Wildfire activity has been high in Washington and Oregon this summer, but the states backtracked recently on passing wildfire laws that can help protect communities, like fire-resistant building codes and vegetation management. On @npr.org today. www.npr.org/2026/08/17/n...

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Before we got an e cargo bike, this hill was a bit of a climb when hauling kids (in our Burley and Follow Me Tandem). It’s not actually hard w/ the e assist on our @bunchbike.com, but the kids still cheer me on until we get to the “purple flowers” where it levels out. ☺️

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Scenes from Camp 41 in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest (HARI trip)

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Some big news for my lab, and for forests too, I hope! Very excited to join Michigan State in the Plant Resilience Institute, Departments of Forestry and Plant Biology, next fall. Lots of work ahead studying plant #necrodiversity and #WhatKillsTrees with so many new (& continuing) colleagues!

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Trying to finish up my #ESA2026 talk. Here's the current version of the last slide for anyone interested. Talk is Thursday at 8:30 in 255A.

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