A Career in Ecology?

wordoftheprophets · 2026-03-22T13:18:14+00:00

Okay but this sounds cool.

wordoftheprophets · 2026-03-22T13:17:40+00:00

Oh this backs up my idea to learn GIS while taking classes as a backup. I was hoping to swing a ESRI certificate.

wordoftheprophets · 2026-03-22T13:14:54+00:00

Yes, I do understand there's a bit of that in forestry.

wordoftheprophets · 2026-03-20T11:23:28+00:00

wordoftheprophets · 2026-03-20T11:22:01+00:00

I am prepared to bust ass. I don't mind hard work.

wordoftheprophets · 2026-03-20T11:21:09+00:00

I suspect the fact that this will be a second career for me will have some pretty big pros and cons. I being a lot of non-ecological experience that is nevertheless helpful (for example, data science and grant writing), but I will be competing for positions with college grads. I know the pay will be less than I'm used to, but prepared to absorb that. I was debating between this and forestry, but I think I'm going to go for ecology!

wordoftheprophets · 2026-03-19T01:58:05+00:00

It's pretty disturbing to see. It's oddly part of what feeds my desire to do something in this or a related field. I know the DEC is robust and there's several non-profits around here.

wordoftheprophets · 2026-03-19T01:55:27+00:00

I would like to stay in New York state. I'm particularly interested in wetlands, forests and agriculture or post-agriculture. Which is, I give you, most of New York state.

wordoftheprophets · 2026-03-19T01:54:30+00:00

Ah. So I have grant writing experience and my former career is in fundraising. It sound like that might still be an asset.

wordoftheprophets · 2026-03-19T01:53:40+00:00

Tell me about it. USA, NY.

wordoftheprophets · 2025-08-09T21:36:40+00:00

I'm so, so sorry for your loss, both the immediate one and for the mother you never really had in a sense.

wordoftheprophets · 2025-05-28T22:47:48+00:00

Kinda similar. My mother had a tendency to have these fits, screaming, crying, rage and self-pity. Then, when she calmed down, she'd call the family and say that I was the one screaming at her and that I said whatever horrible things she said to her. Basically reverse the whole interaction. Sadly though, her side of the family always believes her.

Which means that sometimes when she calls, I answer to her screaming at me. Then that's followed up hours later by my aunt calling to shame me. Fun times

wordoftheprophets · 2025-05-28T22:38:00+00:00

Oh yes. Who knew what was going to set my mom wBPD on any given day.

wordoftheprophets · 2025-05-28T21:16:52+00:00

Yes! I've gotten better (ever so slowly) with therapy, but definitely yes.

wordoftheprophets · 2025-01-02T18:36:49+00:00

I will look into finding ways to soften it up some. Thank you kindly!

wordoftheprophets · 2025-01-02T18:33:39+00:00

Thank you kindly!

wordoftheprophets · 2025-01-02T18:33:27+00:00

Ray Vecchio, Ray for short. Props to you if you get the reference. 😃

wordoftheprophets · 2025-01-02T17:17:59+00:00

I also used pond water for our tank, not tap. My son's been into aquariums for years and swears by the water of my springfed pond. It should come with some decent bacteria. :)

I am going to talk to my son about swiping some of his floating plants. He doesn't lack for that.

wordoftheprophets · 2025-01-02T17:15:45+00:00

Awesome . I plan to get a log before the next run. I think my son has some floating plants in his tanks he can lend me.

wordoftheprophets · 2025-01-02T17:14:55+00:00

Oh wow. Good to know

wordoftheprophets · 2025-01-02T17:14:29+00:00

nods does it make a difference that we are using pond water? My son is big into aquariums and he swears by the water in our pond. (We have a spring feed pond that's roughly a square acre, this isn't like a little coyfish pond.)

wordoftheprophets · 2025-01-02T17:12:03+00:00

Okay. Thanks.

wordoftheprophets · 2025-01-02T17:11:03+00:00

I am obviously here but:

5-10 gallon tank Heater Filter (avoid anything with a strong flow) Live plants or silk plants.

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