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Picture credit: Dr. Laura Meredith. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d604164389792000114434f/1629787237200-OKJWIFERM61FI08WJOLH/2018-11-30+13.16.18.jpg Research https://nativesoilnerd.com/media daily 0.75 2024-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d604164389792000114434f/1579156301286-WT48K8TYDMQRODXFARZJ/Snapseed+3.jpg Media - Center Puts Research to Work to Reduce Impacts of Copper Mining By Kristina Makansi, Research, Innovation and Impact. January 14, 2020, UA@WORK. Working to restore the land after a mine closes and researching ways to reduce environmental impacts on new mine sites is complex, both legally and, in the Southwest, culturally. Here, the ore is often found and mined on tribal lands. For Lydia Jennings, a University of Arizona doctoral student working with CESM and a member of the Pascua Yaqui and Huichol tribes, seeking ways to minimize the environmental impact of mining is about much more than gathering data. "It is critical that Indigenous people have a voice at the table," Jennings said, "That's why CESM's mission is important to me. By understanding the science as well as the legal and cultural implications of mining, revegetation, reclamation and restoration, I can amplify Indigenous voices." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d604164389792000114434f/f68dec40-51e4-44b0-808b-b02325f16551/Screenshot+2023-12-18+at+12.09.58+PM.png Media - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d604164389792000114434f/1b0d8ea6-7452-433a-97bd-4c9058706db9/Screenshot+2023-12-18+at+12.01.32+PM.png Media - Make it stand out The 5 winners of the 2023 Women in Science Incentive Prize, including Dr. Lydia Jennings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d604164389792000114434f/1571881184811-6FTE9LFVX3TRW962J6N2/sloan_011.jpg Media - KXCI Thesis Thursday: Lydia Jennings Lydia Jennings is a PhD student in the Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science, with a Minor in American Indian Policy. Lydia is part of the Pascua Yaqui and Huichol Nations, and grew up in Santa Fe, NM. Lydia earned her Bachelors of Science in Environmental Science, Technology and Policy at California State University, Monterey Bay, where she developed a monitoring project in collaboration with the Monterey National Marine Sanctuary Network to collect and analyze surface street sediment for heavy metal pollution in watershed areas within the Monterey Peninsula. Lydia now works with Dr. Raina Maier’s Environmental Microbiology Group to identify biogeochemical indicators of soil reclamation, in order to make modern mining reclamation more effective and cost efficient https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d604164389792000114434f/63d6c8ae-544c-454a-8e1a-1df7afe7418b/amaya_t_0001_cc_WEB.jpg Media - Make it stand out Photo by Tomás Karmelo Amaya https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d604164389792000114434f/1574725265179-2KDDGOVK57XP9KFST4D1/2018-07-09+14.52.36.jpg Media - Third Pod From the Sun: Special Release: Tribes, Trails, & Tailings Mining is more than just harvesting natural resources – it’s about who owns those right and what the land that those mines are on mean to the people who live there. Lydia Jennings of the Pascua Yaqui and Huichol Nations grew up seeing friends and family fighting to advocate and protect their communities from being mined. Later in life she became an avid trail runner who loves to do anything outdoors, a path that led her to study environmental science. These days, she works to identify soil health biogeochemical indicators of soil reclamation, in order to make modern mining reclamation more effective and cost efficient, while also learning how policy has placed many mines on/or bordering tribal nations and extraction on public lands. This episode was produced by Shane M Hanlon and mixed by Kayla Surrey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d604164389792000114434f/1572503066896-7V1SPN3802XQ39KZ94A1/DavisBrendan_Wrightson_0802.jpg Media - REI CO-Op: There Trail Runners Are Changing The World 5 trail runners working to protect landscapes. Written by Clare Gallagher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d604164389792000114434f/1574479700322-SOIGUJMCGBTW0VTED79I/Snapseed+3.jpg Media - Will Run For Soil (Film Project-filming will be in Sept 2021) ”Will Run for Soil” tells the story of soil through the lens of the people who study it. The documentary follows Karen Vaughan (a pedologist) Yamina Pressler (a soil ecologist), and Lydia Jennings (a soil microbiologist), as they explore soils while running through the sweeping wilderness of the desert southwest. Far from professional ultrarunners, Karen, Yamina, and Lydia challenge themselves to run their longest distance ever in an effort to expand our collective notion of why we should care about soils. In the process, they confront ideas about what a scientist looks like, what it means to be a soil scientist, and what the human body is capable of accomplishing for the love of soil. How far are they willing to go to protect Earth’s most precious natural resource? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d604164389792000114434f/d4926531-5fdf-452e-b8d0-f2a7f031dc58/Screenshot+2024-01-04+at+6.52.26+PM.png Media - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d604164389792000114434f/7bbd9df2-b42c-459f-b012-f7ee91d5e80e/tempImagedJRLma.jpg Media - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d604164389792000114434f/1585945294061-RNCCZQ99QBJRLAH1RJ84/Screen+Shot+2020-04-03+at+1.20.34+PM.png Media - Desert trails and microbial life excite this soil scientist Pathways to STEM Success, Science News for Students. March 31st, 2020. Written by Carolyn Wilke Science News for Students is a free, award-winning online publication dedicated to providing age-appropriate science news to learners, parents and educators. The publication, as well as Science News magazine, are published by the Society for Science & the Public, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) membership organization dedicated to public engagement in scientific research and education. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d604164389792000114434f/1572503430719-YMETK4K65MXDOBK0MSPK/IMG_0985_Facetune_27-01-2019-18-15-10.jpg Media - American Geophysics Union 2019 “Voices for Science” Fellow Media/communications track Now more than ever, communicating the value and impact of Earth and space science to policy and other decision makers, journalists, and public audiences is critically important. AGU’s Voices for Science supports and fosters a network of exceptional science-communication and science-policy advocates based in the U.S. to amplify the voice of science and build valuable dialogues and relationships with communities, journalists, and stakeholders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d604164389792000114434f/1598130120723-IMHDMUFJQEH4SHD1G4M5/Screen+Shot+2020-08-22+at+2.01.39+PM.png Media - Salish Kootenai College’s Indigenous Scholars Podcast Lydia and the IRC Team discuss the challenges that Indigenous scholars face navigating Western education and how we can put our education to use in our Tribal communities that is purposeful and makes sense in our worldview. The IRC team asks the question: What is the pathway to knowledge that facilitates and promotes diverse and unique Indigenous contributions? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d604164389792000114434f/1567061752327-WPDG87XFZNXNH44S8AEU/IMG_5405.jpg Media - Trail Running Women Podcast, Episode 56: The soil we run on Lydia is a PhD Candidate in Soil Science and Environmental Microbiology at the University of Arizona, with a minor in American Indian Policy and emphasis on science communication. Lydia has been running about half her life, and often incorporates soil knowledge into her social media posts to increase awareness about soil science, and Indigenous knowledge about the lands on which we recreate on. She's both a brainiac and talented ultra runner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d604164389792000114434f/1572502638447-06C5RUP1ZOUHS6ACU996/2019-06-19+17.51.54.jpg Media - Indigenous Food Knowledges Network shows connections between the Southwest and the Arctic What does the Arctic and the Southwest have in common in terms of food and land issues? A lot more than you might think. Here I reflect on the connectivity of Indigenous communities food challenges as a result of my work with the Indigenous Food Knowledges Network. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d604164389792000114434f/1583783585296-PZB8JB62GSPIA9AIG09I/Screen+Shot+2020-03-09+at+10.27.19+AM.png Media - Amplified Voices: How identity shapes our scientific experience Diverse work environments benefit scientific progress and the well-being of individual researchers - yet the geosciences are still lagging behind. Together with her contributors, Michelle Guitard reports on the current situation in the US, and suggests some ways in which underrepresented voices can be amplified. Geoscientist, 2020. Compiled by Michelle Guitard; contributing authors include: Claire Bailey, Lydia Jennings, Rocío Caballero-Gill, Gabriela Serrato Marks, and Benjamin Keisling. Citation: Guitard, M., Amplified voices: How identity shapes our scientific experience. Geoscientist 30 (1), 10-15, 2020 https://doi.org/doi: 10.1144/geosci2020-065, Download the pdf here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d604164389792000114434f/1571881788963-GE3KDRXXQM64YHXKZGX6/IMG_2389.JPG Media - #WCWinSTEM: Lydia Jennings, B.S. Lydia Jennings is a Yaqui & Huichol soil scientist and trail runner. 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By Isis Hack, Ghalya Lherisson, Jessica Reef in collaboration with Lydia Jennings Download this worksheet and soil profile templates to create your own Soil Line Art. Learn about the soils and lands you're on. Share your art on social media via #SoilLineArt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d604164389792000114434f/5bd2d0f8-f7b8-4e4a-b544-213a8dc2a50d/Bacteriaopolis_hero_DSC4784+%281%29.jpg Soil Fun-tivites! Winograsky Columns- each containing a community of colorful microorganisms living in the mud and soil underfoot. Over the course of several weeks or more, you’ll see colors appear and shift as the microbial populations grow and change. Why stop at just one? 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