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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, 14 June 2016 Contact: Liza Lester, 202-833-8773 ext. 211, LLester@esa.org   The value and influence of research published by ecological scientists in the Ecological Society of America’s (ESA) journals was reflected today in Thomson Reuters 2015 Journal Citation Reports, as all five peer-reviewed publications receiving rankings made appreciable impact factor gains. ESA congratulates our editors, authors,…

[toggles title=”In This Issue”] [/toggle] [toggle title=”ENERGY: HOUSE PASSES BILL THAT RESTRICTS CLIMATE, ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH“] On May 25, the House passed S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act. The bill passed by a vote of 241-178. Eight Democrats joined all but six Republicans in supporting the measure. S. 2012 passed the Senate April 20, 2016 by a strong bipartisan vote…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, 1 June 2016 Contact: Alison Mize, 202-833-8773 ext. 205, alison@esa.org   The Ecological Society of America (ESA) is pleased to announce its 2016 fellows. The Society’s fellows program recognizes the many ways in which our members contribute to ecological research and discovery, communication, education and pedagogy, and to management and policy. ESA fellows and early career…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, 19 May 2016 Contact: Liza Lester, 202-833-8773 ext. 211, LLester@esa.org The Ecological Society of America (ESA) will present the 2016 awards recognizing outstanding contributions to ecology in new discoveries, teaching, sustainability, diversity, and lifelong commitment to the profession during the Society’s Annual Meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Fl. The awards ceremony will take place on Monday, August…

[toggles title=”In This Issue”] [/toggle] [toggle title=”RESEARCH: SENATE COMMITTEE CONTINUES DELIBERATION OF AMERICA COMPETES REAUTHORIZATION“]   On May 11, the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee convened a hearing entitled “Leveraging the US Science and Technology Enterprise.” The hearing is part of the committee’s ongoing efforts to solicit input from the scientific community as it drafts legislation to reauthorize the…

[toggles title=”In This Issue”] [/toggle] [toggle title=”APPROPRIATIONS: SENATE COMMERCE, JUSTICE AND SCIENCE BILL CLEARS SUBCOMMITTEE“] On April 19, the Senate Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Subcommittee approved its Fiscal Year 2017 spending bill. The bill includes $56.3 billion, $563 above the FY 2016 enacted level and $1.6 billion above the Obama administration’s FY 2017 budget request. The National Science…

Environmental scientists will gather in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on 7 – 12 August 2016 for the 101st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. The meeting theme “Novel Ecosystems in the Anthropocene” invites conversation on the new relationships between species arising under the influence of global change as a backdrop for 2,000 presentations of breaking research and ecological concepts at the Greater Fort Lauderdale/ Broward County Convention Center.

[toggles title=”In This Issue”] [/toggle] [toggle title=”SENATE: LAWMAKERS REVIEW USGS PROPOSED FY 2017 BUDGET REQUEST“]   The US Geological Survey (USGS) received bipartisan praise for its nonpartisan scientific research during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the agency’s $1.2 billion Fiscal Year 2017 budget request. “I am among those who appreciate both the work of the USGS…

 Special Issue: Network governance and large landscape conservation, in the April edition of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, 6 April 2016 Contact: Liza Lester, 202-833-8773 ext. 211, LLester@esa.org   Organizational models known as “network governance” can help big conservation alliances govern themselves, researchers argue in a special April issue of the Ecological Society of America’s…

[toggles title=”In This Issue”] [/toggle] [toggle title=”HOUSE: SCIENCE COMMITTEE EXAMINES NSF FY 2017 BUDGET REQUEST“]  On March 22, a House Science, Space and Technology Research Subcommittee hearing examined the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) FY 2017 budget. During the committee hearing, both Subcommittee Chair Barbara Comstock (R-VA) and Ranking Member Daniel Lipinski (D-IL) expressed general support for the work of the…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, 30 March 2016 Contact: Terence Houston, 202-833-8773 ext. 224 terence@esa.org   The Ecological Society of America (ESA) has selected the 2016 recipients of its annual Graduate Student Policy Award: Brian Kastl (University of California), Kristen Lear (University of Georgia), Matthew Pintar (University of Mississippi), Timothy Treuer (Princeton University), Jessica Nicole Welch (University of Tennessee), and Samantha…

As the land at the heart of the cradle of civilization dries out, an ancient culture is being lost with the unique ecosystem that sustains it. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, 24 March 2016 Contact: Liza Lester, 202-833-8773 ext. 211, LLester@esa.org For thousands of years, the marshes at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in modern day Iraq were…

[toggles title=”In This Issue”] [/toggle] [toggle title=”WHITE HOUSE: US, CANADA ANNOUNCE CLIMATE CHANGE PLEDGE“]  On March 10, the President Obama and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced their two countries have agreed to a series of efforts to cut methane emissions in the oil and gas sector to mitigate the impacts of global climate change. They also reinforced their commitment to…

[toggles title=”In This Issue”] [/toggle] [toggle title=”POLICY ENGAGEMENT: ESA SCIENTISTS MEET ON CAPITOL HILL TO DISCUSS CLIMATE SCIENCE“]  In February, ESA participated in Climate Science Days, an annual outreach event sponsored by the Climate Science Working Group (CSWG) to advance understanding of climate change research among lawmakers on Capitol Hill.  ESA is a CSWG member as are other scientific associations….

Public release of a 20-year collaborative effort to devise a unified and consistent national reporting system for plant communities opens new avenues for broad-scale and long-term analyses of landscape change. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, 23 February 2016 Contact: Liza Lester, 202-833-8773 ext. 211, LLester@esa.org   The U.S. National Vegetation Classification  (USNVC), a reporting standard organized around ecological principles for the…

[toggles title=”In This Issue”] [/toggle] [toggle title=”WHITE HOUSE: PRESIDENT’S FINAL BUDGET PRIORITIZES CLIMATE, ENERGY RESEARCH“]  On Feb. 9, President Obama released the eighth and final budget of his administration. The president’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 budget request includes significant increases for federal agencies that conduct scientific research with a focus towards increasing investments in renewable energy. The president’s budget seeks…

New Brunswick family helps remove invasive snowshoe hares from a group of remote Bay of Fundy Islands, five decades after introducing them — and other highlights from the February issue of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. For immediate release: Friday, 12 February 2016 Contact: Liza Lester; llester@esa.org; (202) 833-8773 x211   Too much of an adorable thing — eradication…

[toggles title=”In This Issue”] [/toggle] [toggle title=”EPA: FLINT WATER CRISIS GETS ATTENTION FROM WHITE HOUSE, CONGRESS“] On Jan. 16, the president signed an official state of emergency declaration for Flint Michigan in light of the city’s drinking water crisis. The action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate disaster relief efforts to alleviate…

  [toggles title=”In This Issue”] [/toggle] [toggle title=”WHITE HOUSE: OBAMA SOTU REFLECTS ON ACCOMPLISHMENTS, CALLS FOR COOPERATION“] For his final State of the Union address, President Obama sought a conciliatory and hopeful tone while requesting that Congress allay partisan tensions to reach consensus on advancing his remaining priorities. “Now, I understand that because it’s an election season, expectations for what…

The US Endangered Species Act can protect more species, more effectively, through expanded partnerships and science-driven implementation ecologists say in the Winter 2016 edition of Issues in Ecology   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, 6 January 2016 Contact: Liza Lester, 202-833-8773 ext. 211, LLester@esa.org   The Endangered Species Act (ESA), which quietly passed its 42nd birthday last week, has shielded hundreds…