Working Lands Asst Professor - UC Berkeley, Board Member at California Native Grassland Association, Restoration Ecology & Madroño CE/AE - 🏳️‍🌈 Restoration/EcoPhys PhD, Biodiversity, Rangelands, Climate Change, Science-Practice Gap - justinluong.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/justinluong.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/justinluong.com/post/3molnglozvs2hSelecting coastal California prairie species for climate-smart grassland restoration Published in CNGA Grasslands Journal, PDF: https://justinluong.com/assets/pdf/Luong&Loik2021Grasslands.pdf #restorationecology #grasslands18 Jun 2026 20:16 +0000at://did:plc:2rmxvsnse34zmya2b7gnxc2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3molnglozvs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/justinluong.com/post/3mns5m6ytns2rLocal grassland restoration affects insect communities https://doi.org/10.1111/een.12721 Local scale grassland in coastal Santa Barbara, CA affects insects communities resulting in less hyper dominance of herbivorous pests like thrips, and higher abundance and possible refuge for native bumblebees08 Jun 2026 16:56 +0000at://did:plc:2rmxvsnse34zmya2b7gnxc2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mns5m6ytns2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/justinluong.com/post/3mnhzdmilwk22HAPPY PRIDE from California Native Plants and the Luong Lab!!! 🤍🩷🩵🤎🖤❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 This 2026 Flag from our lab features 152 california native plants! Did you know California is a Biodiversity hotspot with over 6000 native plants? How many plants can you name or spot? 🧐 #CaliforniaNativePlants04 Jun 2026 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:2rmxvsnse34zmya2b7gnxc2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnhzdmilwk22https://bsky.app/profile/justinluong.com/post/3mmwjzz7xys2nCheck out our new lab instagram page! https://www.instagram.com/restorationandrangelandslab/28 May 2026 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:2rmxvsnse34zmya2b7gnxc2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmwjzz7xys2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/justinluong.com/post/3m4vi5kq2yc2gUpdated my website 🥰 JustinLuong.com https://Justinluong.com05 Nov 2025 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:2rmxvsnse34zmya2b7gnxc2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4vi5kq2yc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/justinluong.com/post/3m3g2sy3dm22mCrazy times...17 Oct 2025 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:2rmxvsnse34zmya2b7gnxc2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3g2sy3dm22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/justinluong.com/post/3m36mm2tvps2zJoin us tonight for our the California Native Grassland Association tonight at 6PM for a talk by Jessica Solis titled "Carbon Flux Dynamics from a Coastal Grassland Disturbed by Wildfire". Free for members and students or $10 for all others! Hope to see you there! cnga.org/event-6278005 https://cnga.org/event-627800514 Oct 2025 20:58 +0000at://did:plc:2rmxvsnse34zmya2b7gnxc2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3m36mm2tvps2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/justinluong.com/post/3m2cbuejpp22rCool talk by Emma King looking at how Irish wind energy installation affects biodiversity!!03 Oct 2025 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:2rmxvsnse34zmya2b7gnxc2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2cbuejpp22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/justinluong.com/post/3m27z6ww5mc23A great presentation by Julia Briand at #Ser2025 about how we can improve integration of functional traits for ecological restoration across scales and trophic levels!02 Oct 2025 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:2rmxvsnse34zmya2b7gnxc2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3m27z6ww5mc23https://bsky.app/profile/justinluong.com/post/3lzr3goszzk2rNSF GRFP Solicitation now live (https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/grfp-nsf-graduate-research-fellowship-program) Deadlines - Life Sciences: Nov 10, Geosciences: Nov 14, Social Sciences: Nov 1226 Sep 2025 18:21 +0000at://did:plc:2rmxvsnse34zmya2b7gnxc2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzr3goszzk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/justinluong.com/post/3lzjgnjrd3c22I've reached my first 100 cited paper! 🥳 https://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/fulltext/S0169-5347(22)00113-623 Sep 2025 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:2rmxvsnse34zmya2b7gnxc2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzjgnjrd3c22https://bsky.app/profile/justinluong.com/post/3lyy2ypquek2kJoin us tonight for a double feature presentation by Andrea Nebhut (Stanford) and Deborah Ayala (Texas AM)!!! Cnga.org/events at 6 PM pst [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Sep 2025 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:2rmxvsnse34zmya2b7gnxc2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyy2ypquek2khttps://bsky.app/profile/justinluong.com/post/3lyvcjdog5k2fApparently Sept 15 is prospective graduate student inquiry day!15 Sep 2025 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:2rmxvsnse34zmya2b7gnxc2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyvcjdog5k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/justinluong.com/post/3lyg3hruwak2vJoin us for the kick off of the 2025 GRASS Student Seminar Series!! Free for students or members tonight at 6 PM PST - register at cnga.org/event-6289388 for $10/talk or become members and see the rest of the series free while supporting California Native Grasslands!09 Sep 2025 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:2rmxvsnse34zmya2b7gnxc2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyg3hruwak2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/justinluong.com/post/3lycetro7bk23sun sets at 240am in california tonight - dont miss it! ✨️ ai ✨️08 Sep 2025 04:34 +0000at://did:plc:2rmxvsnse34zmya2b7gnxc2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3lycetro7bk23https://bsky.app/profile/justinluong.com/post/3ly4bchbrm22xIs ecological restoration of grasslands successful? You'll have to read to find out more ;) but a quick preview says yes!! Interviews with managers show there are limitations both creative ways forward! Check out an amazing illustrated summary by LesleyGoren.com doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.10995605 Sep 2025 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:2rmxvsnse34zmya2b7gnxc2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly4bchbrm22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/justinluong.com/post/3lxfgppsro22aWe know diversity = more ideas, novelty, advancement and desirable outcomes but how do we recruit and retain diversity? In our paper, me and other LGBTQ+ restoration ecologists outline issues and solutions to retaining and supporting queer ecologists https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/rec.1374327 Aug 2025 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:2rmxvsnse34zmya2b7gnxc2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxfgppsro22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/justinluong.com/post/3lxkhcu6vyk2eWe need PEOPLE! in the ecosystems, being in the grassland makes you appreciate it more, but it could be informed by how trails affect plants. We found native and invasive bunchgrasses have different responses to trail disturbance on California coastal prairies! doi.org/10.1007/s11258-022-01284-z https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11258-022-01284-z29 Aug 2025 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:2rmxvsnse34zmya2b7gnxc2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxkhcu6vyk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/justinluong.com/post/3lxuquaqadk2nJoin us for California Native Grassland Association's 4th Annual Virtual Speaker Series for Student Grant Winners! Register at CNGA.org/events for $10/talk (unlimited access after), or become a member and come to all talks free with membership, and access all previous talks. Hope to see you soon!02 Sep 2025 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:2rmxvsnse34zmya2b7gnxc2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxuquaqadk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/justinluong.com/post/3lxuquaqadk2nJoin us for California Native Grassland Association's 4th Annual Virtual Speaker Series for Student Grant Winners! Register at CNGA.org/events for $10/talk (unlimited access after), or become a member and come to all talks free with membership, and access all previous talks. Hope to see you soon!02 Sep 2025 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:2rmxvsnse34zmya2b7gnxc2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxuquaqadk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/justinluong.com/post/3lxuifsvptc2nNew paper out!! We found compost increased bulk carbon in some contexts but with trade-offs that resulted in higher invasive species cover but there was more available forage. Native seeding at recommended rates had no effect and may need to be higher for degraded rangelands https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2025.07.01002 Sep 2025 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:2rmxvsnse34zmya2b7gnxc2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxuifsvptc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/justinluong.com/post/3lxngmyaulk2qLight peeks through30 Aug 2025 20:40 +0000at://did:plc:2rmxvsnse34zmya2b7gnxc2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxngmyaulk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/justinluong.com/post/3lxmvfrmbv225Caturday onLEASHED30 Aug 2025 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:2rmxvsnse34zmya2b7gnxc2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxmvfrmbv225