{"id":2819,"date":"2019-02-03T19:59:17","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T00:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/?p=2819"},"modified":"2019-02-03T20:02:42","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T01:02:42","slug":"center-for-biological-diversity-raleigh-meetup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2019\/center-for-biological-diversity-raleigh-meetup\/","title":{"rendered":"Center for Biological Diversity Raleigh Meetup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I created a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Raleigh-Center-for-Biological-Diversity-Meetup\/\">Raleigh-based meetup group<\/a> for the Center&#8217;s Ignite Change action network.  I&#8217;m excited to keep it going!  (even though the first meeting was a bust because I cluelessly scheduled it to start at the exact moment that the Superbowl started!  Doh.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some teasers for what&#8217;s to come.  Tropic cascade is a fairly recent famous exciting biological observation showing that apex predators have complex positive effects on the layers of flora and fauna under them.  Most famous is the example of the effect of wolves re-introduced to Yellowstone.  Here is the link, followed by the TED talk of the guy who basically narrated it before it was brilliantly captured with Yellowstone footage.  And more and more real-world amazingness.  Fight for it!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8rZzHkpyPkc\">George Manbiot spins out the initial Yellowstone yarn in 2013<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oSBL7Gk_9QU&amp;t=84s\">The amazing and beautiful Yellowstone wolf trophic cascade video<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hRGg5it5FMI\">The scientist who initially lit it on fire (with starfish)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=47lPO4nJts0\">A longer National Geographic deeper dive into Yellowstone<\/a> that hopefully survives copyright infringement&#8230;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4NgxR190MiA\">Trophic cascade, Australian style<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I created a Raleigh-based meetup group for the Center&#8217;s Ignite Change action network. I&#8217;m excited to keep it going! (even though the first meeting was a bust because I cluelessly scheduled it to start at the exact moment that the Superbowl started! Doh.) Here are some teasers for what&#8217;s to come. Tropic cascade is a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2019\/center-for-biological-diversity-raleigh-meetup\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Center for Biological Diversity Raleigh Meetup<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[177,17,9,14],"tags":[193,192,190,191],"class_list":["post-2819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-big-stories","category-global-issues","category-only-cool-movies","category-words-of-wisdom","tag-center-for-biological-diversity","tag-trophic-cascade","tag-wolves","tag-yellowstone"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9M0Zg-Jt","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":546,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2009\/taking-time-out-for-the-wolves\/","url_meta":{"origin":2819,"position":0},"title":"Taking time out for the wolves","author":"m","date":"August 20, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm super-busy trying to land a job in this impossible economy, but I had to take time out for my wolf friends today. They have unfortunately been on the receiving end of a backlash at their very moderate recovery. It's not easy co-existing with predators, and currently, things are in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Global Issues&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Global Issues","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/category\/daily-life\/global-issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3641,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2023\/raleigh-is-ours\/","url_meta":{"origin":2819,"position":1},"title":"Raleigh is ours","author":"m","date":"January 28, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Regina and I walked from her old place to her new apartment at Peace that she will be in soon. It's perfect. A 30 minute walk through the heart of Raleigh got us there. Raleigh was hopping today, with full parks, a set of Raleigh Astronomy Club telescopes beautifully filtering\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All My Rowdy Friends&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All My Rowdy Friends","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/category\/all-my-rowdy-friends\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2088,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2016\/raleigh-night-kitchen-heaven\/","url_meta":{"origin":2819,"position":2},"title":"Raleigh Night Kitchen heaven","author":"m","date":"August 28, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"No don't go here at night. \u00a0That's when the bakers are there, making the next morning's freshness. \u00a0The best breads and bagels in town. \u00a0","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Consumption&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Consumption","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/category\/consumption\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2832,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2019\/raleigh-diamond-life\/","url_meta":{"origin":2819,"position":3},"title":"Raleigh Diamond Life","author":"m","date":"May 12, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"You rule in the way that I move... I am pretty angry a lot of the time. Greed is a virus in an epidemic. The only vaccination is kindness, and I can't seem to find enough of it. Except when my baby is in town... You only can rescue me...\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Daily Life&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Daily Life","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/category\/daily-life\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_20190503_1737022946969324664186544.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_20190503_1737022946969324664186544.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_20190503_1737022946969324664186544.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_20190503_1737022946969324664186544.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_20190503_1737022946969324664186544.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_20190503_1737022946969324664186544.jpg?resize=1400%2C800 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3664,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2023\/raleigh-rodeo\/","url_meta":{"origin":2819,"position":4},"title":"Raleigh Rodeo","author":"m","date":"March 16, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Ken decided he was coming to Raleigh, yay! Then he talked Matt into joining. And I convinced Erik to come. So local friends and I gathered here and there all over town to pack in quite a fun-filled weekend. Friday: Regina left a huge bag of St. Paddy gear on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All My Rowdy Friends&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All My Rowdy Friends","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/category\/all-my-rowdy-friends\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/img_20230316_141945_3798472050035695729238.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/img_20230316_141945_3798472050035695729238.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/img_20230316_141945_3798472050035695729238.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/img_20230316_141945_3798472050035695729238.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2606,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2018\/erik-crashed-in-raleigh\/","url_meta":{"origin":2819,"position":5},"title":"Erik crashed in Raleigh","author":"m","date":"May 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All My Rowdy Friends&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All My Rowdy Friends","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/category\/all-my-rowdy-friends\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_01606752231249608657583.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_01606752231249608657583.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_01606752231249608657583.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_01606752231249608657583.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2819"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2822,"href":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2819\/revisions\/2822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}