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May 7, 2015
Minutes of the ESA Governing Board May 7-8, 2015 Washington, DC Members Present David Inouye President Monica Turner President-Elect Jill Baron Past-President Evan DeLucia VP for Finance Scott Collins VP for Public Affairs Valerie Eviner VP for Science Julie Reynolds VP for Education and Human Resources (via phone) Charles Canham Secretary Carmen Cid Member at Large Ana-Elisa…
August 9, 2014
Minutes of the ESA Governing Board, August 9-10, 2014 Sacramento, CA Members Present Jill Baron President Scott Collins Past-President David Inouye President-Elect Leslie Real VP for Finance Sharon Collinge VP for Public Affairs Valerie Eviner VP for Science Julie Reynolds VP for Education and Human Resources Charles Canham Secretary…
November 18, 2014
Minutes of the ESA Governing Board,November 18-19, 2014Linthicum Heights, MDMembers Present David Inouye PresidentMonica Turner President-ElectEvan DeLucia VP for FinanceScott Collins VP for Public AffairsValerie Eviner VP for ScienceJulie Reynolds VP for Education and Human ResourcesCharles Canham SecretaryCarmen Cid…
November 7-8, 2013
Minutes of the ESA Governing Board, November 7-8, 2013 Washington, DC Members Present Jill Baron President Scott Collins Past-President David Inouye President-Elect Leslie Real VP for Finance Sharon Collinge VP for Public Affairs Valerie Eviner VP for Science Charles Canham Secretary Michelle Mack Member at Large Staff Present Katherine McCarter Executive Director Elizabeth Biggs Chief Financial…
May 5, 2014
Minutes of the ESA Governing Board, May 5-6, 2014 Washington, DC Members Present Jill Baron President Scott Collins Past-President David Inouye President-Elect Leslie Real VP for Finance Sharon Collinge VP for Public Affairs Valerie Eviner VP for Science Julie Reynolds VP for Education and Human Resources Charles Canham Secretary Carmen Cid Member at Large Stephen Jackson Member…
August 3-4, 2013
Minutes of the ESA Governing Board,August 3-4, 2013Minneapolis, MN Members PresentScott Collins PresidentSteward Pickett Past-PresidentJill Baron President-ElectLeslie Real VP for FinanceSharon Collinge VP for Public AffairsDeborah Goldberg VP for ScienceJulie Reynolds VP…
May 2013
Minutes of the ESA Governing Board,May 20-21, 2013Washington, DC Members Present:Scott Collins PresidentSteward Pickett Past-PresidentJill Baron President-ElectSharon Collinge VP for Public AffairsDeborah Goldberg VP for ScienceJulie Reynolds VP for Education and Human ResourcesCharles Canham SecretaryMichelle Mack Member at LargeMimi Lam Member-at-LargeStephen Jackson Member-at-Large Staff Present:Katherine McCarter Executive DirectorElizabeth Biggs Chief Financial OfficerNadine Lymn Director, Public AffairsCliff…
May 3, 2013
[toggles title=”In this Issue”][toggle title=’NSF: SCIENCE COMMITTEE LEADERS WEIGH IN ON BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH INVESTMENT’] A letter to National Science Foundation (NSF) Acting-Director Cora Marrett from House Science, Space and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) received a sharp rebuttal from Ranking Member Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX). In his letter, Chairman Smith expressed concern with how NSF prioritizes scientific research. “Based…
April 19, 2013
[toggles title=”In This Issue”] [toggle title=”BUDGET: SCIENCE RECEIVES HIGH PRIORTY IN WHITE HOUSE FY 2014 PROPOSAL”] On April 10, the White House released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 budget proposal, which includes significant increases for scientific research. The proposal sets different priorities than the proposed budgets put forward by Congressional leaders, particularly those of the House majority. The budget takes…
April 5, 2013
[toggles title=”In This Issue”][toggle title=”BUDGET: SEQUESTRATION IMPLEMENTATION HAS AGENCIES PLANNING FURLOUGHS”] With policymakers seemingly adapting to the implementation of the sequester budget cuts as a fact of life for the time being, many federal agencies are now faced with furloughs to compensate for the funding cuts they must implement. The cuts remain in effect until such time as Congress comes…
March 8, 2013
[toggles title=”In This Issue”] [toggle title=”BUDGET: AGENCIES IMPLEMENT SEQUESTRATION AS POLICYMAKERS WRESTLE WITH DEBT”] Congress’ failure to address budget sequestration by coming up with $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction has federal agencies trimming investment priorities and beginning (reportedly in some cases already implementing) employee furloughs as budget sequestration went into effect March 1. As enacted by the Budget Control Act…
March 22, 2013
[toggles title=”In This Issue”] [toggle title=”APPROPRIATIONS: CONGRESS PASSES MEASURE FUNDING GOVERNMENT THROUGH FY 2013″] This week, Congress passed H.R. 933, a Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government for the remainder of current Fiscal Year (FY) 2013, which ends Sept. 30. The bill in effect prevents a government shutdown when the current CR runs out at the end of the…
Depression-era drainage ditches emerge as sleeping threat to Cape Cod salt marshes
Cape Cod, Massachusetts has a problem. The iconic salt marshes of the famous summer retreat are melting away at the edges, dying back from the most popular recreational areas. The erosion is a consequence of an unexpected synergy between recreational over-fishing and Great Depression-era ditches constructed by Works Progress Administration (WPA) in an effort to control mosquitoes. The cascade of ecological cause and effect is described by Tyler Coverdale and colleagues at Brown University in a paper published online this month in ESA’s journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
“People who live near the marshes complain about the die-off because it’s not nice to look at,” said Coverdale. “Without cordgrass protection you also get really significant erosion, retreating at sometimes over a meter a year.” The die-back is ugly, but it is also a substantial loss of a valuable ecological resource.