Ben Goldfarb

To new Bluesky peeps: I'm currently working on another book, on the organisms nearest my heart. It's fundamentally about fish as engineers—both of ecosystems & human affairs—and how we revitalize their roles in our waterscapes & lives. If this aligns with your interests & expertise, cast me a line!

I’m on the ground in Armenia at COP17, the UN’s biodiversity summit! Say hi if you’re here too. And if you’re an editor interested in coverage from the ground, hit me up!

Believe it or not, this absolute unit of a goliath grouper is still just a youngster; adults can weigh over 800 pounds! 🫡🫡🐟 #goliathgrouper #grouper #endangeredspecies #bigfish #coralcitycamera

Beer vs Cartilaginous Fish: couldn’t have drawn up a better World Series. 🍻🦈

Crossings by Ben Goldfarb: a review of his remarkable account of road ecology We received a gracious response from Ben Goldfarb to Jon Hill's review. Thank you, @bengoldfarb.bsky.social! westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/environ...

Column: #Florida panthers, our state animal, benefit greatly from once-controversial critter crossings. My latest column for the @floridaphoenix.com also features shout-outs to Bruce Springsteen, RFK Jr. & the Skunk Ape. floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/22/t...

Fantastic @craigtimes.bsky.social column on the history and status of wildlife crossings in Florida for panthers, turtles, and other critters, featuring an extended cameo by America’s favorite #roadecology book. floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/22/t...

“I bet you any money the beavers were cut off from the water supply... And I'm thinking he's like …. ‘What’s going to happen to these beavers?’" Totally wild @coloradopublic.bsky.social story about a guy who monkey-wrenched some headgates to... help his local beavers! www.cpr.org/2026/10/19/g...

"We are entering a new era of civilizational risk and retreat." My latest for @nytimesoped.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/o... #wildfires

Guys being dudes

I loved this article. Great reporting and writing.

"Idaho has to stop treating the lower Snake dams as permanent fixtures beyond question, and start honestly weighing what they produce against the fishery, the heritage, and the livelihoods they continue to cost." jackhurty.substack.com/p/the-salmon...

"The global collapse of migratory shorebird populations is much more than a calamity facing a group of exquisitely evolved birds. It also tells us that our global network of aquatic systems is fraying." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

“It’s a challenge to talk to people about these fish, because they don’t have any cultural memory,” Furey said. Fish depletion, alas, is often a self-reinforcing cycle. The fewer fish there are, the less the public cares about them. -- @bengoldfarb.bsky.social www.sierraclub.org/sierra/resto...

Finally getting to this heartbreaking @audubon.org story on the starvation of osprey chicks in Chesapeake Bay, a crisis compellingly linked to the overharvest of menhaden. www.audubon.org/magazine/osp...

POV ur inside a baitball of mullet. A lot of Coralheads didn’t get much work done yesterday, mesmerized by the mullet run that blotted out the sun and turned Coral City into a marriage of heaven and hell for predators and prey 🪸🐠👀

Pushes to build a road connecting Brazil’s Acre state to Peru’s Pacific coast could trigger up to 68,500 hectares of Amazon deforestation per year. Experts warn the BR-364 highway extension also threatens carbon credit revenue & accelerates land speculation. @constancemalleret.bsky.social reports.

Across the Northeast, unsafe and outdated dams are coming down to revitalize fish runs and improve public safety. As our Northeast Regional Director, Andy Fisk, says, "Proximity to abundance is transformational." 👏 Thank you @bengoldfarb.bsky.social for the story: biographic.com/death-by-a-t...

We are looking forward to recording our next episode featuring our celebrity guest, massive bull elk.

Local stream restoration projects and all the people working on them are what give me hope in this day and age. Locally, we have people doing dam removals, large wood installations, culvert replacements. There are a lot of people, from all walks of life, who are working to help streams and rivers!

Thanks to @highcountrynews.org for running this harrowing story on the drought-fueled Bearpocalypse that’s driving ursids into conflicts across the West. Bear issues have become nightly here in Salida; I just wrote to city council begging for better waste disposal. www.hcn.org/articles/as-...

[Good news] It was a record year for razorbill & puffin breeding as the Gulf of #Maine - which has been warming faster than 99% of the ocean - sees a pause in its heating over the last couple years, @themainemonitor.org reports Common & endangered roseate terns also did well this summer:

If you can read this without crying, I don't know what to tell you. Good crying to be clear, that so many people are fighting the good and hard fights to keep our paradise among the stars vibrant and alive.

"Rather than being a force acting against history, fish were history—and unlike mill dams, they had a future." 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟

This is the final story in a five-part @bengoldfarb.bsky.social series 👇 about infrastructure and wildlife. Each dives deep into a different element of the human-made world—the roads and dams, buildings and fences we’ve placed in front of animals, and how to reduce the impacts of those obstacles.

Do you love rivers? Do you love New England? If so, you'll love this @bengoldfarb.bsky.social story about the tiny, historic dams choking the region's rivers, and the people who are freeing them. Read the thread below for some absolute gems from the story.

I'll accept payment in the form of aspen cambium.

Our Clinic and students were pleased to partner with Ben on a robust defense of the Roadless Rule. I have been around these issues for 25 years and we need this rule now more than ever!

Now extended to Oct 6! But still urgent.

From the man who literally wrote the book on the many ways roads harm wildlife.

This is more activisty than I usually get, but these are weird times. In collab w/ Harvard's Env Law & Policy Clinic, I authored a letter objecting to Roadless Rule's rescission, made public so that you can draw upon it in your own comments. Have at it! emmettclinic.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/u...

“Felling a tree is not a take of the bats roosting in it unless the tree is felled for the purpose of killing or capturing them.” The @USFWS's new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act, as revealed by Nesvik's memo, is the perfect blend of evil and stupidity. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/c...

Otoliths or gtfo

Colin was one of my favorite editors to work with and we published so many great stories together at Hakai Magazine and bioGraphic. Someone, please hire him! Ideally, selfishly, in science/environmental news so we can work together again 💛