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Monni Böhm

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Freshwater Conservation Coordinator at Indianapolis Zoo Pacers & Fever 🏀 fan. Dog mum. Rugby obsessed. she/her | Views are my own

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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Also featured in a short article in CSIRO News: connectsci.au/news/news-pa...
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What are the best ways to protect freshwater biodiversity?
Lack of evidence and how data is used are major challenges in determining threats and conservation success in freshwater habitats, according to a new paper.The perspective, presented in the CSIRO Publ...
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We examine the importance of evidence for freshwater conservation, available sources, how evidence is used, geographical coverage, and the challenges in obtaining evidence. We conclude with recommendations to help improve the effectiveness of evidence-based freshwater conservation.
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Ted Lasso: Ooh I like this.
ALT: Ted Lasso: Ooh I like this.
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
📣📣📣 PUBLICATION ALERT📣📣📣 A wonderful collaboration by the IUCN Species Survival Commission Freshwater Conservation Committee: "Evidence charts the future of freshwater biodiversity conservation" Link to paper here: connectsci.au/mf/article/7...
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Evidence charts the future of freshwater biodiversity conservation
This article examines the importance of evidence for freshwater conservation, available sources, how evidence is used, geographical coverage and the challe
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
LIGHTS OUT! DRUMROLL!!! SPOTLIGHT ON!!!!! There were times when I didn't think we would ever get there, so let's shout this from the rooftops!!!! European Red List of Moths ✅ op.europa.eu/en/publicati...
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European red list of moths - Publications Office of the EU
This European Red List of Moths provides a comprehensive assessment of the extinction risk of moth species across Europe and the EU27, contributing to the wider effort to measure the state of European...
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
📣 THANK YOU 📣 to the experts who gave us their time & expertise. We couldn't have done it without you! 👏👏👏👏👏 Shout out to: IUCN SSC Mollusc Specialist Group, IUCN SSC Center for Species Survival network, AZA SAFE North American Freshwater Mussel, @fmcs-mollusk.bsky.social & many others! 🐌
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Finally back in Indy after 4 weeks of (mainly work) travel! Time to reminisce about all that's happened in the past 6 weeks, starting with #freshwater #molluscs! Blog post on the IUCN Red List North American FW Mollusc workshop held at Indy Zoo back in May! www.indianapoliszoo.com/gcss/blog/iu...
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Indianapolis Zoo Hosts Global Freshwater Mollusc Workshop
While often overlooked in conservation efforts, particular crayfish species are on the edge of extinction.
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Great fun hanging out with @mostfun.bsky.social as our poster neighbour! Lots of aquatic fungi love & many people got their stickers! 😍😍😍 #wbf2026 #worldbiodiversityforum #aquaticfungirock
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Global & regional processes are super important, but we also need to locally generate knowledge & awareness on aquatic fungi, so next was the poster session ft. our Indianapolis Zoo funded project investigating the ascomycete fungi in our White River & wider Indiana, led by @huzefaraj.bsky.social
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Simultaneously, FUNACTION was conceptualised by researchers in Europe. And now, we even have an IUCN Species Survival Commission Aquatic Fungi Specialist Group! @iucnaquafungi.bsky.social
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Dan Levy & Annie Murphy: A Toast! (Schitt's Creek)
ALT: Dan Levy & Annie Murphy: A Toast! (Schitt's Creek)
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
It's amazing to see all the recent work that has gone into generating knowledge on these little known & overlooked species. For me, the journey started with the IUCN Species Survival Commission Freshwater Conservation Committee's "Fantastic Freshwater" in 2022 & it even got a shout-out!
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Yesterday was a big day for #aquaticfungi at the #WorldBiodiversityForum in Davos. We had a great session on "Closing knowledge gaps in fungal biodiversity and its conservation", with several talks from Biodiversa+ funded consortia FUNACTION & MoSTFun! @funaction.bsky.social @mostfun.bsky.social
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Watch this space for more news about both projects! Next stop now: Davos, Switzerland for the World Biodiversity Forum. Swapping fish for fungi!
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
To do so, the project team from ZSL & Mexican partners held 3 local community workshops, to plan their return, bringing back the spring sites/ponds & associated activities! These workshops were part funded by an Indianapolis Zoo conservation grant. A true privilege to attend & see this work LIVE!
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Next stop: El Potosi, Nuevo León, Mexico - aka putting ex situ into practice! The area was home to 3 spp of pupfish - all Extinct in the Wild & still alive because of ex situ efforts. The goal is to bring them back home!
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Huge thank you to the team from Albuquerque BioPark & the IUCN SSC Conservation Planning Specialist Group for expertly guiding us through the process!
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The first two weeks of June were all about freshwater fish! 1st stop: Albuquerque - Ex situ conservation planning for highly threatened species of fw fish! Working hard & playing hard, Team Palearctic managed their way through around 60 spp!
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Sad to miss it but I am in the right country now at least!
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Thank you to everybody who contributed time and energy to this process - we could not do this without you! 💕👏
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Dan Levy Clapping Proudly
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Freshwater molluscs are highly threatened in North America. From spring endemic snails in tiny ecosystems drying up before our eyes to vanishing mussel populations due to channelization, damming, pollution & invasive species, the outlook is dire but our experts kept going nonetheless! Thank you all!
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Because all work and no play makes mollusc assessors - or really anybody! - sad, we also visited the White River Mussel Propagation Facility at the Bureau of Water Quality in Muncie, a project supported by the Indianapolis Zoo! @protectspecies.bsky.social
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Our task: assess the extinction risk status of ca. 500 species of North American freshwater molluscs. Part of a wider initiative to complete the IUCN Global Freshwater Mollusc Assessment, the workshop will contribute to the goal of providing the first ever global assessment for freshwater molluscs.
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
2 weeks ago, we hosted an IUCN Red List Assessment workshop for North American freshwater molluscs, with 20 experts from the IUCN SSC Mollusc Specialist Group, the IUCN SSC Center for Species Survival network, & AZA SAFE North American Freshwater Mussel & @fmcs-mollusk.bsky.social & many others! 🐌
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Here's a new blog post on the Indianapolis Zoo website to re-live our #WorldWaterRun adventures! Ft. Indiana waterways, hiking, running, birdwatching, conferences, dogs, sunshine & lots of fun! @minaguli.bsky.social @runblueofficial.bsky.social www.indianapoliszoo.com/.../world-wa...
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Voting closes on 4 April @ 1:30pm Eastern Time. Till then, vote daily for your favorite!
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
There is a widespread belief that only birds & mammals can win a competition such as this. This is a great opportunity to disprove this (in my books BS) theory. If you love an underdog/underbug story - now is the time to vote! #UproarChallenge
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
It's the FINAL ROUND of the Indianapolis Zoo Uproar Conservation Challenge! Four species - who will win? Two of my favorites are still in the competition: the Bolivian Ornate Tiger Beetle & the Kyrgyzstan Wild Tulip!
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The BOZIBE v TULIP match up will no doubt break my heart. I am torn between these two, and it's neck and neck...
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
WEST AFRICAN SLENDER-SNOUTED CROC It's a croc that sings, nay, duets! And males/females can reverse their roles in the duets. I picture Sonny & Cher - I got you babe!
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
MOOREAN VIVPAROUS TREE SNAIL AMAZING good news story: was Extinct in the Wild but conservationists have worked tirelessly for a VERY LONG TIME to bring this species back to the wild. And they did it! @zslofficial.bsky.social @zslscience.bsky.social
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
SPIKY YELLOW WOODLOUSE Just LOOK at it, it's a rockstar! This funky dude is important to its native ecosystem, the cloud forest on St Helena, where it is busy helping with nutrient cycling, amongst other things! #DYK it also glows in the dark (under UV light)?
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
QUEEN ALEXANDRA BIRDWING Not just a "queen" but also pretty much as big, tip to tip, as a ruler (a standard 30 cm one)! Largest butterfly in the world!
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
SULAWESI CARDINAL SHRIMP It's bright red like Indiana's state bird, the Cardinal! It lives in the ancient Malili Lake system in Sulawesi, Indonesia! These ancient lakes are true evolutionary laboratories of freshwater life with many unique species that do not exist elsewhere!
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The @IndianapolisZoo Uproar Conservation Challenge is in Round 3 & the battles are (mainly) tight! Voting for this round closes 26 March @ 23:59 Eastern Time. uproar.indianapoliszoo.com #UproarChallenge Let me introduce some of our competitors!
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Uproar Conservation Challenge, presented by T-Fiber – A New Initiative of the Indianapolis Zoo
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IUCN SSC Seahorse, Pipefish and Seadragon Specialist Group @iucnseahorse.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
ROUND 2 of the #UproarChallenge is here! Thorny Seahorse is still in the running thanks to you, but we need your votes to keep the momentum going. Vote at uproarchallenge.com & help us advance to Round 3, earning us conservation funding!
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IUCN SSC Butterfly & Moth Specialist Group @iucnbutterflysg.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
🚨🚨🚨Publication alert! 🚨🚨🚨 Taking a breather from #uproarchallenge, there's a new paper online today that was several years in the making (all the best papers are!): conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Addressing Gaps in Butterfly Population Monitoring to Catalyze Global Insect Conservation
The conservation community sorely lacks a global indicator of change in insect populations. Given widespread insect declines, addressing this gap is key for conservation and policy targets. We sugges...
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
ALWAYS!
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Shoutout to the great effort of Team MOSTFUNACTION! Their posts look much more scenic! :-) @mostfun.bsky.social @funaction.bsky.social @isabelrfernandes.bsky.social
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
We rounded off the conference with many interesting talks, networking & a lot of coffee - before I walked home to reach a total of 10.7 km of shuttling to & from in the name of #freshwater #conservation! That counts towards #worldwaterrun, right? @runblueofficial.bsky.social @minaguli.bsky.social
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
A quick lunchtime Bikeshare bike ride to let the dog out added a few more kms. #DYK the White River Alliance Clear Choices Clean Water campaign can give you tips on how to act on behalf of clean water! Like picking up your dog's 💩! thewhiteriveralliance.org/programs/cle....
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
I gave a presentation about our AZA SAFE program for North American Freshwater Mussels. #WorldWaterRun bib of course made an appearance!
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
It's Day 2 of #WorldWaterRun & some members of Team Indianapolis Zoo were attending the Indiana Academy of Science Annual Meeting. I tried to make the most of a day spent mostly indoors - starting with an early morning walk to the meeting venue!
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Shoutout to Team IUCN SSC Freshwater Conservation Committee & Team MOSTFUNACTION who also LOVE LOVE LOVE aquatic fungi & are also taking part in #WorldWaterRun! @mostfun.bsky.social @funaction.bsky.social @minaguli.bsky.social @runblueofficial.bsky.social
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
There's a lot of wildlife to be spotted, turtles, beavers, mink, bald eagles, + much more, especially under the water's surface, all in an urban setting! The Indianapolis Zoo recently funded a project sampling the White River for aquatic fungi, too! Also - fish art!
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
The White River is right on our zoo's doorstep. The White River Trail runs past/alongside the Urban Wilderness Trail and past Indy’s first Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary. It was designated the first Certified Sustainable Trail by the Indiana Wildlife Federation!
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
And we're off! #WorldWaterRun is underway so we enjoyed the sunshine along the White River right here in the heart of Indianapolis. Team Indianapolis Zoo is off to a good start with the first 4.1 km (x4) in the bag!
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
@shoalorg.bsky.social @niemiller.bsky.social
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
ROUND 2 is open in the Indianapolis Zoo Uproar Conservation Challenge. Our Hoosier Cavefish sailed through Round 1 but is facing a very tough battle in Round 2! Please share & vote! Voting ends March 23! uproar.indianapoliszoo.com
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I’m joining the #WorldWaterRun from 20-22 March with Team Indianapolis Zoo!🌍💧 Water shapes all of our lives - in my case also my work life in #freshwater conservation, but many of the water systems that we & other species rely on are in crisis! @runblueofficial.bsky.social @minaguli.bsky.social
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
🚨FINAL FEW HOURS OF VOTING IN ROUND 1🚨 Scores are tight in these 3 matchups! Queen Alexandra's Birdwing v Green Pitcher Plant Horseshoe Crab v Bozibe African Manatee v Nubian Flapshell Turtle Vote: uproar.indianapoliszoo.com #uproarchallenge @iucnbutterflysg.bsky.social
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
@mycologyjapan.bsky.social @mycopat.bsky.social @ausmycsoc.bsky.social @myco-microbio.bsky.social @mycotae.bsky.social @mycologycorner.bsky.social @sally-mycology.bsky.social @mycologist.bsky.social @newyorkmyc.org @britmycolsoc.org.uk @cascademyco.bsky.social @msafungi.bsky.social
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