Are Colorado Moose Invasive? New Research Says NO
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https://www.colorado.edu/asmagazine/2026/06/18/are-colorado-moose-invasive-new-research-says-no <-- shared technical article
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https://youtu.be/orpLT22YnKQ?si=aThWWjMhKOUELwuv <-- shared overview video
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https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.70279 <-- shared paper
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“The modern Colorado moose is often considered just that: modern - brought to the state by wildlife officials in the late 1970s, preceded by very occasional reports of moose sightings in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Since being translocated to Colorado, these charismatic megafauna have been a source of both fascination and concern. In Rocky Mountain National Park [RMNP], where moose populations have thrived, ecosystems have been changing, and moose-associated impacts have sparked renewed conversations about managing an animal labeled “non-native.”
However, newly published research [link above] by an interdisciplinary team of scientists, archivists and Tribal cultural heritage leaders shows that the “non-native” label is inaccurate. They present evidence demonstrating that moose have been in Colorado for at least centuries and likely longer.
The researchers analyzed newspaper archives, archaeological site reports, scientific journals, museum collections and photo archives to understand where and when moose were present in Colorado prior to the mid-1900s. Perhaps most importantly, notes lead author William Taylor, a University of Colorado Boulder associate professor of anthropology and CU Museum curator of archaeology, the scholars sought Indigenous histories, and in doing so found evidence of moose being well known and deeply integrated into traditional knowledge of Native people in the southern Rockies.
Crystal C’Bearing, a study co-author and Northern Arapaho Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, notes that among the Northern Arapaho, "the moose is considered a valued commodity among the Tribe.” She adds that societies within the Northern Arapaho "utilize many animals, including moose, in their clothing, society items and regalia. This tradition continues today."
The scholarly approach of joining Indigenous knowledge with historical accounts, archaeology and paleontology, "shows the power of multiple independent lines of evidence converging on the conclusion that moose were part of southern Rocky Mountain ecosystems long before modern reintroductions," says study co-author Jonathan Dombrosky of Crow Canyon Archaeological Center and the University of Alabama. "More broadly, the study demonstrates how historical sciences can help us better understand the origins of modern ecosystems and make more informed decisions about their future…"
#moose #populations #Colorado #USA #native #invasive #introduced #nonnative #translocated #megafauna #herbivore #ungulate #impacts #ecosystems #environment #vegetation #native #indigenous #tribal #FirstNation #archaeology #paleontology #symbology #reporting #historicalscience #history #RockyMountain #Rockies #regional #prehistory #Holocene #biogeography #archaeozoological #modern #premodern #management #archivists
#symbology — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #symbology, aggregated by home.social.
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Today, I'm working on religious #symbology and history of my #TTRPG world. I've never created symbolism before, and I must say that this is a surprising amount of fun. This is a subset of what I've created so far, and I'm nowhere near done. These are the eight Major Symbols, each of which represents an Elder God, the god's domain, and an action (Creation -> create, etc).
Next step will be to create Minor Symbols which will work as adjectives, as well as colors representing various emotions.
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The [1940] World [Map] According To Standard [Oil]
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https://collections.leventhalmap.org/search/commonwealth:q524n1565 <-- shared technical article
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https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/mr-five-percent-the-complex-story-of-oil-in-middle-east/news <-- shared history/technical/article, “The complex story of oil in Middle East”
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[with the current ‘reworking’ of conflicts related to fossil fuel extraction and supplies, I thought this historic map was somewhat topical, and indicates the ongoing/continued huge reach of the massive oil companies/corporations]
#spatial #mapping #cartography #geopolitics #RichardHarrison #StandardOil #oil #fuel #fossilfuel #naturalresources #global #oilcompanies #supplychain #logistics #conflict #war #mapdesign #distortion #mapprojection #custom #projection #oildropprojection #symbology #perspective #propaganda #international #industry #corporate #influence #tankers #risk #hazard #crudeoil #profit #money
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US CONUS Rivers Of Dimension By Annual Flow – An Older (2013) But Still SO Useful Hydrologic Visualisation
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https://pacinst.org/american-rivers-a-graphic/ <-- shared technical post
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“... Several things stand out:
1) the massive flow of the mighty Mississippi and Columbia River systems
2) the paucity of major rivers in the western US, especially the southwestern US, where the only major rivers are the seriously over-tapped Colorado and Rio Grande Rivers
3) the local importance of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Rivers in California, which serve the state’s cities and agricultural regions…”
#visualisation #infographic #water #hydrographic #hydrology #US #USA #CONUS #flow #humanimpacts #gage #USGS #USGSgage #agriculture #transportation #rivers #waterresources #overuse #monitoring #planning #AmericanRivers #mapping #spatial #spatialanalysis #scale #symbology #proportional #symbology #bigriver #Colorado #Columbia #Mississippi #SanJoaquin #RioGrande #NHD #NationalHydrographyDataset
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#Bats are now part of the #symbology of #Christmas?
@Printdevil I am confused, please explain.
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Can YOU decipher the Eight Sifillitic Virtues?
#tarot #tarotcard #tarotreadings #tarotcards #book #books #zine #zines #90s #vcr #vhs #symbols #symbology #symbolism #illustration #illustrationart #bookboost #indieauthor #vulvar #bookstodon #bookstAdon #soda #chunks #fart
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Archaeologists Reveal The Enigmatic Burial Practices Of The Southern Jê [Present Day Brazil]
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https://phys.org/news/2025-02-archaeologists-reveal-enigmatic-burial-southern.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaa.2024.101646 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #burial #grave #SouthernJe #Brazil #Brasil #archaeology #spatiotemporal #date #dating #chronology #burialcaves #cemetery #Kaingang #Laklãnõ #cosmologies #visibility #lineofsight #BrazilianHighlands #symbology #mound #enclosure #deathscapes #mythology #myths #Ethnographic #ethnography #landscape #landscapearchaeology #indigenous #firstnation #indigenousGIS #knowledgesystems -
#Symbology is amazing with different sects of #society especially the subtle most secret that benefit #capitalistically and most #fascist... you see it so much with members of #capitalist #cults giving hand signals in music and other areas of #entertainment. If you know then you know...
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I see the RNZCGP logo (last one) is likely an evolution of the RCGP to which I must ask what the FUCK is up with your doctor's cat
(it is a lynx, and the spots indicate it is all-seeing)
#heraldry #symbology #gentian #lynx #all-seeing #unicorn #barbers #owl #gavel #snake #medicine #enlightenment #nursing
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I'm kinda curious why"xoxoxo" is kisses and hugs.
It does not seem very intuitively obvious to me.
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“Why Did Hitler Choose The Swastika, And How Did A Sanskrit Symbol Become A Nazi Emblem?” [2020], History Extra (https://www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/how-why-sanskrit-symbol-become-nazi-swastika-svastika/).
#Swastika #Symbols #Aryans #Hinduism #Nazis #WorldWarTwo #Symbology #Germany
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#RandomThoughts
I can't believe that I made it all the way through #GraphicDesign school without anyone ever teaching us that the ampersand is meant to be a stylized version of the Latin word "et", which literally means "and".I didn't learn that till social media was a thing.
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I keep seeing electrical #symbols in unexpected places. Do they have some alternate meanings I'm not aware of?
Most recently, various symbols for electrical grounding.
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Nice to see the colour vision simulator in #ArcGISPro 3.1.1, so you can test how your symbolised features, etc might look to colour blind people...
@ArcGISPro
#colourblind #colorblind #symbology #maps #GIS #spatial #gischat #colorblindness #cartography #mapping #esri -
2. More icons & symbols for #QGIS
http://anitagraser.com/2016/10/23/more-icons-symbols-for-qgis/Seems like everyone is always looking for more #icons and #symbology options for QGIS
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Are we starting to see how slightly #heretical sacrifice #symbology (pop culture) is not a good icon for #Fediverse?
We are quite certain that if there was a better Fediverse icon, 25 times more people would have 'clicked that link'.
Please see variants #smashingStars and #BeAStar.
BOTH CAN BE IMPROVED — we'd do it if we could.
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Some progress on the squatting propaganda piece.
Anyone know whether my depiction of the squatter symbol is mucking up some of the #symbology?
All I know is that it depicts the flow of "You enter, you have ups and downs, and at some point you're evicted" and I'm not exactly finding a good explanation of the semantics behind this symbol. :P
