Text analysis using AI in R
Introduction Analyzing qualitative data is challenging. Such analyses are even more difficult when the topic is controversial and the results will drive important policy decisions. This post explores AI methods […]
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Arctic Genes in Alaska Magazine
An article I wrote about an expedition to collect wood frogs in the Alaska Arctic is now online at Alaska Magazine. I’ve included the teaser below, but check out the […]
Web scraping and text analysis in R and GGplot2
I recently needed to learn text mining for a project at work. I generally learn more quickly with a real-world project. So, I turned to a topic I love: Wilderness, […]
Stories of Subsistence in Wilderness – Inian Islands
Scroll to the end for the photo gallery. — I originally wrote this post for the Sitka Conservation Society‘s website in 2014. This trip was part of the Stika Community […]
Chasing Arctic Frogs
A short recipe for adventurous field science Take me to the photos! Step 1: Come up with a hair-brained scheme. My labmate Yara and I had been dreaming up the […]
Frogs in the Feral Atlas
“Every event in human history has been a more-than-human event.” This is the first line from the introduction of Feral Atlas: the more-than-human Anthropocene, a new book out from Stanford Univ. […]
New Island for Alaskan Toads
I completely forgot to post this range extension for Bufo (= Anxyrus) boreas when it came out a few months ago in Herpetological Review. With only five species of herps […]
Expedition: South Prince of Wales Wilderness
From my field notes, 17 August 2018: “Last night I slept on the flat bench of duff-covered ground at the base of the ‘camp tree,’ a white and skeletal cedar […]
A Wake in Space-time
I’m currently on my way up to Alaska for another supremely short season of guiding (just two trips this years). I was going through some old photos and came across […]
Replacing wolves on Isle Royale is bad policy and worse science
Overview: Isle Royale is an island in Lake Superior that is designated as a Wilderness Area and managed by the National Park Service. In the 20th century, wolves and moose […]