ESA communications works with members of the press worldwide to inform the public about recent advances in ecological science.
Press Releases
Zeal to ensure clean leafy greens takes bite out of riverside habitat in California
Perceived food safety risk from wildlife drives expensive and unnecessary habitat destruction around farm fields. Meticulous attention to food safety is a good thing. As consumers, we like to hear that produce growers and distributers go above and beyond food safety mandates to ensure that healthy fresh fruits and vegetables do not carry bacteria or viruses that can make us sick. But in California’s Salinas Valley, some more vigorous interventions are cutting into the last corners of wildlife habitat and potentially threatening water quality, without evidence of food safety benefits. Read More »Older Entries » Press Release Archive
ESA Podcasts and Blog
Resources for Journalists
We’re here to help you:
- locate experts in the ecological sciences
- get in touch with a source
- find meeting information
- access ESA’s scientific journals
- subscribe to ESA press releases
Please contact ESA Communications Officer Liza Lester, llester@esa.org; 202-833-8773 x211, or Director of Public Affairs Nadine Lymn, nadine@esa.org 202-833-8773 x205.
ESA’s 2013 Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, Minn. August 4 – 9
Agriculture, Big Data, and Traditional Knowledge headline the Ecological Society of America’s 98th annual meeting. ESA invites press and institutional public information officers to attend. To register, please contact ESA Communications Officer Liza Lester at llester@esa.org.
We waive registration fees for reporters with a recognized press card and for current members of the National Association of Science Writers, the Canadian Science Writers Association, the International Science Writers Association and the Society of Environmental Journalists.
We waive registration fees for press officers. If you cannot attend but would like to promote presenters from your institution, we are happy to distribute your press releases in the meeting Press Room. Press officers may request copies of all abstracts related to their institution. Contact Liza Lester.
We do not waive registration fees for editors of peer-reviewed journals, ad sales representatives, publishers, program officers or marketing professionals.
Meeting abstracts are not embargoed.
Communications Training
ESA provides periodic and invitation-based communications training workshops for scientists. Ecologists learn how to describe their research directly and succinctly and to respond to tough questions from the press.