Eau Claire, WI rocks! Yesterday, 1,500 people came out for the Amazing Eau Claire Clean Up! Collecting trash, planting flower beds, giving our community love. Thank you everyone who made it out and to the City of Eau Claire staff like Brian who supported the cleanup effort!

🚨 NEW report from American Progress and National Caucus of Environmental Legislators on all the ways states can lead on #conservation , with examples in action across the country, from new state parks to outdoor equity funds to wildlife corridors! Check it out to learn more! 🏞️🌄🏜️ americanprogress.org/article/state-…

It is being reported that the missing workers are immigrants from Latin America who were doing construction on Key Bridge.

I am thinking of their families and the many immigrants who have encountered tragedy working in the country they came to seeking a better life.

LETTER: Saving Minnesota's forests for future generations of students parkrapidsenterprise.com/opinion/letter…

My op-ed in the Star Tribune that advocates for large scale climate adaptation action on School Trust lands to support future students and pushes Minnesota to support Tribal climate leadership.

startribune.com/minnesotas-sch…

Great snapshot of the awesome fly-in organized by Audubon Southwest where the team met with Congressional offices and the administration on our conservation priorities for birds and people. #bringbirdsback #Arizona #NewMexico

#NewPublication : Asymmetrical insect invasions between three world regions
fs.usda.gov/research/trees…

phys.org/news/2024-03-g…

Randy Kolka explains peatlands are 3% of earth’s lands but store a whopping 30% of soil carbon! Hats off to the world class scientists on the SPRUCE project— great tour today mnspruce.ornl.gov/project/overvi…

What has changed, what’s at risk, and what can we do about it? The latest National Climate Assessment breaks it all down. At this #MCRC2023 workshop, get up close with the most recent, authoritative report on climate change. NCA5. #AdaptationInAction mcrc.umn.edu/program

NRS researcher Randy Kolka and Minnesota grad student Anu Willie published findings that suggest water table management is crucial to promoting carbon sequestration in restored peatland fens in Minnesota.

Read more at acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ae…

#MnBWSR is developing a RIM #easement option focused on peatlands. With partners including The Nature Conservancy and the U.S. Forest Service, BWSR staff developed a mapping tool to help ID potentially restorable peatlands. Snapshot newsletter: buff.ly/48gc0Dx
#climate

Researchers in Minnesota are creating a national map to identify peatlands — soggy areas of slowly decaying organic matter — and guides for how to restore them. #GreatLakes

Story by Great Lakes Echo:

greatlakesnow.org/2024/02/preser…

🔥Above normal fire potential is in the forecast for the next two months for the UP of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and the southern half of Missouri. Please be careful with fire! Visit smokeybear.com to learn more. 🔥

Milwaukee wins $36 million from feds to turn 6th Street into a complete street from National to North. urbanmilwaukee.com/2024/03/12/mil…

I’m proud to deliver for Wisconsin. These investments will give our communities the resources they need to keep our state safe, service members supported, and our businesses and economy moving forward!

Take a look at a few of the projects I delivered for 👇🏻

Ok, I’ll admit I tweet a lot about ⁦Derrick Van Orden⁩, Wisconsin’s embarrassingly unbalanced US Representative from WI-3.

The following article does a very good job explaining the many unhinged parts of Derrick. Don’t know him? Try this quick read. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

Muslims, Arabs, young people, Black churches: 'Why is Biden providing weapons for Israel's horrific war in Gaza that has killed? Maybe more Democrats should meet with communities affected by the war.'

Pro-War Democrats: 'WHO ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE FOR?'

Just try listening.

This is wrong on many levels.

1) The entire Minnesota uncommitted campaign was $25,000. Hawaii was even less. Adam's salary is a little over four times that. The efforts are led by like community leaders volunteering a couple hours of their week.

2) There is a strong current…

I support exhausting all avenues to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza. But there is dissonance in providing Gazans food while supplying Israel bombs. In order to truly provide humanitarian relief to Gaza we need a permanent ceasefire; a “temporary ceasefire” is not enough.…