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  1. 🧵1/4
    September 20, 1983: I crossed the South Branch of the Carrabassett River at another wide, shallow ford amid a lush forest filled with dense undergrowth and began the ascent of the Crockers. I took my first break of the day a mile later, after a moderate climb to the Appalachian Trail junction with the Crocker Cirque Campsite side trail.

  2. 🧵1/3
    September 20, 1983, 43 years ago today: I really wanted to hike the thirteen tough miles over four major summits today and make it to the Post Office in Stratton before it closed this evening. I made a special effort to reach Maine 27 early, in case I needed to wait a long time for a ride.

  3. I have already met my fundraising goal for Dan Osborn.

    But you can support four other Senate candidates through the Democratic Victory Fund.

    Those candidates are Adam Hamilton in Kansas, Josh Turek in Iowa, James Talarico in Texas, and Troy Jackson in Maine.

    secure.actblue.com/donate/demo

    39/x

    #Senate #Kansas #Iowa #Texas #Maine #Politics #USPol #News

  4. I have already met my fundraising goal for Dan Osborn.

    But you can support four other Senate candidates through the Democratic Victory Fund.

    Those candidates are Adam Hamilton in Kansas, Josh Turek in Iowa, James Talarico in Texas, and Troy Jackson in Maine.

    secure.actblue.com/donate/demo

    39/x

    #Senate #Kansas #Iowa #Texas #Maine #Politics #USPol #News

  5. I have already met my fundraising goal for Dan Osborn.

    But you can support four other Senate candidates through the Democratic Victory Fund.

    Those candidates are Adam Hamilton in Kansas, Josh Turek in Iowa, James Talarico in Texas, and Troy Jackson in Maine.

    secure.actblue.com/donate/demo

    39/x

    #Senate #Kansas #Iowa #Texas #Maine #Politics #USPol #News

  6. I have already met my fundraising goal for Dan Osborn.

    But you can support four other Senate candidates through the Democratic Victory Fund.

    Those candidates are Adam Hamilton in Kansas, Josh Turek in Iowa, James Talarico in Texas, and Troy Jackson in Maine.

    secure.actblue.com/donate/demo

    39/x

    #Senate #Kansas #Iowa #Texas #Maine #Politics #USPol #News

  7. We Went to Big Bend National Park. What We Saw Will Shock You

    youtube.com/shorts/sNlXUzNm3pk

    IF YOU VOTE REPUBLICAN IN NOVEMBER 3RD TUESDAY ELECTION, OR DON'T VOTE AT ALL, YOU'LL GIVE HIM TWO MORE YEARS TO F****** UP!
    #2026Elections #Trump #Corruption #Michigan #billionaires #florida #texas #Maine #dallas #austin #Congress #USSenate #usa #vote

  8. We Went to Big Bend National Park. What We Saw Will Shock You

    youtube.com/shorts/sNlXUzNm3pk

    IF YOU VOTE REPUBLICAN IN NOVEMBER 3RD TUESDAY ELECTION, OR DON'T VOTE AT ALL, YOU'LL GIVE HIM TWO MORE YEARS TO F****** UP!
    #2026Elections #Trump #Corruption #Michigan #billionaires #florida #texas #Maine #dallas #austin #Congress #USSenate #usa #vote

  9. We Went to Big Bend National Park. What We Saw Will Shock You

    youtube.com/shorts/sNlXUzNm3pk

    IF YOU VOTE REPUBLICAN IN NOVEMBER 3RD TUESDAY ELECTION, OR DON'T VOTE AT ALL, YOU'LL GIVE HIM TWO MORE YEARS TO F****** UP!
    #2026Elections #Trump #Corruption #Michigan #billionaires #florida #texas #Maine #dallas #austin #Congress #USSenate #usa #vote

  10. We Went to Big Bend National Park. What We Saw Will Shock You

    youtube.com/shorts/sNlXUzNm3pk

    IF YOU VOTE REPUBLICAN IN NOVEMBER 3RD TUESDAY ELECTION, OR DON'T VOTE AT ALL, YOU'LL GIVE HIM TWO MORE YEARS TO F****** UP!
    #2026Elections #Trump #Corruption #Michigan #billionaires #florida #texas #Maine #dallas #austin #Congress #USSenate #usa #vote

  11. We Went to Big Bend National Park. What We Saw Will Shock You

    youtube.com/shorts/sNlXUzNm3pk

    IF YOU VOTE REPUBLICAN IN NOVEMBER 3RD TUESDAY ELECTION, OR DON'T VOTE AT ALL, YOU'LL GIVE HIM TWO MORE YEARS TO F****** UP!
    #2026Elections #Trump #Corruption #Michigan #billionaires #florida #texas #Maine #dallas #austin #Congress #USSenate #usa #vote

  12. 🧵1/3
    September 19, 1983, 43 years ago today: The grades moderated along the crest, and most of the final mile to the summit was a series of gradually-ascending terraces. Dark, soggy tundra was interspersed with ledges of naked rock dabbed with lichen. Masses of ground-hugging plants spread out like thick shag carpets while scrub spruce shivered in the gale above them.

  13. 🧵1/5
    September 19, 1983, 43 years ago today: A thin, halfhearted drizzle began to fall. The first couple of miles of trail consisted of short, steep climbs connecting long, broad plateaus. The Appalachian Trail passed several slab caves formed by more fallen rocks from the cliffs above, a bog, and two very nice mountain ponds.

  14. And yeah... Even #Maine isn't immune.

    Increasingly early ice-outs on Maine waters open up new environmental problems, experts say

    As Maine wraps up one of its warmest winters in recorded history, lakes and ponds across the state are seeing ice-outs earlier than ever. Experts say that's affecting everything from #algae to moose.

    by Dylan Tusinski
    March 15, 2024

    "Earlier ice-outs have severe impacts on everything from algae blooms and trout populations to moose calves and snowmobilers, according to Mark Latti, communications director for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

    "One of the most serious symptoms of early ice-outs is the increased frequency and intensity of algae blooms in recent years, according to Whitney King, an environmental chemist and professor at Colby College in Waterville.

    "Blooms in recent years have been more severe and widespread, King said. Though algae blooms are a natural occurrence in the spring and summer, they can be toxic for humans and animals, damaging to natural ecosystems, and near-impossible to get rid of.

    "Algae blooms’ size and toxicity are often worsened by bright sunlight, warm waters and intense storms, King said. This means that earlier ice-outs are causing earlier and more severe algae blooms, he said.

    "'Across the state, we’re seeing an interesting ecological feedback cycle where the physics of the climate control when the open water period starts and ends,' he said. 'If you have shorter ice-in periods, you have longer open water periods, and these longer open water periods are allowing increased growth rates in our lakes — more plankton and less oxygen.

    "'Basically, our lakes have a longer growing season and that is not always an ecologically good thing.'"

    pressherald.com/2024/03/15/inc

    #Maine #HABs #HarmfulAlgaeBlooms #Extinction #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #WaterIsLife #WaterTemperatures

  15. And yeah... Even #Maine isn't immune.

    Increasingly early ice-outs on Maine waters open up new environmental problems, experts say

    As Maine wraps up one of its warmest winters in recorded history, lakes and ponds across the state are seeing ice-outs earlier than ever. Experts say that's affecting everything from #algae to moose.

    by Dylan Tusinski
    March 15, 2024

    "Earlier ice-outs have severe impacts on everything from algae blooms and trout populations to moose calves and snowmobilers, according to Mark Latti, communications director for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

    "One of the most serious symptoms of early ice-outs is the increased frequency and intensity of algae blooms in recent years, according to Whitney King, an environmental chemist and professor at Colby College in Waterville.

    "Blooms in recent years have been more severe and widespread, King said. Though algae blooms are a natural occurrence in the spring and summer, they can be toxic for humans and animals, damaging to natural ecosystems, and near-impossible to get rid of.

    "Algae blooms’ size and toxicity are often worsened by bright sunlight, warm waters and intense storms, King said. This means that earlier ice-outs are causing earlier and more severe algae blooms, he said.

    "'Across the state, we’re seeing an interesting ecological feedback cycle where the physics of the climate control when the open water period starts and ends,' he said. 'If you have shorter ice-in periods, you have longer open water periods, and these longer open water periods are allowing increased growth rates in our lakes — more plankton and less oxygen.

    "'Basically, our lakes have a longer growing season and that is not always an ecologically good thing.'"

    pressherald.com/2024/03/15/inc

    #Maine #HABs #HarmfulAlgaeBlooms #Extinction #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #WaterIsLife #WaterTemperatures

  16. And yeah... Even #Maine isn't immune.

    Increasingly early ice-outs on Maine waters open up new environmental problems, experts say

    As Maine wraps up one of its warmest winters in recorded history, lakes and ponds across the state are seeing ice-outs earlier than ever. Experts say that's affecting everything from #algae to moose.

    by Dylan Tusinski
    March 15, 2024

    "Earlier ice-outs have severe impacts on everything from algae blooms and trout populations to moose calves and snowmobilers, according to Mark Latti, communications director for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

    "One of the most serious symptoms of early ice-outs is the increased frequency and intensity of algae blooms in recent years, according to Whitney King, an environmental chemist and professor at Colby College in Waterville.

    "Blooms in recent years have been more severe and widespread, King said. Though algae blooms are a natural occurrence in the spring and summer, they can be toxic for humans and animals, damaging to natural ecosystems, and near-impossible to get rid of.

    "Algae blooms’ size and toxicity are often worsened by bright sunlight, warm waters and intense storms, King said. This means that earlier ice-outs are causing earlier and more severe algae blooms, he said.

    "'Across the state, we’re seeing an interesting ecological feedback cycle where the physics of the climate control when the open water period starts and ends,' he said. 'If you have shorter ice-in periods, you have longer open water periods, and these longer open water periods are allowing increased growth rates in our lakes — more plankton and less oxygen.

    "'Basically, our lakes have a longer growing season and that is not always an ecologically good thing.'"

    pressherald.com/2024/03/15/inc

    #Maine #HABs #HarmfulAlgaeBlooms #Extinction #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #WaterIsLife #WaterTemperatures

  17. And yeah... Even #Maine isn't immune.

    Increasingly early ice-outs on Maine waters open up new environmental problems, experts say

    As Maine wraps up one of its warmest winters in recorded history, lakes and ponds across the state are seeing ice-outs earlier than ever. Experts say that's affecting everything from #algae to moose.

    by Dylan Tusinski
    March 15, 2024

    "Earlier ice-outs have severe impacts on everything from algae blooms and trout populations to moose calves and snowmobilers, according to Mark Latti, communications director for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

    "One of the most serious symptoms of early ice-outs is the increased frequency and intensity of algae blooms in recent years, according to Whitney King, an environmental chemist and professor at Colby College in Waterville.

    "Blooms in recent years have been more severe and widespread, King said. Though algae blooms are a natural occurrence in the spring and summer, they can be toxic for humans and animals, damaging to natural ecosystems, and near-impossible to get rid of.

    "Algae blooms’ size and toxicity are often worsened by bright sunlight, warm waters and intense storms, King said. This means that earlier ice-outs are causing earlier and more severe algae blooms, he said.

    "'Across the state, we’re seeing an interesting ecological feedback cycle where the physics of the climate control when the open water period starts and ends,' he said. 'If you have shorter ice-in periods, you have longer open water periods, and these longer open water periods are allowing increased growth rates in our lakes — more plankton and less oxygen.

    "'Basically, our lakes have a longer growing season and that is not always an ecologically good thing.'"

    pressherald.com/2024/03/15/inc

    #Maine #HABs #HarmfulAlgaeBlooms #Extinction #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #WaterIsLife #WaterTemperatures

  18. And yeah... Even #Maine isn't immune.

    Increasingly early ice-outs on Maine waters open up new environmental problems, experts say

    As Maine wraps up one of its warmest winters in recorded history, lakes and ponds across the state are seeing ice-outs earlier than ever. Experts say that's affecting everything from #algae to moose.

    by Dylan Tusinski
    March 15, 2024

    "Earlier ice-outs have severe impacts on everything from algae blooms and trout populations to moose calves and snowmobilers, according to Mark Latti, communications director for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

    "One of the most serious symptoms of early ice-outs is the increased frequency and intensity of algae blooms in recent years, according to Whitney King, an environmental chemist and professor at Colby College in Waterville.

    "Blooms in recent years have been more severe and widespread, King said. Though algae blooms are a natural occurrence in the spring and summer, they can be toxic for humans and animals, damaging to natural ecosystems, and near-impossible to get rid of.

    "Algae blooms’ size and toxicity are often worsened by bright sunlight, warm waters and intense storms, King said. This means that earlier ice-outs are causing earlier and more severe algae blooms, he said.

    "'Across the state, we’re seeing an interesting ecological feedback cycle where the physics of the climate control when the open water period starts and ends,' he said. 'If you have shorter ice-in periods, you have longer open water periods, and these longer open water periods are allowing increased growth rates in our lakes — more plankton and less oxygen.

    "'Basically, our lakes have a longer growing season and that is not always an ecologically good thing.'"

    pressherald.com/2024/03/15/inc

    #Maine #HABs #HarmfulAlgaeBlooms #Extinction #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #WaterIsLife #WaterTemperatures