HeyJaredLiving Waters: Stories and Science from Freshwater Springs
A place for all things springs written by Dr. Larry Stevens and Dr. Joseph Holway
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Seeing the Invisible (opens the original)
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I've not been as consistent at writing over the past month, but I want to assure you all that we will return to a more consistent weekly rhythm soon. We have all been busy this summer and are working toward the launch of two big initiatives we have been building with partners from around the world. We are planning to formally announce what we have been building in mid-October, so stay tuned. In the meantime, please enjoy this fantastic reflection by one of our interns this year. I hope you enjoy
Red in Tooth and Claw (opens the original)
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Each summer SSI hosts a group of interns and we are particularly grateful for this year’s wonderful cohort. Today’s post comes from Helen, who shares some of her experiences from a summer spent exploring and studying springs with SSI. We hope you enjoy her reflection of the summers work as much as we did. Enjoy!It is a so-called truth of nature that water in the West is hard to come by and fiercely competed for. I was reminded of this fact each time someone asked about my internship at Springs S
Sunk Falcon (opens the original)
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Springs are highly multi-dimensional ecosystems, with many overlapping layers of processes and interactions that make it difficult to understand, much less manage them. As everywhere in life, what, why, how, when, and whether we choose to notice often wholly contrasts with the reality around us. Siloed obliviousness is abundantly evident to me personally and in the trajectory and manifestations of our on-going cultural dementia and political delusion. Strabismic bias shelters us from personally
A Much Needed Week in the Field (opens the original)
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This past week, the SSI team spent seven days conducting fieldwork outside Ely, Nevada. We had a wonderful crew of seven, including three SSI interns: Helen, Shelby, and Calvin. For me, the opportunity to work alongside them was particularly meaningful. As many of our regular readers know, SSI is in the midst of a major leadership transition. After decades of building the organization, SSI’s founders, Larry and Jeri, are preparing to pass responsibility to the next generation. Transitions like t
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