownie is a Scottish spirit that at night will tidy up the home a bit if given offerings. If ignored or offended, they become boggarts, so be kind. #FolkloreSunday 🖼: T. DiTerlizzi

A depiction of brownies from Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black's Spiderwick Chronicles, showing a small fey creature in green britches and a white shirt with a thimble hat and a duster made of a badminton shuttlecock. Words explain how to keep them happy but are too small to read, but are observations made by Arthur Spiderwick, who is chronicling the fey in his home because he can see them.

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Please watch my statement on Trump's attempt to extort Canada. The stakes are high but much higher in the United State as Donald Trump leaves the USA weaker economically and politically. This is how the great American century ends - like a toxic sideshow. #elbowsup www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Uso...

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CHARLIE ANGUS RESPONDS TO DONALD TRUMP'S ECONOMIC EXTORTION

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Public Land Lover 🦋🌲🦬 @publiclandlvr.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

This makes me so happy! Thank you, Washington! #ParkChat

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Adrianna Amari @4aamari.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

beckoning wonder land

A path of mystery dark stream flows and leads from underfoot through snow-heavy shrubs into a forest deep and tall with slender trunks and endless snow-adorned branching cascades in the day’s grey light.

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Heather @explorationproject.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

A group of snowshoers (and a dog!) seen today on hike 9 of my #52hikechallenge - a 2.9k snowshoe. Another beautiful day to get outside!

A group of snowshoes and a small dog with a red jacket cross a large expanse of snow with a forest in the background.

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Heather @explorationproject.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Today is National Flag Day in Canada and I think I spent it in a fitting way - skating on an outdoor trail on top of Blue Mountain 🇨🇦 I haven’t been skating in 2 years so I had a big grin a lot of the time. And while this wasn’t hiking, I’m counting it as “hike” 8 of the #52hikechallenge.

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Heather @explorationproject.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Have you ever heard of a wind phone? It’s a phone without a dial tone installed on a nature trail. You use to connect with a deceased love one. This wind phone is at the Ausable River Cut Conservation Area just outside of Port Franks, Ontario. I think it’s a beautiful idea.

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Heather @explorationproject.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Between shopping and sushi got in a short but beautiful 3.3k hike on the Grand Valley Trail. A crisp but sunny day for hike 6 of the #52hikechallenge. ☃️☀️

winter landscape featuring a snow-covered trail leading to a wooden bridge. The bright sun shines in a clear blue sky, casting long shadows on the snow. A frozen body of water stretches into the distance, surrounded by leafless trees. Two people in dark winter clothing are seen walking near the edge of the ice.

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I am a Wuduweard From Old English: wudu (“forest”) + weard (“ward”) so a woodland guardian Survives in modern English with the surname Woodward

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𝕷𝖎𝖘𝖆🌹 @lisab-17.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Perfect! 📚🔥🫖

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Heather @explorationproject.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I love how hiking forces your mind to focus on the present. On this trail, step after sideways step down the hill. #hiking

A snow-covered forest trail winding through tall evergreen trees, with branches dusted in fresh snow. The sky above is a soft mix of blue and white, with faint snowflakes falling, creating a peaceful winter scene.

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Heather @explorationproject.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

A frozen and snow covered Ausable River Cut on my hike today. #ausablerivercut

tree-covered ridge and a frozen body of water in the foreground.

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Heather @explorationproject.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Sunset walk to film my next episode of #grimwood. Crisp and cold at -13C/8F. Weather that makes you feel alive!

winter scene featuring a snow-covered landscape with bare trees, a rustic log building, and a soft pastel-colored sky at sunset. A picnic shelter with snow on its roof is visible in the foreground

A close-up of a log cabin covered in snow during the winter. The scene captures a vibrant sunset, with colorful clouds in the background and bare trees surrounding the cabin.

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The Bearded Pug 🏕 🛶 🌌 ⛰️ 🥾 @thebeardedpug.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Cute signs! I love how some forest managers try to add a little "cute & funny" to our day. Here's one from The Pioneer Trail in The Jennings State Forest. (FL) 😁

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Dag Ole Nordhaug @nordhaug.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Winter mist. Trondheim, Norway. Feb 2012. I’m currently printing a lot, testing out new papers. This is one of my go-to photographs when I’m testing new print stuff. It’s difficult to get right. Tones and colors, shadows and sharpness, all hard to nail. Quite happy when it works!

Misty sunrise over a boathouse and a frozen lake.

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Heather @explorationproject.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Hike #3 of the #52hikechallenge. 5.75 km on a new trail for me - the Vansittart Woods in Woodstock, Ontario. A nice easy trail (although crunchy with snow and ice). I loved the signs they had to tell hikers to stay on the trail. #hiking #hikingadventures

Sign in a snowy, grassy area reading, ‘We don’t walk on your food, please don’t walk on ours! Please stay on the trail. Thanks, The Deer,’ featuring an illustration of a deer and a deer hoof print.

Sign in a snowy forest reading, ‘We don’t jump on your head, please don’t stomp on ours! Please watch your step and stay on the trail. Thanks, The Frogs,’ with an illustration of a frog and a frog footprint.

A smiling woman outdoors on a snowy day, wearing a blue knit hat, black winter coat with a fur-lined hood, and a teal backpack. The background features snow-covered ground and blurred trees.

Close-up of bird tracks in the snow, showing small, distinct three-pronged footprints against a white, snowy surface.

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Heather @explorationproject.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Hike #2 of the #52hikechallenge. A wee 3.1k hike in the woods in an area I was visiting this weekend. Today was the perfect snowy winter day. And after, I was glad to get home to Marco who missed me and is cuddly.

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Heather @explorationproject.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Hike 1 of the #52hikechallenge. Patterson CA in SW Ontario. 3.6k.

A rustic wooden cabin with a snow-dusted roof stands amidst a winter landscape. A large tree with bare branches is in the foreground, partially obscuring the cabin. Sparse snow covers the ground, with evergreen trees in the background under a pale sky.

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Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Always learning. I found out today that the word ‘mesmerised’ comes from the name of the German physician Franz Anton Mesmer, who believed in treating patients using an early form of hypnotism.

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Heather @explorationproject.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Only ran into two birders. Quiet time amidst the business of the holiday. #naturelovers #naturephotography

wetland landscape with bare trees in the background, calm water with a log in the water, and scattered snow patches on the foreground vegetation and shoreline.

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Ron James Hampton @rjhamptonjr.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Winter in the cold north has begun. There is a quiet in the mountains at night. A stillness that soothes the soul…. #photography #photograph #landscapephotography #snow #outdoors #Mountains #rurallife #b&w

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Heather @explorationproject.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Louring: look dark and threatening (related to the sky, weather or landscape). #logophile

Black and white image of an old, weathered church with peeling paint and an aging steeple. Bare trees surround the building.

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Heather @explorationproject.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Misslieness (n.): A feeling of loneliness caused by the absence of something or someone who is usually around. (Scottish) From: ‘A Winter Dictionary”, Paul Anthony Jones #logophile #winterwords #wintertime

A black-and-white photo of a snow-covered landscape with a small, fenced graveyard in the foreground. The graveyard contains a few tombstones, surrounded by bare, leafless trees. The background is shrouded in mist, with faint silhouettes of distant trees and a forest edge visible.

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Jack 🦫 @jackhumphrey.com · 10/12/2024

Great morning at Beaverton! They usually den for the day by now, so we were surprised to hear a splash at the edge of the pond. This is when Sir Beaver, Lord Protector of Ponds, Earl of Glen Miller III popped up. He's just feet away from us and very interested in our intentions. #beavers

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Heather @explorationproject.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Hemel (n.): A freezing fog. From, “A Winter Dictionary”, Paul Anthony Jones #winterwords #winter #logophile

Snow-covered rural road lined with leafless trees fading into a misty, foggy background, creating a serene and minimalist winter scene.

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Public Land Lover 🦋🌲🦬 @publiclandlvr.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Went for a backcountry ski today and also got to see a wolf pack chase a herd of bison around a meadow. What an incredible privilege to bear witness to this sacred winter ritual. 📸 : cell phone snap courtesy of my #jrranger #ParkChat #NationalParks

A black wolf with a white muzzle walks toward the right side of the frame. The ground is covered with a dusting of snow, and there are dry plants in the foreground.

At least 30 bison, crowded up against one another can be seen about 20 yards in the diatance.

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🔻Miss Missa🔺 @heymissmisa.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

My new goal this holiday season is to learn more Yule legends. I had not heard of the Yule Cat before, but this is fantastic! (Gotta go get a new jacket now 🤣)

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Heather @explorationproject.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Beware the watchful eyes of the Yule Cat 🐾 This towering feline isn’t just a festive myth—it reflects the cultural values of preparedness and resourcefulness during harsh winters. Will your new clothes keep you safe? #grimwood #folklore #yulecat #icelandictales #spookystories #winterlegends

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Heather @explorationproject.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Getting in the festive spirit. Christmas horse-drawn wagon rides 🧑‍🎄🐴 #christmastime

This photo shows a festive nighttime scene featuring a horse-drawn wagon decorated with holiday lights and bows. People are gathered around, dressed in winter clothing, enjoying the atmosphere. The area is illuminated by streetlights and colorful string lights in the background, giving the image a warm, seasonal vibe.

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Heather @explorationproject.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Enjoying the last of the snow before it rains next week. #snowday

A woman smiles while standing in a snowy forest, wearing a knit winter hat with a pom-pom and a maroon vest over a hoodie. Snow falls gently around her, and a trail winds through the trees in the background.”

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Heather @explorationproject.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

The Cedar Hollow. Imagining all the little ones seeking shelter here, safe from the harshness of winter. #forestmagic #simplenature #cedartrees #trees

A snow-dusted cedar tree with exposed roots forming a hollow at its base. The hollow looks like a natural shelter, surrounded by patches of snow and scattered cedar branches, evoking a sense of quiet refuge in the winter forest.

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Heather @explorationproject.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Walking the back alleys at Christmas time in our little city. #christmastime

A snowy alley at night, illuminated by the soft glow of streetlights and colorful lights from nearby houses. A duck tolling retriever walks ahead on a leash. Bare trees and fences frame the scene.

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