I’m an ESA member.  How do I get involved? 
ESA’s Public Affairs Office serves as a vital communication link between federal policymakers and the ecological community.   The Society encourages its members to take advantage of its public affairs services for members:

• Students -- Apply for ESA’s Graduate Student Policy Award
• Contact PAO to set up Hill meetings with your congressional delegation to convey your research or issues of concern
• Subscribe to ESA’s bi-weekly Policy News which provide short, relevant environmental and science policy updates to subscribers
• Register for ESA’s interactive policy and communications workshops at annual meetings
• Action Alerts notify ecological scientists about key opportunities to provide comments on pending legislation or proposed regulatory changes
• Submit your favorite ecological metaphor, analogy, maxim, anecdote, or simile (MAMAS) to our database (contact PAO staff)
• Brush up on the federal budget process, and tips for communicating with Members of Congress
• Have you been in the news?  Gain greater exposure by sending a link to your story to ESA’s site
• PAO assists ESA members who wish to write letters to Congress or opinion editorials to news outlets