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The Asian Ecology Section was formed in 1994 to promote communication and collaboration, as well as ecological research and education in Asia. Asian Ecology Section website List of Officers

Originally formed in 1983 as the Metropolitan Washington Chapter, which became inactive in 1999. Reorganized in 2002 as the Mid-Atlantic Chapter, this group encourages communication among professional ecologists of the metropolitan areas of the Mid-Atlantic and vicinity. Chapter website The Mid-Atlantic Chapter was inactive from 1999 to 2002. List of Officers

Originally formed in 1982 as the Central Rockies Chapter. The Rocky Mountain Chapter encourages education and research and sponsors meetings for the communication of ecological education and research activities of special interest to ecologists in the Rocky Mountain Region of North America. It became inactive in the 2010’s and was dissolved in 2016. List of Officers

By Kiyoko Miyanishi Reprinted from the ESA Bulletin, Vol 95(4), October 2014, pp 303-317. ESA’s fourth decade (1946–1955) coincided with the start of the Cold War, and the Society was not immune to its impact. The September 1951 Bulletin reported that ESA had received a request (from whom wasn’t stated) for “a definition of its field of activity suitable for…

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OOS 42 ESA’s Struggle for Identity Over the First 100 Years: Lessons for the Future? Thursday, August 14, 2014: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM in Room 204, Sacramento Convention Center Organized by Juliana C. Mulroy and Kathleen J. Fichtel; Moderator: Robert H. Jones The Ecological Society of America (ESA) was formed in 1915 with the express intent of bringing those interested in…

OPS 3 Ecological Century: Perspectives on the Evolution of the Discipline Wednesday, August 13, 2014: 4:30 PM-6:30 PM at the Exhibit Hall, Sacramento Convention Center Organized by Kathleen J. Fichtel and Juliana C. Mulroy The Historical Records Committee is sponsoring this session in order to provide a forum for fostering discussion about the history of ecology and of the Ecological…

SS 2 Ecological Concepts: Of What Value, and for Whom? Bill Reiners and Jeff Lockwood will lead discussion of important “concepts,” participants fill out a survey, and the results will be displayed in a poster on Wednesday. Ecology texts and courses are laden with many concepts, but how useful are they in our practice of ecology? How valuable are they…