brcarlson

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Nature and conservation enthusiast with a myriad of biodiversity-related projects such as an app to raise awareness about the diversity of ecosystems around us. 📍 Eastern Washington, USA

Screenshot of the app Ecoseek with the ecoregion St. Croix Stagnation Moraines highlighted.
Photo of white clover and western yarrow overgrowing a concrete paver. A serviceberry is visible in the background.
Photo of a tractor on a field. Half of the field in the photo is recently mowed and the other half has weeds and other broadleaf plants growing tall. Forested mountains are in the background.
Screenshot of the Apple App Store listing of Ecoseek. It shows the icon, title, and a series of marketing screenshots of the app.
Photograph of blanket flower with yarrow in surrounding area. The blanket flower has a flower head with remnant red-orange petals and three other seed heads and yarrow are in full bloom with white flowers.
Photo of a tiger swallowtail butterfly on a showy milkweed flower.
The new logo for Ecoseek; a leaf with venation of different shades of green.
Photo of four John James Audubon paintings framed in picture frames.
Screenshot of Ecoseek showing a Support screen with 3 support tiers; 0.99, 2.99, 4.99.
Photo of young trees in front of a freshly harrowed field with pine covered mountains in the background.
Photo of plastic vials used to collect soil samples next to native bunchgrass and organ grapes.
Photo of kids on scaffolding bolting on rock climbing holds onto new plywood.
Photo of five elk standing in a field
Photo of an arrowleaf balsamroot lite by the sun and in full bloom on top of a mountain that overlooks the Columbia River.
Line graph showing total installs as a function of time. The daily installs start at 16 on October 9, 2025 and slowly step up to 23 on April 6, 2026.
Video of a screen capture showing off some new features of Ecoseek. The video shows a revamped "Discover" section that aims to motivate your next adventure through a "Almost there" nudge, a spotlighted ecoregion, and a list of trending ecoregions based on recent iNaturalist activity. The video then shows a revamped Ecoregion Details section that show the original scientific description of the ecoregion and a laymen's version, a list of species that have been observed recently through iNaturalist, and, finally, a list of protected areas ranked by biodiversity quality. The video ends after a "search" button is pressed next to a protected area and the user can see more information about the protected area through their search engine.
Photo of a ballhead waterleaf just starting to bloom
Close up photo of a small Arrowleaf Balsamroot. There are only a few small leaves popping out of the ground, one of them is partially eaten.
Screenshot of Ecoseek showing the Discover page. An "Almost there" nudge shows a progress bar of level 4 ecoregions explored in a level 3 region. A "Today's spotlight" lists an ecoregion with species that have been recently observed on iNaturalist. And a "Trending in Washington" that shows North Cascaded Lowland Forest at 14x higher iNaturalist activity than previous month.
Photo of columns of basalt with sage brush in the foreground
Photo of hexagonal rock columns formed by basalt in the foreground with a huge valley of sage scrub steppe in the background
Photo ballhead waterleaf showing new growth
Photo of native bunchgrass in the foreground and replanted forest in the background. The bunchgrass shows year old gray stalks being encroached by new green growth
Photo of a messy garden with lupin stalks from last season. A praying mantis egg case is attached to one of the stalks.
Photo of white sand dunes under a blue sky
Screenshot of Ecoseek showing three ecoregions that were visited with a submitted image as the background of a text area with a checkmark. The first background is of an oak forest, the next is a rocky waterfall, and the last is a desert.
Photo of a basalt rock covered in lichen and moss
Screenshot of Ecoseek, an android app that helps you discover all the natural diversity around you. The screenshot shows 10 of 57 ecoregions explored with a listing of those checked off the list and photos taken during the exploration.
Screenshot of the Ecoseek app that shows a simplified description of an ecoregion. The example says "The Glaciated Low Allegheny Plateau is a vast, fairly uniform landscape that spans much of the northern Allegheny Plateau. When viewed from above, it looks like a patchwork quilt of farms and small woods draped over rolling hills. This terrain was shaped by ancient glaciers, which acted like giant sheets of sandpaper to grind down the landscape, resulting in flattened hilltops and..."
Photo of a person collecting water from a natural mountain spring where lush green plants grow all around
Photo of the forest floor covered in moss
Close up photo of rough gooseneck moss showing new healthy vigorous growth and a large patch of more in the in background
Screenshot of the Ecoseek app for Android showing technical terms like "sedimentary rock" and "grand fir" underlined suggesting a link to wikipedia.
Screenshot of Ecoseek showing the Discover mode where 11 protected areas can be found in the current screen.
Screenshot of Ecoseek app showing an error
Photograph of Palouse loess soil with a few weeds and mostly bare soil. Some research flagging are in the background to show a plot outline
Screenshot of the app details page for the app Ecoseek in the Google Play Store. The screenshot highlights the "What's new" section that reads: Added descriptions for all states -- and that makes 48! All continental states are now supported! Well, Florida is a bit weird, but we all knew that."
Photo of patches of green grass in the foreground and the loess hills of the Palouse in the background. Taken on top of Kamiak Butte.
Photo of a brush covered trail with a lady moving a cut branch and a man pulling down a branch out of a tree. The trail is an old logging road within a Douglas fir forest with the occasional western red cedar
Photo of a rock that has fallen into a pocket of ground with leaves and needles scattered around
Photo of a child ice-skating over a frozen pond with mountains in the background
Photo of a woman ice-skating on a frozen pond between clusters of bull rush and below a setting sun
Photo of a frozen pond in the foreground reflecting reds from a sunset alighting altocumulus clouds
Photo of a century old aqueduct running though a tunnel
Photo of resealable glass bottles being filled with wine via a syphon from a 3 gallon carboy
Video of fingers surrounding a ripe snowberry fruit and squeezing together to make the fruit pop
Photo of an alpine trail with mountains in the background shrouded with most and a woman standing in the distance
Photo of a woman and man spreading compost with shovels onto a slopped area reinforced with 4x4 boards and planted in Palouse native plants
Photo of a barn with snow and mist near a mountain canyon
Photo of a mason jar full of native plant seed mixed with sand
A man on the side of a limestone cliff looking out towards the Columbia River valley
Photo of cakes made with Nootka Rose flavoring
Photo of the Columbia River from on top of Silver Crown Mountain
Photo of a pond on the right, a house on the left, and cloud covered mountains in the background, all in all autumn colors
Screenshot of Ecoseek website showing a coverage map with all Western states colored in.
Photo of a flower pot with rudebeckia, flax, and round leaf alumroot
Screenshot of a PDF with a handwritten message that says "Hi Dad" and a happy dog face
Photo of cut sunflower stalks woven between standing stubble
A person looking at science equipment in a field