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Rory

@rcoconnor.bsky.social
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Rangeland ecophysiologist who delves into the depths of carbon and water! I am also a girl dad that wanders the wilds with them. All post are mine and don’t represent my employer.

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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Not a problem.
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
It’s only $15.99 for paperback or $24.99 for hardcover, and $9.99 for kindle.
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
I have thoroughly loved reading this book. Like many I struggle to write on blank pages but there is a lot of great wisdom in this book and I suggest all early career scientists to read it. Thank you @martin-nunez.bsky.social for sharing your wisdom and experiences with us!
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
The wonderful @brookebosborne.bsky.social came north to the Northern Great Basin Experimental Range to help install sensors for a new moss micro-site project! Stay tuned to see how moss changes the micro-climate and possibly primes carbon fixation in early spring.
Person organizing sensor wires for a data logger.Installing soil moisture sensor.Prepping research site for sensor install.
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
A bouquet of botanists
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
It should also be a requirement before you can hit “submit” to the journal submission portal.
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Just bought it. Excited to read it and use it for teaching grad students that come through our Ag experimental station. Thanks again for imparting your wisdom!
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ESA Southwestern Chapter @esa-sw.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
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Oregon State University Botany and Plant Pathology @osubpp.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
The Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University is Hiring! We are searching for a Director of the Oregon State University Herbarium and applications are welcomed at the ranks of assistant, associate, or full professor.
Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University is hiring a Directory of the Herbarium
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HL Eisthen, defective human product @hleisthen.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
#scijobs
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Katie Stuble @holdenrestoration.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
At #ESA2025 and interested in an #AltAc career? Holden Arboretum is hiring! DM me if you want to chat about either of these positions - Urban ecologist (PI / research scientist position) holdenfg.org/career-and-i... - Forest health postdoc holdenfg.org/career-and-i...
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
How about Big Trouble in Little China? Watched it a ton growing up.
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
This looks great, I’ll add it to my library! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience. I enjoy reading your papers arid ecology and management!!!
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
That is a fun book, kudos on citing Sir Pratchett. I love the Sam Vimes stories about as much as the witch stories.
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Which book was the Terry Pratchett citation from? Also great job on your writing session!
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
It you got to be able to feel it in the water.
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Ben Bond-Lamberty @benbondlamberty.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
"Biogeosciences Leaders of Tomorrow: @jgrbiogeo.bsky.social Special Collection on Emerging Scientists" - spotlighting research from emerging biogeoscientists acknowledged by their peers as future leaders in their field. Nominations are open! agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences Call for Papers: Biogeosciences Leaders of Tomorrow
<em>Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences</em> is an AGU journal publishing papers on the biogeosciences of the Earth system and the extension of this research to planetary studies.
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
It was a fun time and got to meet some awesome technicians.
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Smith Fellowship @smithfellows.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Applications are NOW OPEN for Smith Fellows conservation research Fellowships beginning in 2026! View the Proposal Guidelines and apply here: www.smithfellows.org/join-us
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Become a Fellow — Smith Fellows
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Starting to measure #CrustNet plots, and learning some of our biocrust species! Thanks @sierrajech.bsky.social for coming out to NGBER! @matthewbowker1.bsky.social @ecology-awesome.bsky.social
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Suerte in monitoring and hope there are no fires while you’re there.
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
What about the availability of coffee pot ramen? That’s the other important part of conferences besides a cookie and brownie report.
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Teaching my kids about my summer breaks, NES and Super Mario. Still working since 1989!
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
It’s the smell of a successful field campaign!
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
I had a problem like that when the batteries were dead or low voltage. There was nothing we were able to do.
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Don’t forget microbes munching on plant stuff and dying
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Oops didn’t realize I tagged the wrong Red Cross group the real group that helped gather my life fluid was the Red Cross in Oregon.
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Giving blood and saving lives! Thanks @redcrossny.bsky.social !
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Cleansing photo for today!
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Training the rising generation about soil pits and how much fun they can be!
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Jon Henn @hennhouse.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
📣We're recruiting! 📣 Katie Suding and I are looking for a postdoc interested in modelling grassland fire and fuels to contribute to an ongoing project on evaluating how grassland management and variation in fuels can impact wildfire risk around Boulder, CO. See the link below for more information.
Grassland scene near Boulder, CO
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
1996 or earlier.
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
That or bring a diesel Toyota Hilux
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Sean Michaletz @seanmichaletz.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Fully funded PhD in Plant Ecophysiology at UBC in Vancouver 🍁! Possible topics include leaf physiology, thermal ecology, microclimates, scaling, tree physiology, forest ecology & more. Start Jan/May/Sept 2026. michaletzlab.org Please share! #PlantEcoPhys #Ecology #Botany #PhDposition #GradSchool
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
I’ve tried telling people in my area that Ceanothus is good and an awesome fertile island where pines reestablish.
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
When I worked for a lumber mill after high school to save money for college the boards we got came from Canada because the wood we harvested in the forests around the mill went to chippers and shipped to Asia.
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
I’d love to do more coordination and collaboration with Jason and ya’ll!
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Ah you should of stopped in Burns for a chat.
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Justin Luong, PhD 🏳️‍🌈🌾 @justinluong.com · 17/03/2025
Do sagebrush communities with different focal species respond differently to drought? Short answer, YES! check out our new paper to see how non-tridentata Artemisia cana and Artemisia arbuscula sagebrush communities express divergent responses. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Divergent drought responses in two cold desert shrublands
The frequency and intensity of extreme droughts are projected to increase in the future, yet current research indicates that ecosystem sensitivity to extremes will vary. Despite hundreds of observati....
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
And I look forward to those students coming up to Oregon for Science in the Sage Steppe!
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Obviously they’ve never split nodes for processing or used snowfall across nodes to increase processing power. Maybe they should take a DataCamp.
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Can I say that I love being on grad student committees because their enthusiasm is so energizing during these darker days as a Fed scientist!
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
I do enjoy Powerpuff Girls but in my 6800 I’d say I’d prefer not to have them there. But alas have to wait to see what happens on 3/14 if we have funds to send it in.
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Bubbles!!! Guess it’s time to send it in for calibration and cleaning.
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Noooo!!! I’m so sorry.
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NOAA Climate.gov @climate.noaa.gov · 03/03/2025
NOAA's Climate Prediction Center released its March 2025 outlooks for temperature, precipitation, and drought. The March outlook favors a La Niña-like precipitation pattern and mild temperatures across much of the country. Read more: www.climate.gov/news-feature...
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Thank you SRM for your words! rangelands.org/srm-addresse...
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SRM Addresses Federal Workforce Reductions in Letters to Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of the Interior | Rangelands
The Society for Range Management (SRM) has issued two critical letters to address the significant impact of federal workforce reductions on natural resource management. These letters, sent to Secretar...
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Wow! That is amazing, such cool data.
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Rory @rcoconnor.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
😂 Was that little guy cranking at photosynthesis or just putting along.
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