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Jeff Opperman💧🐟🎸 @jjopperman

Bluesky: @jjopperman.bsky.social Global Lead Freshwater Scientist @World_Wildlife. Rivers, renewable revolution, music & nature & staying connected.

Joined January 2010
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Jeff Opperman💧🐟🎸@jjopperman
19 Nov 2024
Twitter's fall is stark A wasteland of fire and wrath Bluesky calm beckons headed to #Bluesky: @jjopperman.bsky.social In non-Haiku form, Twitter feels like a sinking ship chugging toward a waterfall w/ whatever buoyancy remains. Bluesky feels like paddling into calm waters
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My new post in Forbes about how, as revealed in the new film Deliver Me From Nowhere, Bruce Springsteen provides two lessons for those who work in nature conservation, one for the head and one for the heart. forbes.com/sites/jeffopperma…
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WWF Science
@WWFscience
4 Mar 2025
Not all floods are bad—some help prevent disasters. By restoring floodplains and giving rivers room to breathe, we can reduce catastrophic flooding, protect communities, and boost biodiversity. WWF’s @jjopperman explains in @Forbes: forbes.com/sites/jeffopperma…
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Good floods can reduce the risk of bad floods, through both addition and subtraction. #floodplain #floodmanagement #floods forbes.com/sites/jeffopperma…
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When pursuing a "better world" thru irrigation efficiency, ensuring saved water supports river flows or other functions requires coupling efficiency w/ water governance. Otherwise there can be a reduction in available water; see blog on Jevon's paradox: worldwildlife.org/blogs/sust…
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WWF News
@WWFnews
26 Nov 2024
Salmon are returning to the Klamath River for the first time in decades. WWF’s @jjopperman examines how the river's positive turnaround is a guide to reversing the decline of wildlife and wild places in @sciam. scientificamerican.com/artic…

How the Return of Salmon to the Klamath River Shows Us What’s Possible in Wildlife Conservation

The Klamath River was a tragic example of degraded wildlife habitat. The removal of its dam demonstrates how people can halt the decline of, and even restore, wildlife

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Last month WWF's Living Planet Report showed dramatic ⬇️ of wildlife. Just recently, the Klamath River & its salmon were a sad example of that trend. But w/ biggest dam removal in history, Klamath is now an inspiring example that recovery is possible scientificamerican.com/artic…

How the Return of Salmon to the Klamath River Shows Us What’s Possible in Wildlife Conservation

The Klamath River was a tragic example of degraded wildlife habitat. The removal of its dam demonstrates how people can halt the decline of, and even restore, wildlife

scientificamerican.com
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New paper's Seussian abstract: One food, two food, green food, blue food This one is managed here This one is managed there Say! Such separation is not so clever Yes. We should manage all together authors.elsevier.com/a/1jyOg… @WWFLeadWater @NathanJBennett @henry_h_hansen @brentloken
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Rock, the Casbah.
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Serenity now…
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Birch loves Halloween. So much attention and love from all the trick—or-treaters.
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Red Hot Chili Peppers, Over the Bridge Downtown.
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WWF Connected Rivers of Resilience@WWFResilientRiv
28 Oct 2024
Freshwater species populations have plummeted by 85% – the steepest decline of any biome. But there’s hope! Learn how innovative conservation approaches, can help protect rivers, lakes, and wetlands. worldwildlife.org/blogs/sust…

OECMs: A New Path for Freshwater Conservation

Freshwater species have declined 85%. OECMs offer flexible solutions to protect rivers, lakes, and wetlands and meet 30x30 targets.

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Along the Chagrin River
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Our new paper on blue & green foods: Food from land, freshwater & oceans are often managed separately. Integrating their management is essential to feeding the world healthy and sustainable food. authors.elsevier.com/a/1jyOg… @WWFLeadWater @NathanJBennett @henry_h_hansen @brentloken
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Jeff Opperman💧🐟🎸 retweeted
WWF Water 💧🐟
@WWFLeadWater
21 Oct 2024
As @UNBiodiversity #COP16Cololombia kicks off, let's not forget freshwater! Let's focus on protecting & restoring of our rivers, lakes & wetlands as well as our land & seas. Because....👇
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One Earth@OneEarth_CP
19 Oct 2024
🚨New Commentary discusses the connections between blue & green #foodsystems & claims an integrated management approach is needed to successfully feed the world healthy & #sustainable food cell.com/one-earth/abstract/… @jjopperman @NathanJBennett @henry_h_hansen @brentloken M.Mekonnen
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Brent Loken@brentloken
18 Oct 2024
What's the connection between blue and green food systems? Well, they are intimately connected and must therefore be managed as a single system. Learn more in our recent article in One Earth. authors.elsevier.com/c/1jyOg… "The current approach to management of green and blue foods as separate systems undermines the healthy and sustainable future envisioned by the EAT-Lancet Commission."
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