[toggles title=”In This Issue”] [/toggle] [toggle title=”HOUSE: ESA JOINS OTHER SOCIETIES IN DEFENDING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH“] ESA and six other leading science societies sent a letter to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) concerning his ongoing inquiries into the climate-change research of Thomas Karl and colleagues at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). At…
Monica Turner, the Eugene P. Odum Professor of Ecology and a Vilas Research Professor in the Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison became President of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) on August 14, 2015.
[toggles title=”In This Issue”] [/toggle] [toggle title=”BUDGET: ESA JOINS ORGANIZATIONAL LETTER REQUESTING SEQUESTRATION RELIEF“] The Ecological Society of America was among 2,500 national, state and local organizations that signed a letter to Members of Congress requesting that they work to replace sequestration with a more balanced approach to deficit reduction. The letter comes as Congress debates how to continue funding…
[toggles title=”In This Issue”] [/toggle] [toggle title=”CLIMATE CHANGE: IPCC REAFFIRMS NEED FOR MITIGATION, ADAPTATION MEASURES”] The Nobel Prize-winning United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released two new reports in late March and early April that reaffirm climate change is currently affecting natural ecosystems and human well-being around the world. The March 31 report from “Working Group II: Impacts,…
[toggles title=”In this Issue”] [toggle title=’APPROPRIATIONS: CONGRESS PASSES FY 2014 SPENDING BILL’] This week, Congress passed a $1.012 trillion omnibus spending measure to fund the government for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2014, which ends Sept. 30. Overall, the bill alleviates the effects of sequestration for some federal programs while placing limits on certain regulatory efforts through federal riders. The…
“Research: Female tiger sharks migrate to Hawaii in late summer, fall.” KITV News 5 Sep 2013.
[toggles title=”In This Issue”] [toggle title=”BUDGET: AGENCIES IMPLEMENT SEQUESTRATION AS POLICYMAKERS WRESTLE WITH DEBT”] Congress’ failure to address budget sequestration by coming up with $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction has federal agencies trimming investment priorities and beginning (reportedly in some cases already implementing) employee furloughs as budget sequestration went into effect March 1. As enacted by the Budget Control Act…
Check out our past annual meetings. There are links to the archived program and the year’s meeting website.
2025 – Baltimore “Ecology is Everywhere”
2024 – Long Beach “Supporting Ecologist Careers”
2023 – Portland “ESA for All Ecologists”
2022 – Montreal “A Change is Going to Come”
2021 – Long Beach “Vital Connections in Ecology”
Learn about past workshops and conferences from the Ecological Society of America
Jigsaw – A technique for Student-Active LearningPublished by the ESA Office of Education and Diversity Programs November 2012 Vol. 2 Issue 8 Photo Credit from EcoEdDL: A herd of alpine ibex (Capra ibex) struggling to move through deep snow by Luciano Ramires What’s New in EcoEdDL Melting Glaciers on Mt. Kilimanjaro by Patricia Hackbarth These images could be used…
[toggles title=”In This Issue”] [toggle title=”EDUCATION: SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMAN REQUESTS GAO REVIEW OF REGULATORY IMPEDIMENTS TO UNIVERSITY RESEARCH”] On Oct. 3, House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Research and Science Education Chairman Mo Brooks (R-AL) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting a review of regulatory actions that may hinder research at the nation’s universities. The letter…
Jigsaw – A technique for Student-Active Learning Published by the ESA Office of Education and Diversity Programs September 2012 Vol. 2 Issue 6 Photo Credit from EcoEdDL: The Cadillac and Dorr Mountains as viewed from the summit of Gorham Ridge, Acadia National Park, Maine by Amanda Elliot Special Feature: Pollution What’s New in EcoEdDL There have been several new…
[toggles title=”In This Issue”] [toggle title=”APPROPRIATIONS: CONGRESS AVOIDS FALL SHUTDOWN, SEQUESTRATION CUTS STILL LOOM”] On July 31, congressional leaders announced an agreement on federal appropriations funding that would avoid a government shutdown when current funding runs out at the end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 on Sept. 30. The deal has the benefit of punting a contentious debate over federal…
[toggles title=”In This Issue”] [toggle title=”WILDFIRES: FEDERAL MANAGEMENT EFFORTS CONTINUE”] A number of federal agencies, including the US Forest Service (FS), the Department of Interior (DOI), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Department of Defense, are continuing to support community recovery efforts from wildfires in Colorado and across the western US. As of this week, there are 40…
[toggles title=”In This Issue”] [toggle title=”WHITE HOUSE: FY 2013 BUDGET PRIORITIZES INNOVATION AMIDST FISCAL AUSTERITY”] On Feb. 13, President Obama released his budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2013, which begins Oct. 1, 2012. While the $3.8 trillion budget continues the president’s focus on fiscal discipline with significant cuts to environmental initiatives, it also contains a wish list of proposed boosts…
[toggles title=”In This Issue”] [toggle title=”INTERIOR: GRAND CANYON HARDROCK MINING PROHIBITION ENACTED”] On Jan. 9, the Department of Interior (DOI) announced its decision to ban new hardrock mining claims on more than one million acres around Grand Canyon National Park for the next 20 years. The order was signed by Sec. of Interior Ken Salazar. The withdrawn area includes 355,874…
[toggles title=”In This Issue”] [toggle title=”AIR POLLUTION: OBAMA ADMINISTRATION POSTPONES OZONE STANDARDS”] On Sept. 2, the White House requested the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) postpone plans to strengthen the George W. Bush administration’s 2008 ozone standard. In a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator Cass Sunstein cites a need to “minimize…
[toggles title=”In This Issue”] [toggle title=”NATIONAL DEBT: CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS NAME DEFICIT COMMITTEE MEMBERS”] In accordance with the Aug. 16 deadline, Congressional leaders have announced their appointments for the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, commonly known as the debt “supercommittee.” The joint committee was established under the recently enacted Budget Control Act (P.L. 112-25). Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-NV)…
[toggles title=”In This Issue”] [toggle title=”APPROPRIATIONS: CONGRESS PASSES COMPROMISE FY2011 FUNDING MEASURE”] After months of short-term continuing resolutions and a near government shutdown, a deal was reached to fund the federal government for the remainder of Fiscal Year (FY) 2011. On April 15, the president signed (P.L. 112-10), which funds the government for the remainder of the fiscal year, ending…
[toggles title=”In This Issue”] [toggle title=”HOUSE: NOAA CLARIFIES SPILL ESTIMATES DURING COMMITTEE HEARING”] Roughly three-quarters of the oil that spilled into the Gulf of Mexico from BP’s ruptured well is still in the environment, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) official reported during an August recess convening of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Environment on…