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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Special Centennial Issue of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment explores ecological innovations for infrastructure in the face of climate change CONTACT: Liza Lester, (202) 833-8773 ext. 211, llester@esa.org   The Ecological Society of America turns 100 this year, with many reflections on the achievements of the discipline and the big questions for ecologists as we embark on a new…

“Investing in Citizen Science can improve natural resource management and environmental protection” is Ecological Society of America’s guide to deciding if citizen science is right for your organization, and the best design to meet your organization’s goals. Number 19 in ESA’s series Issues in Ecology, the report is included as a resource in the Federal Citizen Science and Crowdsourcing Toolkit, released by the White House OSTP this morning in conjunction with a Citizen Science Forum webcast live from the White House and a memo mandating the incorporation of citizen science into all federal agency programming.

Monica Turner, the Eugene P. Odum Professor of Ecology and a Vilas Research Professor in the Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison became President of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) on August 14, 2015.

For immediate release: Tuesday 15 September 2015 Contact: Alison Mize alison@esa.org 202.833.8773, ext. 205   The Ecological Society of America, in partnership with the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB), will create a new network of prospective employers, faculty and professional societies over the next eighteen months with a $48,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).  The Next Generation Careers – Innovation in…

Highlights from the September 2015 issue of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Highlights from the August 2015 issue of ESA’s journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment and the 100th Annual Meeting of the society on August 9-14 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, 4 August 2015 Contact: Liza Lester, 202-833-8773 ext. 211, LLester@esa.org   Armored in concrete, hardened shorelines lose the soft protections of coastal wetlands As we expand our coastal cities and…

Tucked away from judging eyes, backyards are unexpected treasure troves of resources for urban birds. ESA Centennial Annual Meeting, August 9-14, 2015 in Baltimore, Md.Ecological Science at the Frontier Program Press Releases Media Registration Many of us lavish attention on our front yards, spending precious weekend hours planting, mowing, and manicuring the plants around our homes to look nice for…

An organized session on Critical Zone Ecology at the 100th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America August 9-14, 2015 in Baltimore, Md. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, 16 July 2015 Contact: Liza Lester, 202-833-8773 ext. 211, LLester@esa.org Conference website Program Native Apps More press releases for the 100th Annual Meeting   On the high slopes of the Eel River…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, July 16, 2015 Contact: Alison Mize, 703-625-3628; Alison@esa.org   The Ecological Society of America (ESA) will present its eighth annual Regional Policy Award to U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) during the Society’s Centennial Meeting conference in Baltimore, Md. The ESA award recognizes an elected or appointed local policymaker with an outstanding record of informing policy decisions…

Risk of great white shark attack in California waters down 91 percent since 1950, researchers report FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, July 9, 2015 Contact: Liza Lester, 202-833-8773 ext. 211, LLester@esa.org   The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) has a terrifying reputation. Shark attacks, though very rare, loom large in our imaginations, drawing intense media attention when they occur. Recent injuries…

ESA 100th Annual Meeting, August 9-14, 2015 in Baltimore, Md. Ecological Science at the Frontier FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, July 1, 2015 Contact: Liza Lester, 202-833-8773 ext. 211, LLester@esa.org Conference website Program Native Apps More press releases for the 100th Annual Meeting   When ecologists gather in Baltimore, Md., this August for the 100th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, June 29, 2015 Contact: Liza Lester, 202-833-8773 ext. 211, LLester@esa.org The following statement is attributable to the Ecological Society of America (ESA), President-elect Monica G. Turner, PhD, President David W. Inouye, PhD and Immediate Past-president Jill S. Baron, PhD. ESA represents nearly 10,000 professional ecologists in the US. WASHINGTON, DC — “The Ecological Society of America…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, 1 June 2015 Contact: Teresa Mourad, 202-833-8773 ext. 234, Teresa@esa.org   The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded  a $597,643 grant to the Ecological Society of America’s Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity and Sustainability (SEEDS) program, supporting a three-pronged approach to increase diversity within the ecological field. The grant spans four years, beginning today. The new NSF…

This August, the Ecological Society of America convenes its 100th Annual Meeting at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Md. The Centennial Ecology Lecture Series will supplement our established plenary lectures, inviting reflection on the further growth and application of ecological knowledge into the next 100 years.