#Wetlands are very effective at reducing water pollution. #Research shows that restoring wetlands in 5% of land can slash nitrogen pollution by up to half.
Coastal wetlands have unique superpowers to help tackle the biggest threats to the #GreatBarrierReef like #ClimateChange and water pollution.
In CO, vast numbers of streams are temporary or ephemeral, flowing only after major rainstorms & during spring runoff season. The Sackett decision said only wetlands that had a surface connection to continually flowing water qualified for protection. Many wetlands in CO have a sub-surface connection to streams, rather than one that can be observed above ground.
With the passage of this bill, CO wetland & ephemeral streams are once again protected.
Acadian Flycatchers have checked in for the summer. They prefer dense old growth, so are hard to find in the deep shadows once you hear their distinctive song. Got lucky here. Also located a migrating Alder Flycatcher (a rare find).
Contrails in the skies above us have become very rare since the start of the war in 2022 as all civilian traffic was moved away from the border, so of course we'd like to know what was going on today. Nothing appeared on airplane tracking sites.
Another sign of spring! Hope this post works. Video of a meadowlark trilling on our wetlands. Turn up your volume. Such a hopeful song. It was a bit shy so couldn’t get too close. This song woke me every morning as a child living on the prairies. #meadowlark, #spring, #nature, #wetlands,
Black and White Warblers are devilishly difficult to locate and even more difficult to photograph. Their call sounds like a very faint squeaky wheel, and they like areas of dark shadow. Got lucky with this one, but the backlighting made it technically challenging (while standing ankle deep in water)
Spotted somewhere halfway between our two #LoRaWAN test gateways in the #wetlands of #Polesia. Wish I could put a GPS tracker on it, but I'm too humble to apply for the Darwin Award..
My instance is back. I can upload pictures. But it still seems to be lost in the forest, like the dog in the picture. I can't boost toots I find on my other instance, lots of 500 errors. Hope it will be fixed soon.