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Rock Plodder

@mtmagog.bsky.social
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Everyday permit science - NPDES & other water quality, streams, wetlands, marine (long ago) - and dealing w contaminated crap people leave behind. Outside is good, wild places better.

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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
About the best video I can get, they spook if I get any closer.
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Woozle looking for spawning sockeye salmon, Sammamish River, WA.
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Our Public Lands & Waters @publiclandswaters.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Support for keeping the Roadless Rule intact is near unanimous and universal. #roadlessrule #roadless #nationalforests #protectpubliclands #publiclands
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Americans Leave 1.6 Million Public Comments on the Roadless Rule Rescission. Over 99% Are Against It.
Public opposition against Trump administration’s proposed rescission of the Roadless Rule is near-universal.
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Northwest Treaty Tribes @nwtreatytribes.org · 06/10/2026
Salmon swimming upstream in the Dungeness River this summer and fall were able to get through normally troublesome areas with help of the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe and partners improving the habitat. nwtreatytribes.org/salmon-in-du...
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Colorado Carol 🌻🌲🏞️ @coloradocarol.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Oh no. 😢 www.sltrib.com/news/2026/10...
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Ken Sleight, Utah environmentalist who inspired a main character in ‘The Monkey Wrench Gang,’ dies at 97
Ken Sleight sat on the edge of a raft with Edward Abbey, dreaming up ways to eliminate Glen Canyon Dam. He later became immortalized in Abbey's 1975 book "The Monkey Wrench Gang," serving as inspirati...
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High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 03/10/2026
Doug Burgum was once seen as a conservationist. Reality shows otherwise. buff.ly/7dUlUuV
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How the Interior secretary has let down public lands and the nation - High Country News
Doug Burgum was once seen as a conservationist. Reality shows otherwise.
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American Rivers @americanrivers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The #RoadlessRule has tremendous importance for drinking water, wildlife, and recreation. It's the sole protection for 80,000+ miles of rivers on public lands. Keep roadless areas roadless! 🚨🔊 Take action by Oct. 6: act.americanrivers.org/page/101689/…
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ACT NOW -- Oppose rollbacks to the Roadless Rule
Join us in urging the USDA to keep the the Roadless Rule as is, and ensure protection for the sources of drinking water flowing off of our National Forests for over 24 million Americans.
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Not a park trip, but spent time with family wandering the dense hardwood forests of central NC last week (kinda hot still back there). #parkchat
Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly, yellow wings with black stripes & blue on its tail on a yellow flower Mottled brown copperhead snake, they come out on the m roads at night to hunt and stay warm.Pileated woodpecker with black body, white face & neck & red crown on a snag in a beaver pond in Duke Forest, Durham NC. I could also hear red headed, hairy & downy woodpeckers here at the same time, on saw the pileated.
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Looks like they got the message #parkchat MLB won't consider game at Grand Teton National Park, says was only conducting initial due diligence share.google/jwflxxXU26e7...
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MLB won’t consider game at Grand Teton National Park, says was only conducting initial due diligence
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball won't consider staging a game in western Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park.
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Looking forward to @camarowrx.bsky.scocial chat! Also thinking back to a time when the rich cared about preserving something for future generations & not just themselves. #parkchat John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Creates a National Park - REsource share.google/TgefUyGbaBRQ...
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John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Creates a National Park
The Grand Teton National Park was created in part due to the conservation efforts of a wealthy philanthropist, John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Source: YouTube share.google/aU2Txgj7z53G...
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Inside the mountain corridor connecting Yellowstone to the Yukon
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#parkchat Yellowstone gets temporary leader amid search for Sholly replacement | Powell Tribune share.google/tGW2bbuoB8Zl...
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Yellowstone gets temporary leader amid search for Sholly replacement - Powell Tribune
As the National Park Service searches for a permanent replacement for outgoing Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly, the agency has tabbed a veteran parks staffer to temporarily fill the role. …
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Season of Scaryanne Denton 🧡🎃 @mariannedenton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ready for a hike? Yesterday, we did our “last big” hike of the season. Seemed much longer than it was, and climbed higher than we have all summer.
A hiking trail with mountains in the background. There is a large pine in the center of the photo with a hiking icon on it. A wilderness sign:

DESOLATION
WILDERNESS PERMIT REQUIRED
LAKE TAHOE BASIN MGT. UNIT
FOREST SERVICE
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Summer 1985 I worked one last season as a campground ranger, checking in campers at Fallen Leaf Lake. Thank you for the indigenous names & memories of a very special place.
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Jennifer Molidor @jennifermolidor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Terry Tempest Williams: Citizens & scientists with the @biologicaldiversity.org will request protection for the (eared grebes) under the ESA this winter. The grebe is one of Utah’s local heroes, revered and grieved as it nears the quicksand of extinction www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/o...
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Opinion | What Are We Doing to Our World of Wonder?
What if 50 years from now, having destroyed the habitat for the creatures around us, we are plagued by an inconsolable loneliness?
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wow! Fingers crossed! #parkchat
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hoping the new congress we vote in can do something to at least claw some of the money back to where it belongs - with the NPS for true NPS related needs. #parkchat
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Anna Kramer @annackramer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Montanans are singular in their love for public lands. So I went to the state to ask: Can you still feel the aftermath of DOGE on federal lands? I left wondering: Does it matter that the Dem running for Congress is a smokejumper who publicly fought DOGE?
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DOGE Upended His Work. Does Montana Care Enough to Vote for Him?
Democrat Sam Forstag was a smokejumper with the Forest Service when Trump took a sledgehammer to the federal workforce.
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Fall is looking like more Oregon Coast for us. #parkchat
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#parkchat YNP North Entrance Road Reconstruction Plans Progressing – Sheridan Media share.google/bXnMstlLO9D7...
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YNP North Entrance Road Reconstruction Plans Progressing
The National Park Service (NPS) signed a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and associated Wetlands/Floodplains Statement of Findings (SOF) to reconstruct the North Entrance Road between Mammoth...
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
oh. #parkchat Yosemite wildfire explodes to over 1,000 acres near iconic waterfall share.google/cgnUeme5qSVy...
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Yosemite wildfire explodes, reaching over 1,000 acres near Wawona
The Dome Fire is burning in deep wilderness with no containment.
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Park Visitors let them know how much we value our parks #parkchat www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Trump asked Americans to help him whitewash national parks. They revolted instead
The DOI placed QR codes in national parks, inviting visitors to report content deemed ‘negative about either past or living Americans’. Instead, it became a mode of resistance
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘We’re near a breaking point:’ firefighters say US government is failing them amid intense wildfire season
US grapples with federal firefighter shortage as crews say they’re spread thin and lack resources during unrelenting year of fire
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
B.C. salmon are dying from a toxic tire chemical, 6PPD-Q | The Narwhal thenarwhal.ca/bc-coho-salm...
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B.C. salmon are dying from a toxic tire chemical, 6PPD-Q | The Narwhal
B.C. salmon researchers are now testing waterways to look for 6PPD-Q, a chemical used in tires which can be lethal to coho salmon
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Pro-tip: watch those lens caps #parkchat What was found among 20k pieces of trash removed from Yellowstone hydrothermal areas share.google/7iUF0JtzdfvW...
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What was found among 20k pieces of trash removed from Yellowstone hydrothermal areas
What staff find while cleaning out hydrothermal areas at Yellowstone National Park can be surprising, and they shared all of it, from common to funny to just plain weird.
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I'm finding that many published links to the Roadless Rule Comments are not working, I found this link to comments for the Oct 6 deadline: #parkchat www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... How to comment on the planned roadless rule rollback - High Country News share.google/J4JuTYQfSlcz...
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How to comment on the planned roadless rule rollback - High Country News
The deadline to weigh in on the change is 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on Sept. 19.
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59nationalparks @59nationalparks.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Attn #ParkChat It’s an all out assault on #publiclands. You know to do. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Trump administration blocks $25 million in funding for national parks
The Interior Department did not give approval to more than 130 partnership agreements covering activities like tending to sled dogs and preventing damage to burial mounds.
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Yes, Thanks @tthrash.bsky.social ! Great evening, lots to think about #parkchat
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Same! #parkchat
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Just heard about this, curious how it will affect TSA line waits #parkchat
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Yes, there are many to see and revisit. Many celebrating indigenous culture in our area, I hope the NPS showcase them more #parkchat
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A9 I hope so. I grew up in the South, being taught that the Civil War was fought for States Rights & slavery was not mentioned. My town had segregated schools until I was out of grade school. We need these reminders of what are history is and how we got to today. People forget. #parkchat
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Agree. And the current adim drive to erase uncomfortable history is a travesty. #parkchat
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A7 I would know so much less about our county if we hadn't visited the national mall, all the museums & cemeteries. I grew up only 4 hrs away, but my parents never took us there. Learning so much history, w our Kids was incredible. The Holocaust museum was another moving place. #parkchat
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Putting that on a must visit list. #parkchat
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A6 I appreciated that at Gettysburg you tour the ridge and those large open fields. Trying to visualize defending that ridge with simple rifles. #parkchat
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Wow! #parkchat
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A5 I think of Statues - The Tomb of the Unknown at Arlington always moves me. But it's the names - many memorials list names that seem so powerful. And the NYC 9/11 museum - I had no idea that they take you down into the basement of the tower. I still have a hard time thinking about it. #parkchat
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A4 The Grand Canyon. I just have to sit at the rim and listen to the quiet. #parkchat
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A woman near us stood at one spot seeming to look at one name for a long time. As she left she told her friend "I wasn't ready for that" #parkchat
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A3 We visited the 9/11 memorial in NYC soon after it was completed. After visiting inside we stood by the fence around the fountain outside. w names cut into the railing. We spent a long time at that fence. The whole memorial was overwhelming. #parkchat
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A2 We made sure to take our daughters to Arlington Cemetery & Gettysburg on repeat visits when they were young but different ages to give them a sense of the sacrifice people have made for this country. I am always humbled by that #parkchat
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A1 This is the Jimi Hendrix Memorial in Renton WA. It has a golden guitar, the air is usually perfumed with a smoked product. He was a big deal when I was a kid, this is worth a visit if your in the Seattle area. #parkchat
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Hi from a little outside Seattle. Looking forward to a live chat tonight! #parkchat
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Dave Levinthal @davelevinthal.com · 09/09/2026
Donald Trump’s war on … dinosaurs. Read of the day from @annackramer.bsky.social of @washingtonsun.bsky.social. 🦕 washingtonsun.com/climate-envi...
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How Trump Unleashed an Existential Fight Over America's Dinosaurs
In Utah, Trump resurfaced a decades-long dispute over how to protect some of the country’s crown jewels.
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Looking forward to Wednesday! @parkchat
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Bit of a stretch, maybe, we were meeting up w relatives at Mare Island Brewing located in an old coal shed at the closed Mare Island Naval Shipyard in CA last May. Historic ships were moored at near the brewery, we realized they were temp. moored NPS exhibits & flying an NPS flag #parkchat
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
No worries, I will crawl over broken glass to vote in November. #parkchat
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Rock Plodder @mtmagog.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The thing that had the biggest impact to me on my first visit to the Grand Canyon was standing at the rim and almost feeling the silence of that vast space poring out. I've looked to National Parks to help preserve that feeling ever since. #parkchat
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