In November 2017, the publication in Nature Ecology & Evolution of “100 articles every ecologist should read,” by Franck Courchamp and Corey JA Bradshaw, stirred the ecological community. Timon McPhearson, an associate professor of Urban Ecology at The New School in New York City and Research Fellow at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and Stockholm Resilience Centre, Dagmar Haase a Professor of…
ESA Policy News In This Issue: National Park System Advisory Board Resigned en masse Letter cites frustration at failure to meet NSF Releases 2018 Indicators Report 23rd report on U.S. science and engineering Deal to Reopen the Government Likely After Shutdown CR expired on Jan. 19; deal to reopen agreed on today Quick Reads Interior reorganization, NASA Earth Science Advisory Committee…
Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award The deadline to apply is tomorrow! Offered each year, this award gives graduate students an all-expense paid trip to Washington, DC for science policy training and meetings with lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Visit the ESA website for more information and details on application requirements. ESA 2017 Annual Report Now Available! Read about what…
The Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award Accepting Applications ESA is now accepting applications for its 2018 Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award. Offered each year, this award gives graduate students an all-expense paid trip to Washington, DC for science policy training and meetings with lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Visit the ESA website for more information and details…
Big thinker, pioneer, leader– these words come to mind when Henry L. Gholz is mentioned. A climbing accident in the Rocky Mountains on September 30, 2017 claimed the life of a visionary scientist, an advocate and a friend. Henry believed strongly in engaging the next generation of scientists and was determined to support programs that entice diverse and underrepresented students…
Contact your Senators and Representative today in support of keeping the graduate student teaching and research assistants tax exemption for tuition waivers. The House of Representatives and Senate each passed their own versions of a tax reform bill. Now, both the House and Senate will meet in conference to work out differences in the bills and draft a final version. Once…
The Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award Applications now open. ESA is now accepting applications for its 2018 Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award. Offered each year, this award gives graduate students an all-expense paid trip to Washington, DC for science policy training and meetings with lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Visit the ESA website for more information and…
The Ecological Society of America donated over $22,000 to local non-profit Sustainable Northwest’s Forest Program, to offset the environmental costs of travel to the society’s Annual Meeting, held this year in Portland, Oregon, on August 6th through 11th, 2017. More than 4,500 environmental researchers, students, educators, managers, practitioners, and policy makers traveled from across the United States and the globe last August to…
“Exchanging Ecological Ideas” The ecological community gathers each year for the ESA Annual Meeting. The heart of our society is its members and the free exchange of scientific ideas. Thus, the theme for the 2017 photo contest was “Exchanging Ecological Ideas“. ESA members snapped photos during the annual meeting to express the free exchange of scientific ideas. ESA awarded first…
The Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award Applications now open. ESA is now accepting applications for its 2018 Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award. Offered each year, this award gives graduate students an all-expense paid trip to Washington, DC for science policy training and meetings with lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Visit the ESA website for more information and…
ESA Action Alert: Contact your Members of Congress about tax legislation that impacts higher education institutions and students We urge all ESA members and those in academia to contact their U.S. House Representative and Senators today about The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1) legislation affecting students and higher education institutions. H.R. 1 would repeal Sec. 117 (d)(5), which…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cancelled the speaking appearances of three agency ecologists at an event hosted by the Narragansett Bay Estuary Program in Providence, Rhode Island held on Oct. 23. The event launched the 2017 “State of Narragansett Bay and Its Watershed Summary Report.” EPA scientists contributed to the report, which addresses issues affecting the bay, including climate change….