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Way @modernforester.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Beautiful Cottonwood trees at Loose Park in Kansas City, MO.

2 Cottonwood trees in the middle of a middle with several other trees in the background.

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Way @modernforester.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

More of Frankie the bull elk.

A bull elk with his velvet still intact on his antlers.

Bull elk with velvet still intact on antlers in animal enclosure.

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Way @modernforester.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

A peek at our bison 🦬 babies (calves) this year. The elk have about 3 calves so far, but I haven't been able to get a picture yet. #wildlife #bison #wildlifereserve #kansascity #nature

A herd of bison with 3 calves standing near locust trees.

A herd of bison with a calf standing close to its mother while she eats grain out of a concrete feed block.

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Way @modernforester.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

From one prescribed burn a couple of months ago... #prescribedfire #burn #forestry

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Way @modernforester.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

I wish our senators would stop with these copy and paste talking points and actually attempt to change the laws that allow people to dodge taxes. But, they won't.

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Way @modernforester.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

I think my job is actually taking my recent callery pear removal proposal seriously. Thanks to the Missouri Senate bill 105, which makes callery pear illegal to sell starting January 1st, 2029. #invasivespecies #callerypear

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Way @modernforester.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

This spring has been BUSY. Things like this is why I haven't posted much. Tree fell on animal enclosure fence. Got real luck that none of the bison got out!

A large dead tree uprooted and fell on top of metal fence for bison enclosure.

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Way @modernforester.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Wildflowers we worked this winter. Coming out great! #wildflowers

A picture of colorful wildflowers near a road.

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Jen Cross @jencross.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Here is a moment of peace for your timeline. Little River, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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Way @modernforester.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

While I am a sports fan, I do not agree with the tomahawk chop, the drum, or mocking chant of the Chiefs.

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Way @modernforester.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Another awesome sighting from Paige. We love our backyard. The area brings so many different wildlife being near a river that's apart of a large conservation area. #baldeagle #nationalbird #naturephotography #conservation @frecklefacema.bsky.social

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Way @modernforester.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Amazing shot of the moon between silver maple branches from fiancée. We feel so lucky to live in front of a large conservation area. #moon #naturephotography #Samsunggalaxy #phonephotography @frecklefacema.bsky.social

Waning gibous moon in between silver maple branches with a dark blue morning sky.

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Way @modernforester.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Is there anywhere in America where a forester can work and the leadership is competent? Asking for a friend. #Forester #environmentaljobs #jobs #nature

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Way @modernforester.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

#update This is what that side of the pond looks like now.

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Way @modernforester.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Christians hate hearing the origin of Christmas 🤣.

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Way @modernforester.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

This is my busy season as a #forester, so less posts. Anyway, one of my first tries at a #career was web designer. No idea what I was thinking. You couldn't pay me to sit at a desk nowadays. #careerchoices #naturelover #cantsitstill

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Way @modernforester.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

My crew is finally able to get around to destroying some #invasivespecies. This week we cleaned up around a nearby #pond, but job's not finished! The 2nd pic shows how much more we have to do! Progress pics coming soon!

A skid steer with a forestry mulcher attached sits in a woodland surrounded by mulch on the ground.

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Way @modernforester.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

ID that tree! #Hint: its bark is both fireproof and waterproof. #treeID #trees #forestry #nature 🌳

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Way @modernforester.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Starting tree ID days, so who can identify this tree?! #Hint: this tree is considered a living fossil! 🌳 #tree #treeID

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Way @modernforester.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Great news. Now, do the Southern Plains bumble bee 🐝

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Way @modernforester.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Another beautiful picture from my fiancée. Foggy morning. #photography #naturephotography #trees

A foggy flat landscape with trees. A clump of river birches sit atop a pike in the foreground

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Way @modernforester.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

It's wild to see how much invasive species such as autumn olive and honeysuckle can obscure from view. This at one of our historic location called Missouri Town. #invasivespecies #grownative #invasivespeciesremoval #forestry #beforeandafter

Honeysuckle and autumn olive cover an entire understory of trees near a gravel road.

The invasive species are now removed, showing what can be seen now when beyond it.

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Way @modernforester.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

I'm sorry, but if you're vocal about hunters and not about the ridiculous amount of corporate-led deforestation, then I don't want to hear your opinion. Blaming the little guy is irrational and comes from a privileged standpoint in most environmental issues, if you ask me.

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Way @modernforester.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Story of my life on this app 😂

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Way @modernforester.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

One of my favorite #forestry accounts has joined #BlueSky. Give them a follow if you not only love forestry, but also #history.

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Way @modernforester.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Don’t know why I love this picture I took at an abandoned home in Texas. Nature always finds a way. #photography #nature

An abandoned and unfinished house with vines growing through its bare boned entrance.

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 01/12/2024

"There's a growing global army of millions toiling to make AI run smoothly" without whom, current sota systems can simply not operate. this is one of the reasons why debates around x-risks that assume autonomy of AI fall flat due to their reductive & unrealistic approachs of what AI is

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Way @modernforester.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Trying to figure out how this tree grew like this 🌳 #nature #forestry

A dormant tree grows up at a right angle.

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Wildlifeel at Home @wildlifeelathome.com · 01/12/2024

I'm just going to leave this here, because I'm really proud of what this is becoming 🤓 For all things wildlife conservation + home design: wildlifeelathome.com/blog Because one home no longer needs to be sacrificed for the other to thrive! #wildlifeconservation #savetheforests #savetheoceans

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This blog serves to fuse two seemingly separate topics which really ought to be seamless: home design & wildlife conservation.

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foresterbob @foresterbob.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Today's forestry pics. Spend enough time in the field, and you'll see some cool things. In these images from 2013, a rainbow was below me, appearing to hover above the town of Meadows, Idaho. #forestry #nature #rainbows #weather #Idaho

Forested hills in the foreground. A rainbow hovers over the valley. Mountains in the distance.

Forested hills in the foreground. A rainbow hovers over the valley. Mountains in the distance. In the sky are clouds with streaks of rain.

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Way @modernforester.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Here’s my forestry pic of the day: Loose Park in Kansas City, MO 📍 #photography #moon #forestry #trees #nature 🌳 🌕

The moon sits between two spruces that are in the foreground with a park and other trees in the background on a late evening.

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Way @modernforester.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Apparently, AI believes in volcano mulching 😆. Volcano mulching is when mulch is piled high against a tree trunk. It causes bark rot, pest infestation, & disease. Mulch should be spread evenly, 2–4” deep leaving it a few inches away from the trunk. #trees #mulch #planting #treeplanting #forestry

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Way @modernforester.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

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foresterbob @foresterbob.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Today's forestry pics. Subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa) occupies higher elevations of western North America. Trees can be identified at a distance by their narrow crowns. #forestry #trees

Three subalpine fir trees, showing the narrow shape of their crowns.

Bole (tree trunk) of subalpine fir, showing smooth gray bark interspersed with horizontal ridges.

Upper portion of a young subalpine fir tree, showing three upright purplish cones.

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