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Tree Guy Alexander

@treeguyalexander.bsky.social
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Environmental researcher and writer. I'm interested in resilient communities and ecosystems, collaboration between organizations, and trees. 📍Currently WY, originally MD, most recently CA

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Tree Guy Alexander @treeguyalexander.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
This weekend I got in my last x-country ski of the season (I'm a newb). The lodgepole pines were sparkling like fake Christmas trees. It's normally so windy here on the High Plains that we don't get this effect, but the mountains above town decided that winter was going out in style! #treesky
A snowy path through pine trees. The trees are covered in a dusting of snow and sunlight shines through the branches.
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Tree Guy Alexander @treeguyalexander.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Happy #caturday! Raise your paw if you love helping with laundry.
A single cat paw sticks out of a pile of towels, exposing its adorable little toe beans
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Tree Guy Alexander @treeguyalexander.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
I'm not used to winter continuing into April, but it does make for some pretty excellent sunrise runs.
Sunrise glints through the leafless branches of three or four trees growing in the distance. In the foreground, a dusting of snow covers a grassy field. A fence separates the field from a small river.
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Tree Guy Alexander @treeguyalexander.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Happy #caturday to this guy, who is very good at helping with my least favorite chore (putting away laundry) and also is my ray of sunshine in dark times
A gray tabby cat snoozes on a pile of laundry.
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Tree Guy Alexander @treeguyalexander.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
A friend visited the National Gallery of Art in DC and pointed out that my cat might be a time traveler from 19th century France
A photograph of the painting "A Woman With a Cat" by Renoir. In the painting, a young woman holds a gray cat, though the cat does not look particularly happy about it
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Tree Guy Alexander @treeguyalexander.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
I'm v surprised to learn it's a little hard to find info on where wild burros (ie feral donkeys) are on BLM land. Lots of info on horses, but where my burros at?? I need this for a research project I'm starting on, and didn't expect to have to put much effort into this part of it.
Three donkeys stand in a field with sparse, shrubby vegetation.
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Tree Guy Alexander @treeguyalexander.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Happy #caturday from this ferocious beast and the cuts on my hand that make people ask, "Do you garden without gloves or do you own a cat?"
A grey tabby cat gnaws on a human hand.
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Tree Guy Alexander @treeguyalexander.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Extra special #caturday this week: I came home from work super grumpy a couple days, and this is how my dude reacted the second day.
A grey tabby cat lies on a human man's chest, squinting like a silly boy
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Tree Guy Alexander @treeguyalexander.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
I ran today with a friend and his pup. We encountered a handful of pronghorn and the pup looked at them but didn't leave the path. Perfect pup behavior.
A dog happily trotting up a hill in the snowPrairie with snow. In the far background are snowcapped mountains. In the center of the photo a few pronghorn are barely visible
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Tree Guy Alexander @treeguyalexander.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Happy #caturday from my dude and his toe beans
A grey tabby cat lies on its side, with the toe beans on one paw displayed
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Tree Guy Alexander @treeguyalexander.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Happy #caturday! One of us drove an hour and a half in fog and snow this morning and earned this relaxation time. The other one of us is a cat and earns every nap he takes.
A grey tabby cat stretches on a human's legs
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Tree Guy Alexander @treeguyalexander.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Hmm yes, I remember the section in the Forest Service's document on "Confronting the Wildfire Crisis" where they said we definitely don't need experts on fire prevention or mitigation. /s
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Tree Guy Alexander @treeguyalexander.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
I don't know our rodent species here, but these look like field mouse tracks to me, including one flying into (or out of) its burrow
Small tracks in fresh snow, with bunch grasses and rabbit bushSmall tracks in the snow leading to a hole.
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Tree Guy Alexander @treeguyalexander.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Maybe my favorite thing about moving to the High Plains is the way the prairie looks after a dusting of snow
Dry bunch grasses in the snow, with a ridgeline in the distance with trees and a partly cloudy sky.
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Tree Guy Alexander @treeguyalexander.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Happy #caturday! My dude—born in Louisiana, over a decade in coastal California—has no idea what to make of my rented snowshoes.
A gray tabby cat sits next to a pair of blue showshoes, looking nonplussed.
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Tree Guy Alexander @treeguyalexander.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
I've felt super gloomy this week (I wonder why?) but today we got print proofs of a magazine I've gotten to help edit. It looks so good and I can't wait for everyone I know to read it.
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Tree Guy Alexander @treeguyalexander.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
"You are not authorized to access this page" that was once about climate change
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Tree Guy Alexander @treeguyalexander.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
A fun thing is happening on the USDA Forest Service website right now
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Tree Guy Alexander @treeguyalexander.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
This guy was an absolute champ today, the first time he's had to go in his carrier since we moved to the High Plains.
A grey tabby cat at the vet.
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Tree Guy Alexander @treeguyalexander.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Happy #caturday! Shout out to senior cats, which are the absolute best. Instead of waking me up begging for breakfast, my dude stays in bed for hours after I wake up. So peaceful and content.
An old gray tabby peacefully sleeping on top of a quilt.
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Tree Guy Alexander @treeguyalexander.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
John Mayer's cover of Free Falling in last night's #FireAid was so good I had to rewatch it this morning. Best part is how the crowd gave a roar of applause for Ventura Blvd.
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Tree Guy Alexander @treeguyalexander.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Update on my cat's attack on the French Revolution: He has started eating the actual spine of the book, and at some point pushed the two next to it (A People's History of the French Revolution and an oral history of the May 1968 student and labor revolts) off the back of the shelf
A photo of Liberty or Death: The French Revolution, with damage from a cat's teeth, on a bookshelf next to A People's History of the French Revolution and May Made Me.
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Tree Guy Alexander @treeguyalexander.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Here he is, the counter-revolutionary himself
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Tree Guy Alexander @treeguyalexander.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
A couple of weeks ago, my cat started biting at the dust sleeve of this book, Liberty or Death: The French Revolution. Today while I was at work he ripped it off the shelf. We've lived together for 13 years and I'm just now learning he's a total counter-revolutionary?
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