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Kat Barr

@kathleenbarr.bsky.social

Plant ecology, restoration, botany, Rocky Mountain ecosystems, invasion ecology. | Career change = studying EBIO @ CU Boulder. | Mountain biker, runner, dog mom, naturalist. | Nederland, CO she/her 🌿🐝🌲🍄🌻🌾

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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

This @gristnews.bsky.social and @underscore-news.bsky.social story is the most captivating and comprehensive chronicle of the Klamath dam removal campaign to date. We highly recommend you give it a read. grist.org/project/indi...

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How the Klamath Dams Came Down

Last year, tribes in Oregon and California pulled off the largest dam removal in U.S. history. This is their story.

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Kat Barr @kathleenbarr.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Spring doing its spectacular thing down in the Boulder foothills. 😍

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500 Women Scientists @500womensci.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Sign our pledge! We call on all scientists to join us in declaring unwavering support for evidence-based policy-making, human rights, advocacy for the scientific enterprise, and for one another. As women and gender minorities in STEMM, we accept this challenge. 500womenscientists.org/join-us-2024

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Join us 2024 — 500 Women Scientists

Sign the Pledge

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BWEEMS @official-bweems.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Did you hear? We have just launched our eco/evo mini grant! Where are our ecologist/evolutionists?!

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Kat Barr @kathleenbarr.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Absolute chaos. Damaging, dangerous, intentional chaos.

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White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion

The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

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Kat Barr @kathleenbarr.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

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‘Good boy!’ Truffle-sniffing dogs are helping uncover hidden underground ecosystems

Their keen noses are helping researchers document the diversity of fungi living underneath Pacific Northwest forests

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Christie Wilcox @nerdychristie.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

I am obsessed with these fungi. LOOK AT HOW WEIRD AND WONDERFUL THEY ARE. I imagine that's what moa thought, too... that story and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪 🍄

Moa, which are known to have eaten brightly colored fruit, would also have snacked on colorful truffles, such as this purple Gallacea scleroderma. Noah siegel

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Long Term Ecological Research Network (United States) @uslter.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

We're excited to see a bunch of LTER sites making their way over to BlueSky! Our sites are the heart of our network—they're the places advancing our understanding of ecology, one 40-year study at at time. You can follow all of our sites on BlueSky using our starter pack here: go.bsky.app/MrcEQVV

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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Here is a photo of a trans non-binary biologist (me) holding a bird (Eastern Towhee) that is likely a bilateral gynandromorph-- a fusion of cells with female-type chromosomes and cells with male-type chromosomes in one bird! Biological sex and human gender diversity is real and wonderful ❤️🏳️‍⚧️

Photo of SK in a forest in Pennsylvania, wearing a tie dyed field shirt from the 2017 grassland bird Konza Crew and holding a large sparrow that is black on one side of the body and brown on the other.

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Kat Barr @kathleenbarr.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Hi! I’m a returning student at CU Boulder studying Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, transitioning from a first career in nonprofit advocacy (gender justice, voting rights, health care). My focus is plant ecology, restoration, mountain ecosystems & invasion biology, with a goal of grad school in '26.

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