Honeysuckle is killing forests and ivy is helping, especially in the northeast/midwest. Kill all that shit, help stop it from spreading. And try to volunteer for local groups that are clearing invasive species. It's pretty amazing seeing a forest before and after invasive species have been removed.

  • Nakoichi [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    I was on a biology field study trip once and my professor turned to us while we were heading down a trail in a national park and said "Okay so this is technically illegal, but we're going to go over there and rip up a bunch of plants because they're invasive species". Cool dude, he was also warning about the insect die off like 10 years before it happened.

    • LibsEatPoop [any]
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      3 years ago

      Some profs are uber cool. Others are reactionary dickheads. Glad your prof was the former.

    • CommieElon [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Environmental biology professors are almost always cool. They’re always weird and interesting.

      • Nakoichi [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        He also once had a student go ahead and plant a tootsie roll molded to look like scat on a rock so that we could come upon it and watch him take a bite to "determine what kind of animal it was from".

        Gotta love the dedication to the bit.