Case-by-case responses by the Society’s President on current issues relevant to ecological science or to the ecological community.
- NECIS White House Letter on Invasive Constrictors (March 22, 2013)
- Letter to White House requesting Climate Summit (February 8, 2013)
- AAAS Organizational Sequestration Letter (December 7, 2012)
- ESA Budget Sequestration Letter (November 27, 2012)
- Biofuel feedstock letter to OMB on Arundo donax (October 4, 2012)
- Cross-Community Letter Supporting Non-Defense Discretionary Programs (July 12, 2012)
- Senate Letter Supporting FY 2013 NSF Funding (June 13, 2012)
- Society Letter on ELA (June 13, 2012)
- House Intersociety Letter on Travel Restrictions (May 21, 2012 )
- Letter Supporting Food & Agricultural Research, Education and Economics Funding (March 18, 2012)
- EPA Environmental Education Letter (March 16)
- NOAA Education Programs Letter (March 16)
- Senate Letter Opposing Federal Research Public Access Act (March 5, 2012)
- Scientific Societies Oppose GRANT Act (February 13, 2012)
- STEM Ed Coalition letter on ESEA (February 10, 2012)
- Research Works Act Letter to IssaMaloney (February 1, 2012)
- ESA Letter to President Obama on Keystone decision (January 23, 2012)
- ESA on NSB digital data sharing report (January 18, 2012)
- ESA Letter on Public Access to Digital Data (January 12, 2012)
- ESA Letter on Public Access to Publications (December 20, 2011)
- ESA NSF BIO Proposal Processing Changes Letter (August 24, 2011)
- SCB, ESA, TWS letter on environmental riders (July 22, 2011)
- ESA NSF Merit Review Criteria Letter (July 12, 2011)
- Scientific Societies Letter Supporting NSF-SBE (July 11, 2011)
- Letter opposing legislative efforts to remove ESA protections for dunes sagebrush lizard and lesser prairie chicken (June 9, 2011)
- Proposed Mineral Exploration Withdrawal near Grand Canyon National Park (April 27, 2011)
- Letter to Hill Leaders re HR 1 (February 25, 2011)
- International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources (September 27, 2010)
- Independent scientific research assessments of the Gulf (September 15, 2010)
- Living and Non-living Natural Science Collections: Irreplaceable International Resources (September 2010)
- Water Principles Letter (March 29, 2010)
- SCB and ESA letter on Notice of Intent for Forest Management (February 12, 2010)
- OSTP on Public Access Policy (January 21, 2010)
- ESA National Oceans Policy Public Comment (October 16, 2009)
- Scientific Organizations Reaffirm Consensus on Climate Change (October 2009)
- ESA Science Collections Letter (August 2009)
- ESA Joint letter on Tropical Forests and Climate Change (Sept 2009)
- Thank you Letter to the Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Jan 2009)
- Letter to the Obama administration (Jan 2009)
- Endangered Species Act Regulation Changes Regarding Scientific Review Process (Sept 2008)
- 2008 ESA Letter on Endangered Species Act Regulation Changes Regarding Scientific Review Process
- 2008 ESA Letter on Save America's Forests
- Letter to Congressional Leadership re NSF budget (2007)
- Letter on Ocean Research and Competitiveness from Science Societies (2006)
- BESC Letter on NSF Appropriations (2006)
- ESA Letter on Competitiveness (2006)
- ESA/AIBS Letter on NSF Appropriations (2006)
- BESC Letter on American Competitiveness Initiative (2006)
- Letter: Comments on EPA proposed rule on stream mitigation (2006)
- Letter to Sen. DeWine: Great Lakes Collaboration Implementation Act (2006)
An identical letter was sent to Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) who co-introduced the bill. - Letter to Rep. Ehlers: Great Lakes Collaboration Implementation Act (2006)
An identical letter was sent to Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) who co-introduced the bill. - 2006 Amicus Brief of Scientific Societies in Carabell v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (contact PAO for copy)
- 2005 Comments on NMFS Columbia River Basin Salmon Draft Biological Opinion
- 2005 Comments on Forest Service NFMA Planning Rule
- 2005 ESA Testimony for DOE FY 2006 Budget
- 2005 ESA Testimony for NOAA, NASA, and NSF FY 2006 Budgets
- 2005 ESA Testimony for EPA, USFS, and USGS FY 2006 Budgets
- 2004 ESA Letter on Utah Disclaimer of Interest and Roadless Areas
- 2004 Comments on Proposed Changes to Roadless Rule (Oct. 20)
- 2004 EPA Testimony for EPA Fiscal Year 2005 Budget
- 2004 Testimony for NOAA 2005 Budget
- 2004 Testimony for Fiscal Year 2005 for the U.S. Geological Survey
- 2004 Testimony on the National Science Foundation
- 2004 Comments on NMFS Proposed Policy for Hatchery Raised Salmon
- 2003 ESA Comments on Proposed Clean Water Act Regulations
- The Ecological Society of America Comments on H.R. 1662, the “Sound Science for Endangered species Act Planning Act” (2003)
- 2003 ESA Letter on Endangered Species Act Regulation Changes Regarding Foreign Endangered Species
- 2003 NFMA Planning Rule Comments
- 2003 ESA Letter on RS 2477 – Roadless Areas Rulemaking
- 2003 ESA Letter on Proposed DOD Environmental Laws Exemptions
- 2003 National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)
- 2002 Infrastructure Report
- 2002 National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)
- 2001 ESA letter on USGS & Freshwater Resources
- 2000 ESA Letter on USDA NRI Competitive Grants Program