This post is motivated by my observation today of what I believe is a Dogbane Saucrobotys Moth (Saucrobotys futilalis) . As can be seen in the observation, the first picture is of a leaf roll, and the next two pictures are of the caterpillar after I unrolled the leaf roll to see it. And then I felt …

Have you read the book Braiding Sweetgrass ? Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation and botanist, summarizes the guidelines for an honorable harvest that are embedded in many North American Indigenous cultures (maybe others too, IDK) Anyway, she suggests asking permission…

But to get back on the original topic, yes, the disturbance we create when we’re out in forests and grasslands, etc., is important and there are trade-offs. Is removing this individual native plant to use in an educational program for kids more important than conserving it here? Is walking over th…

I’ve thought about this too. They way I look at it is, anyone rolling over the log or unrolling the leaf is doing so because they are interested in what’s there. There are zero people who protect what’s there, who aren’t interested in what’s there. Adults who are interested in what’s there encour…

I’d argue, the term “Anthropocene” just describes the extraordinary influence we had on our surroundings. It doesn’t really make any judgement on whether humans are part of nature or not. Cyanobacteria have had an enormous impact on their environment and the biodiversity at the end of the Archean/ …

[image] sedgequeen: The problem with invasives isn’t so much that they are here, but that wherever an introduced plant is, the natives can’t be. That is true, but by itself isn’t a problem, IMO. It would be, if a native species is inherently more ecologically valuable than an invasive one, bu…

[image] eyekosaeder: Any introduced plant will create new ecological niches as well as take existing ones away. It takes time, but biodiversity will bounce back as new inter-species connections are formed and speciation events happen due to increased specialisation, but of course the species com…

https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/adding-a-category-biodiversity-ecology-ethics/4614 [image] Create a tutorial and/or Code of Conduct on ethics of exploring wild places for iNaturalist users Many people who do not seem to have common sense are just biologically ignorant. They appreciate nature, bu…

[image] sedgequeen: “We plant three trees for every one we cut down!” ‘We’re tripling our environmental damage!’

Have you ever seen the damage that a bear does to nature and other creatures, just walking through the forest foraging for food? Have you ever paid attention to the damage to nature and creatures caused by heavy rains and storms? Have you ever seen the damage caused to nature and other creatures b…

[image] t7iguy: Have you ever seen the damage that a bear does to nature and other creatures, just walking through the forest foraging for food? Have you ever paid attention to the damage to nature and creatures caused by heavy rains and storms? Have you ever seen the damage caused to nature a…

[image] lynkos: But that IS nature. That is EXACTLY what nature is all about I wanted to write just that here. As it has been stated that the topic has been solved, opined in a separate topic What does the word ‘Nature’ include .

How much disturbance is "okay"?

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How much disturbance is "okay"?

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