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Again, yet more conversations convincing me that the land management/hunting community don't like #rewilding because it implies a loss of control. And what’s more, they don’t like you questioning their world view. 🙄
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Sorry folks... time for me to leave this shithole. Up yours @elonmusk and keep your big nose out of UK politics. I'm not closing this account, but it will go silent. Find me over on Bluesky... bsky.app/profile/landet…
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Prof Steve Carver retweeted
"Review of gray wolf mortality 🐺across its range. Intentional killing by humans is by far the leading cause of mortality (60% ± 25%), with similar percentages of wolves killed legally (29% ± 36%) and illegally (26% ± 33%)"
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Prof Steve Carver retweeted
Help keep Wilderness wild!
Stop Congress from killing federal Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves across the entire Lower 48 states!
>>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/hr845-wolf-esa
Stop Congress from killing federal Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves across the entire Lower 48 states!
>>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/hr845-wolf-esa
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news.mongabay.com/short-article/… but if you’re into rewilding to make money, you’re into it for all the wrong reasons.
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Prof Steve Carver retweeted
A new interpretation of Brownian motion performed by hermit crabs in a rock pool at low tide at Black Nab, Whitby, this morning
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Prof Steve Carver retweeted
More excellent news: UK government bans burning on deep peat in England.
Govt responded to the science rather than the hysteria & rhetoric of the grouse shooting industry 👏
Ban comes into force 30 Sept 2025.
Defra press release ⬇️
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/09/mor…
Govt responded to the science rather than the hysteria & rhetoric of the grouse shooting industry 👏
Ban comes into force 30 Sept 2025.
Defra press release ⬇️
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/09/mor…
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Prof Steve Carver retweeted
📢BREAKING NEWS - & it's EXCELLENT news!
Judge rules RSPB covert video surveillance IS ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE in prosecution of gamekeeper Racster Dingwall, who's alleged to have been involved in the shooting of a Hen Harrier on Yorkshire Dales grouse moor.
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/09/jud…
Judge rules RSPB covert video surveillance IS ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE in prosecution of gamekeeper Racster Dingwall, who's alleged to have been involved in the shooting of a Hen Harrier on Yorkshire Dales grouse moor.
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/09/jud…
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Prof Steve Carver retweeted
The Wilderness Act just turned 61 years old, and earlier this year the "Eastern Wilderness Act" turned 50.
Read more about its important legacy.
>>> wildernesswatch.org/the-eastern-wi…
Read more about its important legacy.
>>> wildernesswatch.org/the-eastern-wi…
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Prof Steve Carver retweeted
Over 80 percent of the world's population lives under light-polluted skies where the Milky Way is no longer visible!
Dark skies are yet another reason why America's National Wilderness Preservation System is so special.
📸 Piper Mountain Wilderness by Bob Wick
Dark skies are yet another reason why America's National Wilderness Preservation System is so special.
📸 Piper Mountain Wilderness by Bob Wick
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Should White-tailed eagles be reintroduced to Cumbria?
Research by the Cumbrian White-Tailed Eagle Project shows Cumbria holds suitable habitat for the bird of prey – now it’s time to hear from you.
smartsurvey.co.uk/s/CWTEquestion…
Research by the Cumbrian White-Tailed Eagle Project shows Cumbria holds suitable habitat for the bird of prey – now it’s time to hear from you.
smartsurvey.co.uk/s/CWTEquestion…
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🔥 Did you know many claims about prescribed burning simply don’t stack up when tested against the evidence?
moorlandassociation.org/post/new-revie…
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Prof Steve Carver retweeted
Heathland is a very flammable landscape - native deciduous woodland is not. Here are the statutory Management Principles for the heathland of the NYM SSSI. These uplands of the SSSI are not allowed to turn into the natural landscape cover of deciduous woodland
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Prof Steve Carver retweeted
Long overdue, along with a possible White-Tailed Eagle reintroduction to the Morecambe Bay area. birdguides.com/news/study-bac… News from BirdGuides 26/08/2025
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Prof Steve Carver retweeted
For three years in a row, trespass cattle have been found deep within the Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness.
Despite clear evidence and repeated reports, the National Park Service has yet to act.
Speak up to help keep this Wilderness wild!
secure.everyaction.com/Wjb9_FoybkuFpQ…
Despite clear evidence and repeated reports, the National Park Service has yet to act.
Speak up to help keep this Wilderness wild!
secure.everyaction.com/Wjb9_FoybkuFpQ…
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Looks like they're doing well @tomopre
I photographed these 3 dead Scots pines in Glen Affric, before 50 hectares there were fenced for natural regeneration in 1990, in the 1st major project by Trees for Life. The 2nd photo shows the area on 31st July, when I showed it to Eoghan Dalton, author of Irish rainforest book
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Last year I was awarded a Research Impact and Engagement Award by the University of Leeds for our work on mapping wilderness and policy support on protection and rewilding ris.leeds.ac.uk/impact/researc…
Today you can read about our work here: researchatleeds.leeds.ac.uk/mapping-the-wi…
Today you can read about our work here: researchatleeds.leeds.ac.uk/mapping-the-wi…
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Prof Steve Carver retweeted
"The fish are anadromous, she explains – a fancy word that means they spawn and then die. Their decaying bodies provide food for the carnivorous spruce, hemlock and cedar trees in a healthy stand of old growth" So trees are carnivorous? The BS piles up
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a…
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a…
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