https://www.wired.com/story/scotland-village-spaceport-peatland/ watch for warming trends in the UK. If this is a carbon sink preserving #climate, launches in a Scottish bog will certainly cause warming. #climatechange #nature
#birders or #NaturalistsOfMastodon might be a good source of income to improve and preserve the land.

Got asked to do a mock-up of a California Golden Beaver for the California Naturalist annual service pin. Here's the original colored pencil idea that looked like a rat. The b&w sharpie drawing that fixed a couple things. Then the digitally colored one (using the official palette). I wish I could've done details, but this is only going to be about ¾"x¾" so it's already gonna have to shrink.

#CaliforniaNaturalist #beavers #wildlife #animals #volunteering #art #design #NaturalistsOfMastodon

So, who here is into iNaturalist? If you're not, you should be! If you are, my info is in my bio, should you wanna follow observations.

I'm organizing the Monterey Bay area 2023 City Nature Challenge, so if you live in Monterey or Santa Cruz Counties and want more info, just ask!

#science #CityNatureChallenge #iNat #iNaturalist #Naturalist #NaturalistsOfMastodon #ParticipatoryScience #Monterey #SantaCruz #nature #NaturePhotography

@emmamitch you will see, here is quite a big community of people who care of #mentalhealth #MentalHealthArt #selfcare #selfcareartist #NaturalistsOfMastodon ... so many hashtags to explore! (Everything here is found by hashtags like on Instagram).