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Just 25 miles south of Sacramento in California Central Valley, the Comsumnes River Preserve is a critical stop on the Pacific Flyway for migrating and wintering waterfowl. Credit, Bob Wick, Bureau of Land Management.
Call for nominations: ESA2014 Opening Plenary speaker
Do you have ideas for next year's 2014 Ecological Society of America Opening Plenary? If Read more
ESA Policy News: November 11: President’s climate action plan, farm bill compromise and FS funding shortfalls
Here are some highlights from the latest ESA Policy News by Policy Analyst Terence Houston.  Read more
Mangrove islands like these along the upper Lostman’s River in Everglades National Park protect coastlines from stormy waves, storm surge, and erosion – expected to increasingly threaten coastal cities and townships as sea levels rise. Investments in “soft” engineering protections against storm damage, like wetlands and oyster reef restoration, can be cheaper in the long run than seawalls, breakwaters, and groins, and also offer benefits for wildlife, fisheries, and recreation. Credit, Paul Nelson, USGS.
President issues executive order to prepare for impacts of climate change
Special Issue of ESA Frontiers assesses the impacts of climate change on people and ecosystems, Read more
White nose syndrome highlights need for sustained investment in research
As researchers learn more about Pseudogymnoascus (Geomyces) destructans, the fungus that causes White Nose syndrome Read more
Every one of our acts returns to us in some form as feedback from the otter.
Sea otter voyeurs! a window on a Monterey Bay coastal research preserve
Otter-cam peers into protected Elkhorn Slough. Read more
ESA Policy News: October 24
Government shutdown ends, water bill action, FWS proposes cuckoo E.S.A. listing, rejects petrel. Read more