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ESA’s Struggle for Identity, First 100 Years

OOS 42 ESA’s Struggle for Identity Over the First 100 Years: Lessons for the Future? Thursday, August 14, 2014: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM in Room 204, Sacramento Convention Center Organized by Juliana C. Mulroy and Kathleen J. Fichtel; Moderator: Robert H. Jones The Ecological Society of America (ESA) was formed in 1915 with the express intent of bringing those interested in…

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Ecological Century: Perspectives on the Evolution of the Discipline

OPS 3 Ecological Century: Perspectives on the Evolution of the Discipline Wednesday, August 13, 2014: 4:30 PM-6:30 PM at the Exhibit Hall, Sacramento Convention Center Organized by Kathleen J. Fichtel and Juliana C. Mulroy The Historical Records Committee is sponsoring this session in order to provide a forum for fostering discussion about the history of ecology and of the Ecological…

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Explore Ecological Concepts in Monday Session!

SS 2 Ecological Concepts: Of What Value, and for Whom? Bill Reiners and Jeff Lockwood will lead discussion of important “concepts,” participants fill out a survey, and the results will be displayed in a poster on Wednesday. Ecology texts and courses are laden with many concepts, but how useful are they in our practice of ecology? How valuable are they…

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2014 HRC programming for ESA

The upcoming Sacramento meeting of the Society August 10-15 features the following sessions organized by HRC’s Program Subcommittee. Download a printable program list. Join us for historical perspectives in these topics: SS 2 Ecological Concepts: Of What Value, and for Whom? Bill Reiners and Jeff Lockwood will lead discussion of important “concepts,” participants fill out a survey, and the results…

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ESA 2015 Centennial

ESA will celebrate its Centennial in 2015 at the Annual Meeting in Baltimore August 9 through 14, 2015. There will be special symposia and social events commemorating the occasion. Planning began in 2012, when the Governing Board established a Centennial Committee, chaired by Alan Covich. The committee’s recommendations are now being implemented by the Centennial Implementation Committee, chaired by Nancy…

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A note on the history of the ECOLOG listserv

If you’re already a member of the ECOLOG listserv this won’t be news to you, and if you’re not a member this might just get you to sign up! David Inouye sent the following message and graph on February 26th: The number of ECOLOG-L subscribers reached 19,000 this week, up a thousand since October. While meeting with graduate school applicants…

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HRC sessions at ESA 2014

JOIN US IN SACRAMENTO August 10-15, 2014 Here’s an early preview of what’s ahead in history sessions for the Sacramento meeting in August. We’ll have more details on HRC programs soon. Annual Meeting page at ESA home. Special Session #9685: “Ecological concepts: Of what value, and for whom?” Monday, August 11, 2014 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM Organized Poster Sessions…

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Welcome to our new site!

Today (March 4, 2014) we launch our project–this set of pages– as the official ESA History website. We think the new features offered here will help you find a great deal of history information that hasn’t been as readily accessible before. What’s New? You can comment! Got questions? On almost every page, you’ll find an invitation to comment. We hope…

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