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Spokane resident, North Idaho raised. just yellin into the void about forestry, literature, history, and fighting for a better future.

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leaf it better than u found it @leafitbetter.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
A person in a Lorax costume is holding their head in their hands and looking downward. The caption reads "i can't babe i'm pondering the loss of the American Chestnut rn"
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 14/09/2025
Yuuuuup. Also, I don't give a shit if some of the worst people in the world think I am being performative or am virtue signaling. Fuck 'em. They don't get to tell me how to be. Anyway, trans rights are human rights, y'all. It's not complicated.
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City of Spokane @spokanecity.org · 18/04/2025
You are invited to the City of Spokane Earth Day Community Workshop on Tuesday, April 22, 6-7:30 p.m. at West Central Community Center! Learn more about ongoing Climate Planning efforts and provide input on future actions to shape a sustainable future. #EarthDay my.spokanecity.org/news/stories...
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Celebrate Earth Day by Planning Ahead
You are invited to a Climate Planning Community Workshop on Earth Day, April 22.
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Bstrong4all @bstrong4all.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Hands off in Spokane 2 rally planned at 2 parks. Over 2000 on April 7 50501 event.
Rally for Science
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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 17/04/2025
i think most white americans who have never been Policed don’t realize that you are always already a criminal. the second anyone with institutional power believes you to be, needs you to be, or wants you to be a criminal you are and always have been.
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 17/04/2025
the last few days has been a reminder that people really want to believe that not only is there this real thing called a “criminal,” and that if they need to, anyone can just prove they aren’t one
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🏔fjellsopp🍄 @fjellsopp.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Don't have anything useful to say at the moment, but please accept this stick as a timeline cleanser. #lichen
A stick in front of a brick wall. The upper third is covered in leafy silver-grey lichen. Most of the rest is covered in leafy sulphur-yellow lichen with a few prominent cup-like apothecia.
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 03/03/2025
Musk and Trump should have to face the hardworking Park Rangers they sacked. I’m bringing Kate, who was unjustly fired from northern Minnesota’s Voyageurs National Park, to the State of the Union.
Kate Severson, a federal park ranger at Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota. Severson was one of the thousands of newly-hired federal workers to be abruptly fired Friday, February 14, 2025, as part of the Trump administrations push to downsize the federal government.Brilliant fall colors highlight this aerial view of Lake Kabetogama, one of four large lakes that make up Voyageurs National Park. Photo courtesy of Voyageurs National Park via MPR News
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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 02/03/2025
[about to become even more wrong] to be clear,
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Elliott Blackwell @elliottblackwell.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
In this culture of rampant consumerism, the library is a bastion of counter culture. There one can check out things for free. Great books filled with profound ideas are all available for free.
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leaf it better than u found it @leafitbetter.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
www.pbs.org/video/return... Great episode about Western White Pines! Love this PBS series.
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Outdoor Idaho | Return of the Giants | Season 42 | Episode 2
Outdoor Idaho takes a deep dive into the impact Idaho’s western white pine tree has had on society.
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Longtail News @longtail-news.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Feed: "Flathead Beacon" By: Tristan Scott on Sunday, March 2, 2025
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‘It’s Not About the Paycheck, It’s About the People’: Fired Workers Rally at Glacier National Park
The outset of March dawned blue and bright for Jon Zanett, who set out from his Columbia Falls home for a Saturday morning trail run at Cedar Flats, a nearby trail system in development on the Flathead National Forest. His two Siberian husky dogs joined him. By noon, he’d dropped off the dogs and picked […]
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Ed Hall @buxleyhall.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Sure, the US Constitution is being shredded and 80 years of post–war foreign policy is being blown up but let’s all clutch pearls about whether @altnps.bsky.social is run by *real* park rangers or not. 🙄 #AltNPS #AltGOV #ProtectOurParks #RehireParkRangers #resist @resistancerangers.bsky.social
Two dozen protestors outside Yellowstone National Park. Photo by @publiclandlvr.bsky.social‬
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Caroline (Author) @karnatz.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Public lands belong to the people — not morally bankrupt oligarchs! @altnps.bsky.social @resistancerangers.bsky.social #nps #glaciernationalpark #altnps #ecology #usfs #nature
Americans holding signs supporting public landsPeople at Glacier National Park holding signs supporting public lands People at Glacier National Park holding signs supporting public landsPeople at Glacier National Park holding signs supporting public lands
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Pam Ronald @pcronald.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Beautiful essay, speaking for all who love mountains and fresh pow: “I’ve found that nothing cures a racing mind quite like skiing through the trees and stopping to take a deep breath of that fresh…National Forest air…Natl Forest lands & Natl Parks are under attack by the current Administration…”
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Every Movie in 1999:
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Jackie 🌕 @jackieostfeld.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Tomorrow fired park rangers @resistancerangers.bsky.social are organizing rallies on national parks and public lands across the country. Sierra Club will be there to speak out and stand in solidarity. Find a rally near you --> docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #ProtectOurParks #RehireParkRangers
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jimmy alto @jimmyalto.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Meanwhile at Joshua Tree National Park...
Joshua Tree National Park is a US National Park located in southeastern California, straddling north-central Riverside County and part of southern San Bernardino County. Named after the endemic Joshua tree, found in the park and surrounding areas, Joshua Tree is situated some 130 miles east of the city of Los Angeles and roughly 78 mi east of the city of San Bernardino. Among some of the closest cities to the park are Indio, Palm Desert, and Palm Springs. Originally declared a national monument in 1936, Joshua Tree was redesignated as a national park in 1994 when the U.S. Congress passed the California Desert Protection Act.

Encompassing a total area of 795,156 acres—slightly larger than the state of Rhode Island—the park features 429,690 acres of designated wilderness. The park encompasses portions of two deserts, each a unique ecosystem with characteristics determined primarily by elevation—the higher Mojave Desert and the lower-lying Colorado Desert. The Little San Bernardino Mountains line the southwest edge of the park.[
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kuntrydazy.bsky.social @kuntrydazy.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
🗣️PROTECT PARKS PROTEST AT GLACIER 🗣️ Saturday March 1 @ noon Meet in Apgar at free speech zone. WHAT: protect parks & public lands from staffing cuts, budget cuts and privatization. Illegal firings & delayed seasonal hiring will impact public lands.Nat'l parks are for everyone—let’s keep it that way
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Gail Waldby ❌👑 @gailwaldby.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Glacier National Park rally at noon on Saturday, March 1st Apgar and Entrance in West Glacier Bring protest signs, trash bags and trash pickup equipment. Protest but leave no trace and clean up! #GlacierNationalPark #NationalParks #NPS #WestGlacier #WestGlacierMT #WestGlacierMontana #Montana
STAND UP FOR NATIONAL PARKS & PUBLIC LANDS
SATURDAY, MARCH 1
NATIONWIDE DAY OF ACTION
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PARK SITES PROTESTS DAY
WORTH FIGHTING FOR
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Capt. Brendan Heselton @scolopaxminor.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
To those of you who think selling off public lands isn’t in the realm of possibilities. The administration has already begun stripping them of protections. www.outdoorlife.com/conservation...
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How Seriously Should We Take the Sale of Federal Lands? Very Seriously, Experts Say
There 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.
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octoBear Caicoya @beacaicoya.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Teresa Borrenpohl is also a former candidate for Idaho's House, for the Democrats too. This is attempting to silence dissent through violence.
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leaf it better than u found it @leafitbetter.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
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