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El Lower
@helloellower.bsky.social
Invasion biologist, science communicator, forager, and general-purpose naturalist. (they/them) 🏳️‍🌈🍃✨
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Interested in #GreatLakes#ParticipatoryScience#GLANSIS#MysterySnailsglerl.noaa.gov/glansis/contributeSnails.html 🧪

Participatory Science: Be a Mystery Snail Detective! Getting involved is easy and rewarding: Visit the Website: Navigate to our Contribute Mystery Snails landing page. Learn and Equip: Familiarize yourself with the characteristics of mystery snails through our species profiles. Gather necessary equipment and safety gear. Go Exploring: Head to your local lake or stream and start hunting for mystery snails. Check out our location map to see where populations have been documented and where samples are needed. Collect and Document: Carefully collect the snails, take photos, and note down important details such as location, date, and environmental conditions. Aim to collect a minimum of 30 adult snails from each independent water body. Submit Your Specimens: Ship your snails following the instructions listed in the ‘Shipping’ section of our webpage. Each submission brings us closer to unraveling the mystery of these invasive snails.
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Had a nice chat with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel this week about the #GLANSIS#InvasiveSpecies#GreatLakeswww.jsonline.com/story/news/l...

Sea lamprey? Quagga mussels? New study ranks the worst invasive species in the Great Lakes
Sea lamprey? Quagga mussels? New study ranks the worst invasive species in the Great Lakes

The Great Lakes are practically unrecognizable if you compare them to the Great Lakes of the 17th century.

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Had an absolutely delightful time at the Pleasant Peninsula festival in Grand Rapids this weekend talking about #foraging#invasivespecies#scicomm folks!

El holds two carp balloons up to their face as if being smooched by fish.
Fish project: 50 native species, 50 artists, one Grand River.
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I’m giving a #foraging#invasivespecies and Michigan Sea Grant’s Freshwater Feasts recipe blog at the Pleasant Peninsula: Art & Activism Fair 2024! Come see me on August 24 at 5 pm at the Sixth Street Bridge in Grand Rapids to learn about wild recipes, foraging ethics, and more!

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5 pm: Freshwater Feast — Foraging In the Great Lakes. Get cooking with El Lower from Michigan Sea Grant and discover tasty recipes using ingredients you can forage right here in Michigan.
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ELhelloellower.bsky.social

Finally, FINALLY making an account over here as the bird site continues to spiral into further unpleasantness — hoping to rebuild some of my scicomm connections on a friendlier platform!

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El Lower
@helloellower.bsky.social
Invasion biologist, science communicator, forager, and general-purpose naturalist. (they/them) 🏳️‍🌈🍃✨
11 followers21 following9 posts
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