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[toggles title=”In This Issue”] [toggle title=”STATE OF THE UNION: PRESIDENT URGES ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, SEQUESTER”] President Obama’s fourth State of the Union address outlined a number of bold domestic priorities, including addressing climate change and diverting a series of automatic discretionary spending cuts set to occur in March as a result of congressional  failure to come to agreement on…

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[toggles title=”In This Issue”] [toggle title=”BUDGET: CONGRESS PASSES LEGISLATION TO DELAY SEQUESTRATION, EXTEND TAX CUTS”] After an extended period of partisan gridlock, Congress on Jan. 1 passed legislation to address “the fiscal cliff.” The term applied largely to automatic cuts to federal agencies that were set to kick in this month as well as a number of tax cuts and…

Jigsaw – A technique for Student-Active LearningPublished by the ESA Office of Education and Diversity Programs November 2012 Vol. 2 Issue 8 Photo Credit from EcoEdDL: A herd of alpine ibex (Capra ibex) struggling to move through deep snow by Luciano Ramires What’s New in EcoEdDL Melting Glaciers on Mt. Kilimanjaro   by Patricia Hackbarth These images could be used…

  Jigsaw – A technique for Student-Active Learning Published by the ESA Office of Education and Diversity Programs September 2012                                                          Vol. 2 Issue 6 Photo Credit from EcoEdDL: The Cadillac and Dorr Mountains as viewed from the summit of Gorham Ridge, Acadia National Park, Maine by Amanda Elliot Special Feature: Pollution What’s New in EcoEdDL There have been several new…

[toggles title=”In This Issue”] [toggle title=”APPROPRIATIONS: CJS BILLS SUPPORT SCIENCE, SENATE TRANSFERS SATELLITES TO NASA”] The week of April 16, both the House and Senate Commerce Justice and Science (CJS) Appropriations Subcommittees approved their respective funding bills for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013. In total, the House CJS appropriations bill would provide $51.1 billion to all agencies under its jurisdiction, a…

[toggles title=”In This Issue”] [toggle title=”SENATE: SENIOR Dems seek action on ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES”] While the Senate seems unlikely to approve an energy bill during the few weeks it reconvenes before the November elections, it may consider measures on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency climate rules, power plant pollution curbs and energy tax incentives. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) acknowledged it’s…

[toggles title=”In This Issue”] [toggle title=”REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT: OPPORTUNITIES TO INFORM AGENCY GUIDELINES WITH ECOLOGICAL EXPERTISE”] Several federal agencies are requesting public comment on proposals that may be of interest to the ecological community. To comment, visit www.regulations.gov and enter the docket number under “Enter Keyword or ID” Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ): Water resources project planning Comments due…

ALBUQUERQUE—Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) will receive the second annual Regional Policy Award from the nation’s largest organization of ecologists at the meeting of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) on Aug. 2. The award recognizes a regional or local policymaker who has an outstanding record of informing his political decision-making with ecological science. “I appreciate this award not just because…

DRAFT Minutes of the ESA Governing BoardMay 21-22, 2009Washington , DC Members Present: Sunny Power (President), Mary Power (President-Elect), Norm Christensen (Past-President), Laura Huenneke (VP for Public Affairs), Bill Parton (VP for Finance), David Inouye (Secretary), Josh Schimel (Member-at-Large), Emily Stanley (Member-at-Large), Ann Kinzig (Member-at-Large), Rob Jackson (VP for Science), Meg Lowman (VP for Education and Human Resources; present just…

[toggles title=”In This Issue”] [toggle title=”Opportunity to support National Science Foundation”] ESA would like to alert you to an opportunity to help increase funding for the National Science Foundation (NSF). Representatives Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Bob Inglis (R-SC), and Brian Baird (D-WA) are circulating a “Dear Colleague” letter to each member of House of Representatives asking for their…

ESA Governing Board May 8-9, 2006 Washington , DC Members Present: Nancy Grimm (President), Jerry Melillo (Past-President), Norm Christensen (incoming President-Elect); Alan Covich (President-Elect), Gus Shaver (Vice President for Science), Carol Brewer (Vice President for Education and Human Resources), David Inouye (Secretary), Shahid Naeem (Member at Large), Richard Pouyat (VP for Public Affairs), Bill Parton (VP for Finance), Dennis Ojima (Member at…

ESA Governing BoardAugust 2-3, 2002Tucson, AZ The August 2-3 meeting of the ESA Governing Board was attended by Pamela Matson (President), Ann Bartuska (President-Elect), Jill Baron (Secretary), James Clark (Vice President for Science), Timothy Schowalter (Vice President for Public Affairs), William Schlesinger (Vice President for Finance), Carol Brewer (Vice President for Education and Human Resources), Jim Gosz (Member-at-Large), Julie Denslow…