Happy birthday to the legendary mad farmer The contrary poet, agrarian and occasional activist Wendell Berry turns 92 today 🎂

My ongoing photo series “Intertidal”documents the messy majesty of the shore via b&w film and color digital, both above and below water, and via drone — See the latest additions to this project from Great Wass Island on Maine’s beautiful bold coast here: www.instagram.com/p/DbQiB8zEbhK/

Heard a popular & progressive podcast host talk about taking a "bufo" trip & how his guide said it was "humanely extracted" Incorrect ~ "milking" Sonoran desert toads stresses a wild species in decline, & hurts its habitat People can stop pressuring wild toads & use synthetic 5-MeO instead, please

New underwater photo session captured unfurling water lily #flowers & new leaves in states of splendor Water lilies only send green chlorophyll to leaves when they reach the surface, so underwater it’s an autumnal landscape of stunning reds & oranges Full set here: www.instagram.com/erikhoffner

Grew edible chicken of the woods #mushrooms in 2025 by shoving bits of ones I'd foraged elsewhere into a slowly dying red oak's bark for a couple years Now a new clump appeared this week (pic 2) 🥂 😍 Also works w/ chanterelles, just stuff stem ends & gills into soil under trees they're symbiotic w/

Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content, Reece Rogers reports for @wired.com ~ www.wired.com/story/meta-n... As a photographer & journalist, I see inappropriate uses of my work often enough, but it's extra rude when driven by a platform

Loon on a floating nest with a patch of grass, caged against eagles or to provide shade Water level in this reservoir fluctuates & these #birds don’t move well on land so biologists build these to prevent failed nesting attempts Hot day, she’s not singing in this picture but panting to stay cool

Yes they underperformed but the last straw for the German FA was probably Nagelsmann’s terrible choice of hats

Great #restoration success: Whippoorwills are increasingly rare & prefer barrens habitats Mass biologists used fire & saws to restore such an area that was overgrown by red maple & it’s now 1 of the northeast’s main breeding areas for these #birds who sing on full moon eves like on Monday, listen:

Best ad in a recent print edition of @theonion.com This product hits the market too late to help millions of hikers across the Austro Pacific but when in the territory of a cassowary, be wary and carry a can:

Always special when these giant silk moths visit Luna moths lack mouths since they only live 7 to 10 days, seems a shame for such a work of art to be so ephemeral

Otter pup chirps anxiously for mom as family rests, pups make bird-like chirps when hungry, cold, or separated like this—turn the sound up to hear the cuteness and then peaceful quiet of the reunion 🦦 #trailcamera I put in this magic spot also showed a bear family & a duckling troop recently:

“We search for a less extractive and polluting economic order, so that we may fit agriculture into the economy of a sustainable culture [so] community becomes the locus and metaphor for both agriculture and culture.” Happy birthday to Wes Jackson, the sustainable ag pioneer turns 90 on June 15

Great to hear that Canada has moved to welcome Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan to officiate #worldcup matches there He was denied entry into the US by border agents, which was a real "own goal" by that administration & another black eye for its policies, www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Great piece by @bengoldfarb.bsky.social today at @mongabay.com about #wildlife crossings on roads --> a global effort to reconnect ecological corridors so animals can find food, water, a mate — and escape increasingly frequent wildfires & extreme weather events: news.mongabay.com/2026/06/the-...

Heads-up Maine, NH & VT: feds may move to open up areas to mining Appalachian #lithium deposits are claimed by a new USGS report at 300+ years of import supply Much of that's in Maine but as @livescience.com reports it's toxic & can harm habitat & #biodiversity: www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

NASA has shared new maps showing how light pollution has changed between 2014 and 2022, improvements in purple: “LEDs and energy conservation measures coincided with reduced light pollution in Paris and throughout France (a 33% dimming), the U.K. (22% dimming), and the Netherlands (21% dimming).”

Morels are metal but in b&w they’re goth too, found a troop of these among our ash trees Been a good season w/ friends reporting harvests of these quasi-symbiotic, semi-detritivore gnome stools across our region Full photo set here at Insta: www.instagram.com/erikhoffner #fungi #mushroomhunting

The @thirdactorg.bsky.social convenes monthly calls on #datacenters re: legal, corporate, political & narrative resistance On Monday: Michael Richardson w/ @thirdactupstateny.bsky.social & others linked w/ @billmckibben.bsky.social will discuss recent tactical wins: thirdact.org/events/fight...

This big beautiful bug bonked into my parked car & expired 😞 Vertical diving beetles are up to 4-5cm long like this, are major predators in ponds Their larvae get even longer & super predatory, called "water tigers" they are big enough to eat tadpoles but they also max a lot of mosquito larvae

Glad to say @mongabay.com is a finalist for a #podcast award for this episode on how outdoor adventure can boost #conservation “We harness the collective power of the tens of thousands of people that are outside every day to benefit conservation.” Listen here: news.mongabay.com/podcast/2025...

Jack in the pulpit in woods below the house 2 weeks from spikes to spadixes in these pics Jacks are pollinated by fungus gnats, which find their way under the overlapping ‘pulpit’ — they’re weak flyers, so the flowers accommodate them with an exit hole at the base Evolution is amazing 🤩

Clear weather last night brought many migrating #birds flying by moon & stars to my land Scarlet tanagers, chestnut sided warblers & yellowthroats new among the choir, check your forecast here birdcast.org/migration-to... Building owners, pls turn night lights off to avoid collisions w/ glass! 🐦‍⬛

Day 3 of a local #Indigenous community creating a dugout canoe, now carving details of traditional foods & medicines like fiddleheads & sassafras ~ mishoons were traditionally made like this by many Northeastern groups:

Nipmuc people are making a fire-burned dugout canoe all weekend here in western Massachusetts Mishoons were traditionally made like this by many Northeastern #Indigenous communities The tradition is resurging lately as @culturalsurvival.org reports, www.culturalsurvival.org/news/resurgi...

North Atlantic right #whales calving season has produced the highest number of births since 2009 “It is hopeful to see 23 new calves born this year, but their survival into adulthood is still a long journey ahead in an ocean with many dangers and obstacles.” - Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life

Alongside Die Zeit's Maria Mast & El Mundo's Teresa Guerrero Fernández, I'll share @mongabay.com's POV here: "What Editors Actually Want: Pitching Environmental Investigations" Hosted by @journalismfund.bsky.social on 7 May, more info here: www.journalismfund.eu/what-editors...

Interesting project and essay, reminded me of this image I made of a dam landscape in the CT river watershed, www.instagram.com/p/C94wkpsJN2...

As spring migration ramps up, some tall buildings turn their lights off at night to save #birds from deadly impacts with glass, but not enough At a time of declining songbird numbers, we need better policy than voluntary measures to protect all those winged beauties from this fate:

🏆 We won 'best video' last night in Bogota from the World Association of News Publishers 🏆 A collab of our @mongabay.com video team & AP @apnews.com, it tells the story of how women protect Mexico City’s ancient floating farms & boost local food 💪 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqpD...