Director of Biodiversity Policy, Dept. of Conservation Policy, Defenders of Wildlife. Affiliate faculty at GMU ESP. JD, PhD. Environmental social scientist, lawyer, policy analyst. #Wildlife Conservation feed. My views here, not employer's.https://bsky.app/profile/ecoandrew.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ecoandrew.bsky.social/post/3mudpoh4crk2oNot the healthiest hobby https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/nyregion/manholes-sewers-nyc.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share31 Aug 2026 01:06 +0000at://did:plc:ybi2itzd2jl5tvbck2brdk4f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mudpoh4crk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/ecoandrew.bsky.social/post/3mtteucwwl22kOffered without context24 Aug 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:ybi2itzd2jl5tvbck2brdk4f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtteucwwl22khttps://bsky.app/profile/ecoandrew.bsky.social/post/3mtk3d54zgc2hhttps://therevelator.org/conserving-culture-in-endangered-species/ Excellent coverage of our recent article and animal culture and conservation generally from The Revelator...20 Aug 2026 20:25 +0000at://did:plc:ybi2itzd2jl5tvbck2brdk4f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtk3d54zgc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/ecoandrew.bsky.social/post/3mtjmue7ua22lThis is unbelievably cool [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Aug 2026 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:ybi2itzd2jl5tvbck2brdk4f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjmue7ua22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ecoandrew.bsky.social/post/3mt3erufrj22hIf you have not read John Crowley’s “Little, Big” then…you should. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Aug 2026 00:04 +0000at://did:plc:ybi2itzd2jl5tvbck2brdk4f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt3erufrj22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/ecoandrew.bsky.social/post/3mqmdcwwgwk2yNew paper out of our team at Defenders of Wildlife today in Oryx on the implications of nonhuman animal culture on conservation: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/oryx/article/implications-of-nonhuman-animal-culture-for-laws-and-policies-affecting-wildlife-conservation-in-the-usa/8DC45EB74055F4C3074241B0C57FEF75 🌎14 Jul 2026 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:ybi2itzd2jl5tvbck2brdk4f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmdcwwgwk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ecoandrew.bsky.social/post/3mpe7zz4ecs2wAxolotl puppets by my daughter28 Jun 2026 14:53 +0000at://did:plc:ybi2itzd2jl5tvbck2brdk4f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpe7zz4ecs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ecoandrew.bsky.social/post/3mjhgcm4obs2pNew proposed shark listing under the Endangered Species Act just dropped. https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/2026-07294/endangered-and-threatened-species-12-month-findings-on-a-petition-to-list-the-tope-shark-and14 Apr 2026 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:ybi2itzd2jl5tvbck2brdk4f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhgcm4obs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ecoandrew.bsky.social/post/3mfrqtu2wts2gI remain an AI skeptic but Claude really is scarily good.26 Feb 2026 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:ybi2itzd2jl5tvbck2brdk4f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfrqtu2wts2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ecoandrew.bsky.social/post/3mcht53l7rs2lA very good idea; even better would be for NOAA Fisheries to actually put in protections under the Endangered Species Act. It's already listed as threatened under the Act so it would not be a big lift. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jan 2026 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:ybi2itzd2jl5tvbck2brdk4f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcht53l7rs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ecoandrew.bsky.social/post/3mcfn2lilks2dMy new blog post on some Endangered Species Act success stories! 🦤 https://defenders.org/blog/2026/01/recovery-spotlight-channel-island-foxes14 Jan 2026 17:51 +0000at://did:plc:ybi2itzd2jl5tvbck2brdk4f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcfn2lilks2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/ecoandrew.bsky.social/post/3m2ccoksibk22Tip for iNaturalist users in the United States: If a species is listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act, you probably should not take a picture of you holding it for iNaturalist.03 Oct 2025 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:ybi2itzd2jl5tvbck2brdk4f/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2ccoksibk22https://bsky.app/profile/ecoandrew.bsky.social/post/3lonx27rrqs2ePublished today by our team at Defenders of Wildlife's Center for Conservation Innovation on the Endangered Species Act's HCP program: https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/csp2.70061 🦤 Lead author is CCI's Heather Harl!08 May 2025 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:ybi2itzd2jl5tvbck2brdk4f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lonx27rrqs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ecoandrew.bsky.social/post/3lk4cri2uv22vUnfortunately the administration is setting it up to deny migratory birds protection under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Good article (and not just because they quote me!) on this: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/03/10/migratory-bird-protections-suspended/11 Mar 2025 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:ybi2itzd2jl5tvbck2brdk4f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk4cri2uv22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ecoandrew.bsky.social/post/3liespp5m2c2sScore!17 Feb 2025 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:ybi2itzd2jl5tvbck2brdk4f/app.bsky.feed.post/3liespp5m2c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ecoandrew.bsky.social/post/3lh7ptp2lps2cIt is beyond annoying to get locked into an argument with a 4 year old then realize at the end that they are actually right about something.02 Feb 2025 19:04 +0000at://did:plc:ybi2itzd2jl5tvbck2brdk4f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh7ptp2lps2chttps://bsky.app/profile/ecoandrew.bsky.social/post/3ld2pcpohqk2gMy 4-year old referred to my job as "writing animals" and I guess that's kind of a good, punchy description.11 Dec 2024 21:31 +0000at://did:plc:ybi2itzd2jl5tvbck2brdk4f/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld2pcpohqk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ecoandrew.bsky.social/post/3lcy2aaixjc2rhttps://defenders.org/newsroom/defenders-applauds-overdue-listing-monarch-butterfly10 Dec 2024 20:08 +0000at://did:plc:ybi2itzd2jl5tvbck2brdk4f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcy2aaixjc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ecoandrew.bsky.social/post/3lcxmjbhris2uFound on my office desk this morning…10 Dec 2024 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:ybi2itzd2jl5tvbck2brdk4f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcxmjbhris2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ecoandrew.bsky.social/post/3lclcfis5us2sDo you know a government website with data that might be at risk in the new administration? Nominate sites for inclusion in the EOT Web Archive! [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Dec 2024 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:ybi2itzd2jl5tvbck2brdk4f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lclcfis5us2s