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Eric Booth @egbooth.bsky.social Hydroecologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Interested in interactions between water, land, climate, humans, food, energy, etc. and transdisciplinary community-engaged research. Views shared here are my own. https://www.ericbooth.org/
Tim Van Deelen @trvandeelen.bsky.social Wildlife Ecology Prof. Deer nerd and plain member. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Opinions my own, not my employer's. Adult-onset birder. 
Taylor Brown @tabrown.bsky.social Aquatic Fish Ecologist & PhD Candidate, Cornell University | Early life-history & recruitment of cisco and lake whitefish in the #GreatLakes | she/her
Joel Patenaude @jtpaten.bsky.social Producer at Wisconsin Public Radio, guilty of committing print journalism, too. Otherwise a road and fat biker, xc skier, former distance runner, reptile keeper, father, lover, not a fighter.
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Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social Aquatic ecology & Fisheries with Wisconsin Sea Grant. Science Communication. Helping improve the Great Lakes since 2001. #Freshwater, #Fish, #GreatLakes! He/Him. Manitowoc, WI go.wisc.edu/j0c989
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Dr. Amy Burgin @burginam.bsky.social Aquatic Ecosystem Ecologist & Water Scientist. #AIMS PI.
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Branden Walker 🧪 ⚒️ 🚁 @branden0walker.bsky.social "Cool dad"| Physical scientist studying nearshore algae and water quality in the Great Lakes | Formerly into Arctic snow | Huge Drone nerd
ProfColinBean @profcolinbean.bsky.social Freshwater fish biologist - big on rare species, their ecology and conservation. Also known to dabble in non-native species issues. Personal account and all views are entirely my own. Leantóir Celtic FC 🍀
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Dave Zanatta @mimusselman.bsky.social Freshwater malacologist 🐌🐚, molecular ecologist, Professor at Central Michigan University, husband, dad, cat lover, model railroader, liberal, Canadian-American 🇨🇦🇺🇸. he/him.
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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social Freshwater Ecologist at Michigan State University. Director of @msue-lakes-streams.bsky.social and MiCorps, Michigan's volunteer lake and stream monitoring program. Invasive species, science comm, public engagement. Hiker, kayaker, reader, listener.
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social Let's see... 39 years teaching journalism at NYU. A critic who tries to be useful. PressThink: the name of my subject and my site. My book: "What Are Journalists For?" (1999, Yale University Press)
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Eric R. Larson @ericrlarson.bsky.social Associate professor in freshwater ecology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Crayfish, invasive species, environmental DNA, and more. https://publish.illinois.edu/erlarson/
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