Steph likes native plants

@dendromecon27

Research Ecologist in a federal agency. I post a lot about this admin's impacts on science and conservation. But mostly I just want to plant native plants everywhere 🌺🌲🌴🌼🌿🌱🌳 🥄She/her

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Steph likes native plants@dendromecon27· 21d

LMAO. “Sorry we gave you incorrect information while trying to get you to voluntarily leave federal service”. What a joke these people are.

Screenshot of email that says:

VERA and VSIP webinar links updated due to technical issues. All potentially impacted employees received an email on Friday with information about the voluntary early retirement authority in voluntary early separation incentive. The links for the webinars are causing technical issues and not allowing employees to enter meetings. Below are the updated meeting links. Today 9 AM mountain time meeting was rescheduled to this Thursday. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your patience.

Steph likes native plants@dendromecon27· 28d

It’s giving SNL snacks podcast

Steph likes native plants@dendromecon27· 29d

is this that podcast about snacks?

Steph likes native plants@dendromecon27· 29d

Opened my email to this gem today. Apparently I “will have an opportunity to express [my] preferences for placement in the new organization as part of the forthcoming non-competitive process.” WHAT IN THE ACTUAL F•CK DOES THAT MEAN???

Email fromUS Forest Service HR that reads:

GS-14 and GS-15 Non-Bargaining Unit Employees (BUEs) who received a preliminary notification letter are strongly encouraged to participate in a call with Forest Service Leadership on Monday, July 13 at 2 p.m. (ET). Please be on the look to receive an MS Teams Meeting invite this morning.

All GS-14 and GS-15 Non-BUE employees who received a preliminary notification letter will have an opportunity to express their preferences for placement in the new organization as part of the forthcoming non-competitive process.

Steph likes native plants@dendromecon27· Jul 12

What is this and why are they all over my kitchen? Is this Reno’s version of cockroaches??

Steph likes native plants@dendromecon27· Jul 1

Don't Look Up

Steph likes native plants@dendromecon27· Jul 1

Nomadland

Steph likes native plants@dendromecon27· Jul 1

Our crew took high res GPS points on our seedlings and, honestly, I can't believe the spatial treatments actually look like we envisioned! Treatments were: 3 spatial arrangements (grid, clusters of 3, clusters of 5), 2 levels of density.

Steph likes native plants@dendromecon27· Jul 1

My husband would like to show you his garlic

Steph likes native plants@dendromecon27· Jun 30

Heads up on a fuel and fire behavior advisory for parts of the Great Basin. Let’s hope people aren’t popping off illegal fireworks and unnecessarily putting more wildland firefighters in harms way. Especially after 3 firefighters died just a few days ago in Utah.

Fuels and Fire Behavior Advisory
Eastern Nevada, Utah, and Arizona Strip
June 27 – July 10, 2026
Subject: Persistent drought, critically low live and dead fuel moistures, and fully cured fine fuels have
created above-normal significant fire potential across eastern Nevada, much of Utah and the Arizona Strip.
Recent large fires have demonstrated the potential for rapid fire growth, long-range spotting, and high
resistance to control. Forecasted hot and dry conditions are expected to further increase fire danger into
July.
Discussion: Persistent drought, critically low live and dead fuel moistures, and fully cured fine fuels have
created above-normal significant fire potential across eastern Nevada, most of Utah, outside of the Uinta and
Wasatch Mountains, and the Arizona Strip. Drought-stressed vegetation, localized shrub mortality, and
continuous cured fine fuels are contributing to increased fire occurrence and extreme fire behavior.
In addition to critically dry shrub and fine fuel conditions, juniper fuel moistures across much of the advisory
area are also at or near record low levels for this time of year. Juniper fuel moistures failed to exhibit the
expected spring recovery due to below-average winter precipitation, limited snowpack, and persistently
low soil moisture conditions. As a result, many juniper stands entered the summer fire season under
significant moisture stress with little opportunity for recovery. Localized juniper mortality and canopy
dieback have further increased the availability of receptive fuels within these fuel complexes.
Recent large fires throughout the region such as the Cottonwood and Iron fires in UT, and the Grapevine
fire in NV have demonstrated rapid rates of spread, active torching, long-range spotting, prolonged burning
periods, and high resistance to control. Field observations from recent incidents have documented unusually
receptive juniper fuelbeds and more aggressive fire behavior within juniper fuel types than would typic…

Steph likes native plants@dendromecon27· Jun 28

Spent a week in Montana for the NAFEW (North American Forest Ecology Workshop) meeting, field tours, and hiking. My first time in the state, but I’ll be back!

Steph likes native plants@dendromecon27· Jun 28

I went and checked the OMB regulation comments to see how many there were (34K!), but the most recent ones are form letters from those who support this gross non-scientific oversight of science funding.

I support the Office of Management and Budget's proposed reforms to strengthen oversight of federal grant and assistance programs and improve protections against waste, fraud, and abuse.

American taxpayers deserve confidence that federal funds are being spent responsibly and for their intended purposes. Recent reports of improper payments, fraudulent claims, and inadequate oversight have highlighted weaknesses in the current system that must be addressed. Strengthening verification requirements, improving recipient vetting, and providing agencies with greater authority to suspend or terminate funding when fraud or misuse is identified are reasonable and necessary steps.

Steph likes native plants@dendromecon27· Jun 22

Missing my dad today. This was the cartoon I would have sent him if he was still alive. Thinking of all of you in the Dead Dad’s Club today. ❤️

Steph likes native plants@dendromecon27· Jun 20

We used to call those Secret Purple Kooshballs

Steph likes native plants@dendromecon27· Jun 16

I'm watching a targeted grazing webinar and there is a guy asking a question who, before he popped on screen, has an avatar where he is dressed as a jedi with a light saber, and when he turned the video on, the backdrop is Tatooine with the double moons 😆

Steph likes native plants@dendromecon27· Jun 11

My husband brought home aguachile from the local Mexican market but no tortilla chips so we’re using roasted nori. I’m not usually into fusion food but this kind of slaps.

Steph likes native plants@dendromecon27· Jun 10

Not related to the topic at hand, but this shirt is so very Gen X coded lol

Steph likes native plants@dendromecon27· Jun 9

In this economy? You bet I’m cutting bottles open to get every last bit 😂

Steph likes native plants@dendromecon27· Jun 8

Persia tridentata going to seed in Reno. One of our techs described them as elf shoes and honestly…perfect.

Steph likes native plants@dendromecon27· Jun 7

The last frozen lau lau from the deep freeze. Guess it’s time to get back to Hilo 🌺

Steph likes native plants@dendromecon27· Jun 5

Doing that civic duty stuff!

Steph likes native plants@dendromecon27· Jun 5

After you watch Rogue One, it’s just sort of obligatory.

Steph likes native plants@dendromecon27· Jun 2

Happy Pride!

Steph likes native plants@dendromecon27· Jun 1

Steph likes native plants@dendromecon27· May 24

It’s tomato planting time ❤️

Steph likes native plants@dendromecon27· May 23

It’s a black licorice kind of night.

Steph likes native plants@dendromecon27· May 21

The lyrics to American Life are just as true today as they were in 1991.

Bob is an unemployed veteran
Born and bred in the South Bronx
He's living off the streets down in east L.A
Residing in a cardboard box
Now he plays a little guitar and he has a small dog
Searching for aluminum cans
And he holds on tight to his dignity (dignity, dignity)
He was born into american life
He was born into american life.

Steph likes native plants@dendromecon27· May 21

How could we not go see Primus again? They played right in downtown Reno! Once again an epic show.

Steph likes native plants@dendromecon27· May 19

This cheatgrass is knee high and chock a block full of seeds. Foresters can hate on shrubs coming into post-fire sites but it’s a hell of a lot better than this.

Steph likes native plants@dendromecon27· May 19

Guess we’ll be making lots of noise during fieldwork today.