Public Affairs
ESA's Public Affairs Office focuses on the Society's goals of raising public awareness and ensuring the appropriate use of ecological science in environmental decision-making. The Office engages in both media and policy outreach to implement these goals, working closely with ESA members and elected leaders to inform policy and convey ecological reserach results through the national and international media.
ESA's policy activities work to infuse ecological knowledge into policy decisions through activities such as policy statements, Capitol Hill briefings, congressional visits days and coalition involvement.
Recent Activities:
ESA co-sponsored the congressional briefing, Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation, on January 8, 2010.
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Communications activities at ESA encourage broad public understanding of ecology, primarily through press releases for the mass media and through the ESA blog, EcoTone
Recent Activities:
02/01/2010 - Plantations Can Provide the Same Ecosystem Services as Natural Forests
According to scientists in a paper out in February’s issue of the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, well-planned plantations can actually alleviate some of the social, economic and ecological burden currently being placed on natural forests. » Learn more
Public Affairs Staff
Nadine LymnDirector of Public Affairs
202.833.8773, ext. 205
Piper CorpScience Policy Analyst
202.833.8773, ext. 224
Katherine Kline
Communications Officer
202.833.8773, ext. 211
Public Affairs Committee
Laura Huenneke, Vice President for Public Affairs (2008-2011)
Vice President of Research, Northern Arizona University
Phone: (928) 523-4340; Fax: (928) 523-0516
Elena Bennett, McGill University (2006-2009)
Rick Haeuber, Environmental Protection Agency (2006-2009)
Cheryl Dybas, Science Writer (2008-2011)
Angela Bednarek, Pew Charitable Trusts (2008-2011)
Elizabeth Harp, Colorado State University (2007-2009)
David Goldston, Visiting Lecturer, Harvard, Princeton universities
(2009-2012)
