Illinois State Biologist
@ILBiologist
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Sharing scientific information about plants, animals, fungi and ecosystems of The Prairie State | @INHSIllinois @PrairieResInst @Illinois_Alma
Champaign, IL
Joined February 2020
Hi everybody! This is the official account of the Illinois State Biologist This position is housed at the IL Natural History Survey (@INHSIllinois), part of the Prairie Research Institute (@PrairieResInst) at the Univ. of IL Urbana-Champaign (@Illinois_Alma)
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Looking forward to following this account after a new State Biologist is named
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RT @DrKatfish: The weather might have been frightful for last weekend's @ChiBoatShow, but not as frightful as invasive species in the #Grea…
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This critter left quite an impression! Some science sleuthing and concrete facts point to a probable airdrop culprit
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RT @DrKatfish: Learn all about the conservation of native crayfish species and the development of the American Crayfish Atlas at @BloomerCa…
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RT @INHSillinois: #NowHiring: Fisheries/Aquatic Ecologist Research Technician! 🎣 Join Sam Parr Biological Station in exciting research on s…
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RT @DrKatfish: 🎶Give me a home where the buffalo roam, where the reindeer and the Santa-lope play🎶 We head out to the range on Day 17 to f…
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RT @DrKatfish: Hey wait a second, that’s no fish! Day 18 of #25DaysofFishmas brings a visit from a Sandy Claws imposter: the Rusty Crayfi…
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RT @DrKatfish: You couldn’t PICK a better fish to help ring in the #Fishmas season on Day 16! The grass pickerel (Esox americanus vermicu…
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RT @DrKatfish: Dashing through the snow, in a one-(red)horse open sleigh! ❄️ We're laughing all the way with the black redhorse (Moxostoma…
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RT @IllinoisDNR: IDNR biologists, with support from contracted commercial fishers, wrapped up a 10-day intensive harvest operation in the I…
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RT @DrKatfish: Day 4 brings us one cat you just can’t get MAD at for getting into your #Fishmas tree - the stonecat madtom (Noturus flavus)…
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RT @DrKatfish: On the third day of #Fishmas, my true love gave to me … a very appropriately named species! Day 3’s feature is the threesp…
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RT @DrKatfish: The weather outside may be frightful, but it’s just delightful for Day 2’s #GreatLakes feature! ❄️ The brook trout's scient…
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#25DaysofFishmas is ON!
Over the river and through the woods, to #25DaysofFishmas we go! 🌊🌲 2023’s first #GreatLakes fish feature is the River Chub (Nocomis micropogon), a species whose scientific name “Nocomis” appropriately enough comes from the Ojibwe word for grandmother!
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RT @DrKatfish: Coming soon: #25DaysofFishmas 2023! It's hard to believe that this Friday December 1 marks the 7th straight year of annual f…
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RT @DiscoverMCCD: 🦅Northern Harriers, an Illinois endangered species, can often be seen in fall and winter hunting small mammals over grass…
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RT @ILClimatologist: Wetter July-August in the past two growing seasons limited ag drought impacts in Illinois, but we're seeing the legacy…
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RT @FPDCC: There’s a big new connection on Chicago’s Southeast Side. We cut the ribbon this morning on a cutting-edge conservation project…
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RT @diana_yates_: Window treatments, building design, lighting changes and radar monitoring of bird migration can reduce bird window-strik…
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