ESA News & Events

Announcing Organizational Member WEST, Inc.

The Ecological Society of America (ESA) welcomes Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc. (WEST) as an organizational member of the Society. “We launched our organizational membership to build better bridges with employers in the private and public sectors,” said ESA President Peter Groffman. “WEST’s staff and leadership have long been prominent in ESA, and the Society is glad to be able to…

A Fond Farewell From Catherine O’Riordan

I am deeply proud of all that we have accomplished together during my time at ESA.

Baltimore Green Space Receives Environmental Offset from the Ecological Society of America

This year, ESA’s annual meeting offset donation is going to Baltimore’s only environmental land trust.

Science on the Hill

ESA staff recently attended an event on Capitol Hill highlighting the importance of federal support for R&D

The capitol of the United States of America.

Science Policy at #ESA2025: Policy-oriented sessions and other events at the Annual Meeting

Don’t miss the exciting lineup of events focused on policymaking, communication and real-world impact at ESA’s Annual Meeting.

Updates From ESA Leadership

Dear ESA Members, We, as Governing Board Members of ESA, in light of current events in our nation, with impacts that affect all of us locally and globally, write to you today to offer encouragement and to assure that there is a path forward.

ECOLOG-L Update to the Ecological Community

Updated October 28, 2024 Migration is now complete! ECOLOG-L is now fully functional on Simplelists. Here are instructions. The ECO community is fully functional on Discourse (though bear with us a bit, we may still need to iron out a few kinks). You can still participate if you don’t yet have an ESA account! Start your free web account with…

Covers of 6 ESA journals and the ESA Bulletin

Call for Applications: ESA Editorial Fellows

Announcing a call for applications for ESA’s Editorial Fellows Program.

The Ecological Society of America's 2017 Eminent Ecologist, Diana Wall, takes a break from sampling soil biodiversity along an elevational transect as part of the McMurdo Dry Valley LTER project in Miers Valley, Antarctica (78°5.326 S, 163°46.382 E), in January 2013. Photo credit: Martijn Vandegehuchte

In memoriam: Diana Wall

The ESA community mourns the loss of Diana Wall, whose impact on ecology and ecologists leaves an enduring legacy.

Welcome to Sweden

No, not Greg Poehler’s short-lived international sitcom by the same name, but very literally what the hotel clerk said when I checked in. He smiled; since I’d been practicing on Duolingo for a few weeks and had hoped to proudly correctly pronounce Tack så mycket and instead replied (translated) “you’re welcome,” I did not. Blame the jet lag. Nonetheless, greetings from…

Call for Nominations: ESA Regional Policy Award

ESA seeks nominations for its Regional Policy Award to recognize a policymaker who has integrated environmental science and policy in initiatives that foster more sustainable communities.

Ecology Doesn’t Stop at the Coast: ESA at the Ocean Sciences Meeting

By Adrienne Sponberg ESA recently joined more than 6,000 ocean scientists from around the world at the bi-annual Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM) in New Orleans. OSM is a joint meeting between the American Geophysical Union, Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography and the Oceanography Society. Executive Director Catherine O’Riordan and Director of Society Programs Adrienne Sponberg staffed the ESA…