{"id":3028,"date":"2026-06-15T18:58:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T18:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/?page_id=3028"},"modified":"2026-07-01T15:04:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T15:04:29","slug":"ecology-for-enterprise-solutions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/program\/ecology-for-enterprise-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecology for Enterprise Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Leveraging ecological science, data, and partnerships to achieve sustainability goals<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1st Annual Workshop | Free to Attend | July 25-26, 2026<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What:<\/strong>&nbsp;The Ecological Society of America (ESA) is hosting a two-day workshop for businesses seeking to drive innovation, meet sustainability goals, and mitigate risk through sound ecological science. The program, organized by the Private &amp; Public Sector Ecologists and Early Career Ecologists sections, will present seminars on a wide range of topics, such as sustainable business strategy development, mobilizing transparent and highly accurate data collection techniques, legal risk and opportunities in environmental assessments, and establishing meaningful partnerships with indigenous groups to dramatically improve environmental outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When:<\/strong>\u00a0ESA will host the workshop the weekend prior to its Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, UT. Registrants are welcome to attend the <a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/plenaries\/diane-pataki\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"3004\">Opening Plenary<\/a> on Sunday and stay with us for the reception that follows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diane Pataki&#8217;s talk is titled <strong><em>Science at a crossroads: Ecological science during times of environmental crisis<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Program:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bd-event-promo.pdf\">View the full agenda for presentation abstracts and discussion details.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bridging the Gap Between Ecology and Business<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Framework for Ecosystem Services Within Corporate Sustainability<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aligning Biodiversity Measurements With Ecosystem Services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assessing the Impact of Survey Disruptions on Long-term Monitoring for Trend Detection<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How Permitting Data Byproducts Can Power Predictive Ecological Models<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Navigating NEPA Changes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Broader Take on Effluent Management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Compensatory Mitigation and Aquatic Resource Restoration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Functional\/Conditional Rapid Assessments for Restoration Planning &amp; Monitoring<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Preserving and Building Soil Health to Meet Regulatory Requirements and Corporate Environmental Goals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Practitioner Insights Into Relationship-based Tribal Affairs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cost:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Attendance at the workshop is free for all invited participants regardless of ESA membership status.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eservices.esa.org\/Event.aspx?EventKey=EES2026\"><strong>Register here<\/strong><\/a> | Registrants are additionally welcome to join us for the full week of #ESA2026 at the same rate as an ESA member<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contact <a href=\"mailto:astoler@exponent.com\">Aaron Stoler<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:crottler@west-inc.com\">Cait Rottler<\/a> with questions and additional details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hotel availability<\/strong>: ESA has hotel blocks at the Salt Lake Marriott Downtown at City Creek ($249 King or $269 Queen\/Queen) and the Hilton Salt Lake City Center ($225 single\/double).&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/book.passkey.com\/event\/51222458\/owner\/1418\/home\">Click here<\/a>&nbsp;to make your reservations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leveraging ecological science, data, and partnerships to achieve sustainability goals 1st Annual Workshop | Free to Attend | July 25-26, 2026 Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT What:&nbsp;The Ecological Society of America (ESA) is hosting a two-day workshop for businesses seeking to drive innovation, meet sustainability goals, and mitigate risk through sound ecological [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3029,"parent":300,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3028","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3028"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3083,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3028\/revisions\/3083"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}