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Joined September 2019
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25 Jul 2025
🌿 Curious about the work we do in our lab?
Check out @_LeslieSpencer_'s inspiring research on wild pollinator conservation and education! 🐝
She was recently featured by the @uvmvermont Office of Research—watch the feature here: youtube.com/watch?v=jlSJPVU6…
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16 Jul 2025
Featured in @Newsweek, @TaylorHRicketts discusses why federal action in Western US is so consequential for wildlife 📢
newsweek.com/map-shows-state…
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12 Jun 2025
Congratulations to lab member @AuraAlonsoRodz and colleagues on their recent publication! They evaluated hurricane effects on taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional diversity of tropical forest moths 🥳
26 May 2025
Honored to share my publication on how rainforest moth communities in Puerto Rico responded to back-to-back hurricanes Irma and María. I began this project eight years ago, and it’s incredibly exciting to finally see it out in the world! 🦋
🔗 go.uvm.edu/waf2l
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7 May 2025
🥳Congrats to lab member @_LeslieSpencer_ on her win in @uvmvermont Three-Minute Thesis competition! 🎊
Leslie's work focuses on wild pollinator conservation and education. Read more about it in this article from @UVMCALS:
go.uvm.edu/sorqi
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7 May 2025
She also recently received a grant from @OneHiveFondatio for her environmental education work at Shelburne Farms and a research award from UVM to fund a summer bee identification course!
🐝🐝🐝@GundInstitute
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9 Apr 2025
The Living Landscapes Lab was well represented at the @GundInstitute Gund Slam last week! 🌟
@_LeslieSpencer_ @AuraAlonsoRodz @TaylorHRicketts
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19 Feb 2025
🚨 New pub alert 🚨
"The risk that locally successful nature conservation may be shifting problems elsewhere can no longer be ignored"
science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/…
19 Feb 2025
"...so often in conservation, we forget that the costs might happen to someone else, someplace else or at a later time," says @uvmvermont prof @bpkfish.
Yet, say Fisher and @TaylorHRicketts, these hidden costs are critical to conservation decisions: go.uvm.edu/hblk3
ALT Green agricultural fields surrounded by lush green mountains, with rain, clouds and fog, and a palm tree in the foreground.
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11 Feb 2025
On this #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience, we want to celebrate our amazing lab members @_LeslieSpencer_ , @AuraAlonsoRodz, Anna Maassel, Carina Manitius, Jessica Balerna, Lara de Macedo Monteiro, and the inspiring women scientists that came before them! 👩💻👩💼👩🏫👩🔬
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10 Feb 2025
Inspiring resolution @_LeslieSpencer_ !
#pollination #bees #ecosystemservices #conservation #education #outreach
31 Jan 2025
✨What are IfA's resolutions?✨
1: @_LeslieSpencer_ resolves to deepen relationships to create accessible educational programs that equip community to impact pollinator conservation efforts (📸 by @estey_andrea)
2: Cheryl resolves to connect through story and love in her work
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Living Landscapes Lab retweeted
16 Dec 2024
Just back from #IPBES11. 3 years of work by 130 researchers from all over the world - all presented, debated, and adopted last week in #Namibia. Really proud to be part of the #NexusAssessment expert team!
After years of work and hours of perseverance, the #NexusAssessment Report has been approved by the Plenary at #IPBES11. 👏🏽👏🏽
Kudos and congratulations to the experts on this monumental achievement!
📷 @IISD_ENB @kiaraworth
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Living Landscapes Lab retweeted
17 Dec 2024
Facing complex issues like declining biodiversity means integrating diverse viewpoints & variables.
@uvmvermont's @TaylorHRicketts & colleagues from across the world collaborated on the @IPBES report to address these issues.
From @nytimes' @CatrinEinhorn:go.uvm.edu/6ctex
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Living Landscapes Lab retweeted
9 Dec 2024
I'm here in #Namibia with the amazing #NexusAssessment leadership team, getting ready for an intense week presenting our work to delegates to #ipbes11. It all starts tomorrow!
🌍 The wait is nearly over—only 2 days until the #IPBES11 Plenary session begins!
Being considered:
📘 #NexusAssessment: Tackling challenges of interlinked crises together
📗 #TransformativeChange Assessment: Obstacles and options for a more just & sustainable world
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Living Landscapes Lab retweeted
10 Dec 2024
Deforestation can make bednets less effective. Whoah. New findings from Tafesse Estifanos and team at @gundinstitute. These interactions between nature and health are everywhere, as highlighted this week by the #NexusAssessment here at #IPBES11 in Namibia .
9 Dec 2024
Lose too much forest, and the fight against malaria is harder to win. That's the takeaway from new #UVM research.
When deforestation rates exceed 50%, bed-nets lose effectiveness against malaria.
Read more: go.uvm.edu/ei3s4
ALT An Anopheles gambiae mosquito bites a person. Photo: CDC/James Gathany/Public Health Image Library
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5 Dec 2024
📢 New study by former postdoc @TafesseEstifan1 "shows that a widespread malaria-fighting strategy—bed nets—becomes less effective as deforestation rises. The research underscores how important a healthy environment is for human health."
Read more 👇 go.uvm.edu/do4np
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18 Nov 2024
Last Friday, we joined the Vermont Pollinator Working Group Annual Conference to discuss issues related to habitat and pesticides!
@_LeslieSpencer_ (PhD cand) shared her research on pollinators, pests & blueberries, and CJ (MS student) connected with VT's pollinator experts. 🐝
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Living Landscapes Lab retweeted
2 Oct 2024
You've heard about bees' role in feeding the world. But if you also enjoy delicious coffee, thank a bee.
New research from @AristiNati, @TaylorHRicketts & colleagues shows bee pollination improves coffee's flavor.
Read more from @CATIEOficial: go.uvm.edu/68pby
ALT A black and yellow bee on pink flowers, with green plants in the background
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Living Landscapes Lab retweeted
21 Sep 2024
Just returned from another inspiring @HHMINEWS #GilliamFellows meeting! It’s truly empowering to connect with so many brilliant and passionate scientists, all dedicated to advancing inclusion and equity in STEM. 💪🏿💪🏽💪🏻 #LatinainSTEM
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12 Sep 2024
Congratulations to @AristiNati, who recently crushed her PhD defense and moved on to bigger and better things! We miss her already but can't wait to see what amazing things she does next! 🎉 #Proud
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Living Landscapes Lab retweeted
9 Sep 2024
I am speaking at NATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY SOCIETY INAUGURAL CONFERENCE. Please check out my talk if you're attending the event! #nssseattle - via #Whova event app
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26 Aug 2024
Thrilled to welcome @carina_mani to the lab! 🎉 Carina's research focuses on the social and economic impacts of conservation policies, aiming for a just transition for nature. At UVM, she'll explore how expanding protected areas affects the agricultural sector and food systems.🌍
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