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Imagine if Obama’s administration did this. The Republican would collectively and simultaneously cream themselves (ew).

I wouldn’t put it past them

Looks like you and the tree have something in common

Hah gotem

This, right here, is why I hated botany.

POV you drunkenly sent messages on TEAMS and how HR has a lockout device on your laptop

Need one to defend yourself from 30-50 Carboniferous mosquitoes

I’m 40 now, with a master’s. I applied for a job where they asked for my undergraduate transcripts. I had them on hand, but I almost laughed the employer out of the proverbial building.

What bearing would my course work from checks notes 17 fucking years ago (Christ I’m a geezer) have on anything? I’ve got 15 years of solid experience in my field. Gtfo.

I am an environmental consultant, too. You’re correct that they often re-route or change their designs based on habitat, though this isn’t always the case. They can determine if the impact is major, or if it can be reversed or off-set. An example would be a mine that goes through woodland caribou habitat. They’ll still mine the fuck out of it, but then they’ll be required to reclaim it back to what it was. The rub is that people think reclamation is a fast or sure thing, but it’s neither. Some ecosystems, like those that support caribou are really hard to re-establish, but operators can get on with a commitment to restore, and a couple of contingencies in case the reclamation doesn’t work.

@terranoid@lemmy.cafe yes, this is a thing in consulting, but often with the smaller, more cowboy firms. Bigger firms can push back a bit, and say ‘hey, look. we really don’t recommend this, here’s the risks’ or flat refuse service if they can take the hit.

@owsei@programming.dev yes, generally, consultants are hired to do things like rare plant surveys or wildlife sweeps. It’s not the EPA or other regulators doing this and the operators don’t have the capacity or expertise to do it themselves usually.

More than likely they do a survey to determine if the beetle is present. There is a whole thing about core and matrix habitat for species at risk, with matrix being less protected.

How would you describe it

We massacred the buffalo and First Nations for THIS (⁠｡⁠♡⁠‿⁠♡⁠｡⁠)

How do they identify a particular person though? I get you could see people as present or not or moving around the room, but it’s insane that they would be able to tell facial features etc.

Speak for your fucking self. I run about as well as a 65 year old tractor left out in the sun

Have they ruled out agricultural use? In land reclamation we use a pit-and-mound system on slopes to capture more water, provide microsites for plants and shelter them from wind.

They are using them in Africa too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU39jN0WEZg

This is a bit different than what land rec does but the principle is the same.

They also found maize and organic matter in the pits according to the article.

I think most people would be happy with your luck with tomatoes

Wait…

Can we just throw people like this off a cliff already?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npyOOsxoA8I