Sign in

Scott F Collins

@streamnerd.bsky.social
1K followers 316 following 75 posts

Associate Professor of Aquatic Ecology at Texas Tech Proud alum of Lake Superior State University ....and the sacred moments of silliness...... are where I find my heaven.

PostsRepliesMedia
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Bruhhh, are they milt-maxxing?
010
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Journal: We need you to put together 3 to 5 Highlight statements for your paper. Also, we limit the number of characters to stop you from stating anything meaningful. Also, we know you are not a graphical artist. Please make a graphical abstract. And it better be good!
030
Reposted by Scott F Collins
MSU Extension Center for Lakes and Streams @msue-lakes-streams.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We're beyond thrilled to be part of Michigan's new LakeCare initiative, expanding inland lake stewardship in northern Michigan. We're HIRING a new team member in the Upper Peninsula to provide Extension leadership for LakeCare. Apply by August 31! Read more: www.canr.msu.edu/news/new-lak...
Lake Michigamme is one of Michigan's largest inland lakes, located in Marquette and Baraga counties in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Photo of Lake Michigamme's shoreline with abundant plant life by Jo Latimore.
054
Reposted by Scott F Collins
Matthew A. Barnes @drbarnes.org · 09/07/2026
More coverage as Texas educators #FightBackForScience radio.kttz.org/2026-07-08/c...
radio.kttz.org
'Censored education': Faculty groups sue Texas Tech over curriculum rules targeting race, gender topics
Faculty groups say the Texas Tech University System's new curriculum policies are unconstitutional and unlawfully restrict classroom instruction on race, gender identity and sexual orientation. But un...
031
Reposted by Scott F Collins
Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
"Program managers would normally rush to inform potential and current grantees about such dramatic changes. But the memo tells program managers to keep their mouths shut. 'This information is highly confidential...Please do not communicate anything to PIs.'” www.science.org/content/arti...
science.org
Exclusive: NSF slashes research programs to support new tech initiative, insiders say
Unexpected shift in funds has meant sharp drop in grants this fiscal year
78474
Reposted by Scott F Collins
c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Juneteenth has been a state holiday in Texas since 1980, largely due to the work of Al Edwards, Houston native & TX state representative for District 146. He spent 19 years building support for a Federal Juneteenth holiday & although he died in 2020, his dream became reality in 2021.
ebony.com
EBONY Remembers the Late Texas Rep. Al Edwards—the Father of Juneteenth—on His Birthday
On what would have been his 85th birthday, EBONY celebrates Edwards' life efforts which led to how we know and celebrate Juneteenth today.
227586
Reposted by Scott F Collins
Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Academic freedom assessment across the world. The US is on a steep decline, below >120 countries www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...
11400218
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The pool is green. It's hypereutrophic. It's from the runoff. From all the bullshit.
120
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Has anyone built fine-mesh leaf litter bags recently for stream/river applications? Do you have specs or a description of how to build them or a good photo? #streamecology #ecology
001
Reposted by Scott F Collins
Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I don't know (and I doubt), this will fully solve the #water crises along the Rio Grande, but it's important for 2 reasons: 1. It acknowledges that groundwater use cuts river flow. 2. It includes permanent retirement of some ag land, which is a necessary action. www.texastribune.org/2026/05/28/t...
texastribune.org
U.S. Supreme Court settles water dispute over Rio Grande
The settlement calls for reducing groundwater pumping along the dwindling river and retiring water rights from irrigated farmland in southern New Mexico.
2305
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Smoked some eggplant and made some baba ganush!! Worth it. Very worth it.
010
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Q: what's your dog rolling in? A: nothing good.
000
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Groovin with the Gadge!
000
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
A perfect day for hiking in New Mexico (Lincoln National Forest).
000
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Whenever I see an strong uptick in paper reads on my Researchgate, sure as shit, I know I'm getting an invite to review a paper. (and happy to do so!)
020
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
@wilcohq.bsky.social Amazing set! 🎸Thank you, and please come back!
000
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Can't wait to see Wilco tonight!!
120
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
My poor fishies and buggies in NM wont be happy.
1190
Reposted by Scott F Collins
The Onion @theonion.com · 08/04/2026
Once-Adventurous Salmon Can’t Believe She Ended Up Moving Back To Birthplace, Having A Bunch Of Kids theonion.com/once-adventurous-salmo…
Once-Adventurous Salmon Can’t Believe She Ended Up Moving Back To Birthplace, Having A Bunch Of Kids
183690517
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Some days you find yourself beside the Pecos River. Bask in the morning light.
110
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Do you have design plans for your emergence traps? I'm very intrigued!
010
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I loved this meeting! Talks were spread out across a few buildings. I gave a presentation about decomposing salmon carcasses in this old mission cathedral!
110
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Does anyone have a good source for taxonomic name changes through time? I'm tracking aq. macroinvert changes over 40 years and I suspect a subset of Family or Genera have changed for some taxa. #streamecology
010
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
The year is 2395. Humans live in a post-scarcity world. Wars have ended. People life in harmony with each other and nature. Formatting tables in Word still sucks.
031
Reposted by Scott F Collins
Dan Dauwalter @ddauwalter.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
idahocapitalsun.com/2026/02/11/u...
idahocapitalsun.com
US Forest Service logging and burning will cook bull trout to extinction in the Jarbidge River • Idaho Capital Sun
Bull trout were listed as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act in 1999 in Idaho, Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington, and Montana after the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Friends of the...
133
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
010
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
I'd rather be keelhauled through a sea of cat litter than format tables in Word.
010
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
That's a whole lotta lota lota!!!
021
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I'd rather piss out a tabasco covered cactus than format tables in Word.
020
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
This is fantastic.
110
Reposted by Scott F Collins
American Rivers @americanrivers.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
This #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, our short film "Avanyu" highlights what the Wild and Scenic Rio Grande means to one Tesuque Pueblo family. The Rio Grande is more than an office, more than a provider, it is home. 🎥 Watch full film: www.americanrivers.org/rivers/films...
americanrivers.org
Avanyu – Protecting the Rio Grande
As we gear up to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act in 2018, our film Avanyu highlights what New Mexico’s Wild and Scenic Rio Grande means to one Tesuque Pueblo family. D...
031
Reposted by Scott F Collins
Ben Tumolo @bbtumolo.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
021
Reposted by Scott F Collins
Ben Tumolo @bbtumolo.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Are you interested in an MS position in Stream Ecology? My lab (www.benjamintumolo.com) is recruiting a Master's student to join us at Northern Michigan University. 🐛🧪🕸️🍂🌊 Please get in contact if you are interested, and pass on this ad to anyone you know that might be! Apply by Dec 16
21719
Reposted by Scott F Collins
Jason “Obstacle to Progress” Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
The new #NSF #GRFP application now excludes 1000’s of students, including those who were told they could apply this year, or who planned to apply next year. We have a new specific petition urging #NSFGRFP undo this harmful action. If you are impacted sign here: laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
laurenkuehne.github.io
Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition
22133
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Grant me strength, for I lack the courage or conviction to say no.
010
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Does anyone use the BenthoTorch and do you have a field protocol you'd be willing to share? #streamecology #ecology
021
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
There is a certain irony to an account that espouses the "facts" they don't teach you, then uses a photo of an event that didn't happen (just an AI figmentation).
120
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
If we don't take risks in life, then what's the point of living?
150
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Really cool results. Focusing on the broader spectrum of particle sizes can reveal patterns that would otherwise be missed if we only focus on the microplastics.
000
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Check out our ( @annorton.bsky.social ) new paper examining plastic particle size distributions across the land-water ecotone. #microplastic #environment #pollution #plasticpollution We detected gradients that followed the shift from land to water.
sciencedirect.com
The plastic size spectra: Assessing the size structure of plastic particles across the land-water ecotone
Plastics of different types and sizes pollute most of Earth's environmental systems. Here, we used size spectra analysis (SSA) to evaluate and charact…
140
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Way to go Rachel!!!! Congratulations
010
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Is she ded? No, not ded. Just living her best life. #olddogs #foreverhome
020
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Asymmetric competition among stream fishes: Do food web pathways affect competitive outcomes? - George - 2024 - Ecosphere - Wiley Online Library esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... Please check out our paper! Share too! #invasivespecies #ecology #foodweb #conservation
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Asymmetric competition among stream fishes: Do food web pathways affect competitive outcomes?
Limiting resources are often unevenly distributed among competing consumers, as larger, more aggressive, fast growing, early emerging, or rapidly reproducing species disproportionately exploit food o...
078
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
mmmmmm. yum. I support this...with dash of hot sauce!
010
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
It's invasive common carp spawning season. Disturbance associated with carp spawning (i.e., bioturbation) resuspends sediments, nutrients, and microplastics.
031
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
I enjoyed reading your paper! Great work!!!
100
Reposted by Scott F Collins
Illinois River Biological Station @irbs.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
We're looking to hire a fundraising coordinator for 2 separate campaigns. Come join the IRBS team! illinois-river-bio-station.inhs.illinois.edu/about/employ...
illinois-river-bio-station.inhs.illinois.edu
Employment Opportunities – Illinois River Biological Station
022
Reposted by Scott F Collins
Jim Lamer @jimlamer.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Please help share! Please send any questions my way. We're starting to new fundraising campaigns and are in need of a coordinator to raise funds to help support and protect our monitoring and research programs and a new research and education facility.
032
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
I ended up going a different direction with a bioturbation, microplastics, water quality focused talk. I already had an abstract written and it might be published before the conference.
000
Scott F Collins @streamnerd.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
I Have No Nose, And I Must Sneeze
000