Silvia Secchi

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Natural resource economist, geographer, meanderer, informed agitator, immigrant Trans rights are human rights Landback 💧Dall’acqua salata a quella dolce e zozza💧 Personal account - these are my views, not my employer’s

A blue heron by the water, hanging by the rip rap.
A monarch butterfly feeding from an orange milkweed.
Perilous Waters: Settlers, swamp and the state 1775-1920 by Anthony E Carlson.
Bioreactors, Saturated Buffers, Multi-Purpose Oxbows, and Water Quality Wetlands - acres protected 1/1/2024 190,620 Harvested acres in 2022 23,520,694 of acres protected 0.81% Tiled acres in 2022 13,016,679 Percent of acres protected 1.46% Tiled acres in 2017 14,107,098 Percent of acres protected 1.35%
The sky to the west with pink clods and the fading light.
Photo of two Jimothy raccoon 🦝 beaded earrings with read fur tales and freshwater pearls at the bottom.
Photo of a hazy sky.
Freya, a Catahoula dog, in her stroller.
A bunch of TVs by the Iowa River at the Coralville dam.
A brown wood door with a name tag and a big sticker of the Prairie Peninsula region both surrounded by stickers of prairie plants, bees, butterflies and hummingbirds.
Freya, a white Catahoula dog, laying on a wood floor by the wall after having been made to walk to the mailbox.
A book page open at a map of the Illinois River with a magnifying glass in the middle of it.
A bald eagle perched on a tree by the Iowa River.
Students painting on scaffolding; Grant Wood in foreground talking with visitors of his makeshift studio set up in an empty swimming pool in Halsey Hall on the University of Iowa campus. These murals were painted with Wood's direction as part of the Public Works of Art Project in the 1930s, and are now displayed at the Iowa State University Library. From: https://grantwood.uiowa.edu/life-at-iowa
Stickers of prairie plants and butterflies surround a large sticker of the prairie peninsula region and my name on the door.
A large sticker of the prairie peninsula region is surrounded by stickers of individual plants from the area plus two butterflies . Clockwise from the bottom left: prairie lily, milkweed and monarch, pawpaw, burr oak, brown-eyed Susan, purple pitcher plant, mayapple, two black swallowtails, Ohio spider worth, bloodroot and narrow-leaved purple coneflower.
Photo of Canada geese at the Reflecting Pool. Yes there’s plenty of poop too.
At the Figge in Davenport- I thought it would be apt Unititled (Landscape with cow and stream) Maker Helene Toerring (American, b.1870, d.1949) Production date Early 20th Century Description In this painting, two cows are drinking from a pond in the foreground. The pond is surrounded by trees, and a house is in the background partially hidden by the foliage.
A cluster of 3-4 pawpaws hiding in the foliage of their tree.
Pippo, a tabby cat, looking up while lounging on a kanta cloth quilt.
NYT graph showing Zach Lahn ahead in the R Iowa gubernatorial primary by over 1% with over 50% of the votes counted.
NYT graphic showing Zach Lahn way ahead of Feenstra with 14% of the votes for the R gubernatorial primary in.
A little blue bowl with juneberries on the left and a similar one with mulberries on the right.
Photo of a hand holding a handful of ripe juneberries.
Close up photo of a juneberry tree with the berries getting ripe.
A white Catahoula dog on the left (Freya) asleep on the day bed while a tabby cat (EP) snoozes on the right.
The prairie on the south west side of the park after the burn.
The introduction to the Black Gold Tapestry Exhibition.
Freya - a white Catahoula dog - asleep on the couch on a gold and white quilt and surrounded by pillows.
Jessica Palmer’s Missouri Wildflower Florilegium - all on paper in a black background.
The visitor center at the Missouri Botanical Garden.
The entrance to the Missouri Botanical garden at night with the Clymatron on the right in purple and an illuminated orange sculpture in the middle.
Two geese in the Japanese garden - one perching on a rock on the left and another on a little island on the right.
View of the pond and the trees in the Japanese garden at the Missouri Botanical Garden.
The oldest book in the collection - Historia general de las Indias, from 1535.
Plaque saying “the Bayer center of the Missouri Botanical Garden”
The entrance of the herbarium with stacks of specimens and desks, windows to the left.
The entrance of the arid house in the Missouri Botanical Gardens with a view of the enclosed garden and the arch.
View of the Lehman rose garden.
The view from the entrance of the Missouri Botanical Gardens.
Photo of slices of oven-fried aubergine slices in a plastic container. The slices were cooked in olive oil of course.
A tabby cat, Pippo, sitting on a heated cat bed in the bottom half of a grow light shelf, with succulents on the top half.
Freya, a white Catahoula dog, sleeping on a green rug.
A chubby tabby cat, Pippo, on a striped rug.
A tabby cat asleep on a large light yellow pet bed. His tail is almost straight on the right side.
Screenshot from the company's website: Shipping to the US We've temporarily paused shipping orders to the US due to rising tariffs. Thank you for your understanding and support.
Pippo - a 20 year old tabby cat- asleep on top of a cat cushion in the bottom of a grow light white three tiered shelf by a window. Above him there are plants and on top there are books.
Image showing portion of Gabrielle Walker's website that reds: Rethinking Removals is a dynamic non-profit dedicated to accelerating the growth of effective and responsible carbon removals on a climate-relevant scale. It marries deep understanding of the needs of the removals market with active reshaping of the enabling landscape – with a particular focus on narrative and rule-setting. Visit the website CUR8 is the leading science, procurement, and management platform for carbon removal. It unites the world’s top scientists, financial experts and software to build high quality removal portfolios that help global companies including British Airways, Coca-Cola HBC, Arup and Standard Chartered Bank de-risk their net-zero strategy.
Facebook post by the Iowa High School Athletic Association. It reads "Nearly time for the 2026 Iowa Governor’s Scholar Ceremony presented by Iowa Farm Bureau! Set for a 1 p.m. start with Governor Kim Reynolds inside Iowa Events Center." A photo oof the event center on the left and past winners on the right.
Photo showing a mug depicting the Muskrat from the Moomin books, swinging from a hammock and reading a book titled “The Uselessness of Everything”.
Photo of a white Catahoula dog asleep on a day bed surrounded by pillows.
Fava beans and cut up zucchine cooking in a Dutch oven.
Video of a storm with lots of lightning- you can see the night sky on the left and treetops on the right.
Picture of a Caputo 00 flour 1 kg bag priced at $8.49.
Table showing the inventory and number of operations with 5,000 or more hogs for the five Upper Mississippi River Basin from the Census of Agriculture in 2012 (first line), then 2017 (second line) and 2022' Inventory of hogs: (5,000 or more head) Illinois 3,388,599 4,006,638 4,278,323 Iowa 12,669,843 15,581,744 17,372,570 Minnesota 4,010,303 5,467,440 5,715,345 Missouri 2,211,566 2,537,534 2,401,078 Wisconsin 86,375 118,370 193,717 Hogs - operations with inventory (5,000 or more head) Illinois 247 336 301 Iowa 1,040 1,131 1,073 Minnesota 324 457 419 Missouri 83 146 159 Wisconsin 8 15 17 Average size of operations with 5,000 or more head Iowa 12,183 13,777 16,191 Minnesota 12,377 11,964 13,640 Illinois 13,719 11,925 14,214
On a cloudy sky, close up of juneberry branches with oak buds and an already green maple tree in the background.
The figure shows the total number of Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) in the Upper Mississippi River Basin: Iowa 3,938 Minnesota 1,585 Nebraska 1,228 Illinois 522 Missouri 515 Wisconsin 346 US total 21,279 UMRB CAFOs 6,906 UMRB % CAFOs 32.5% Also shown the number and percentage of CAFOs permitted: UMRB CAFOs with Clean Water Act permits 1,465 UMRB % CAFOswith Clean Water Act permits 21.6% Over 1/3 of all US CAFOs is in these three states https://www.epa.gov/npdes/npdes-cafo-regulations-implementation-status-reports
Close up of a fat gray squirrel on a juneberry tree.
Slide showing the front pages of the Nutrient Reduction Strategies (NRS) for IL, IA, MN, WI, with the number of times CAFOs are mentioned in the NRS superimposed: Illinois 10 Wisconsin 16 Iowa 0 Minnesota 1
Close up of a paw paw tree by the green wall of a house showing its dark green/brown flower buds.