Restoration Section Update 4/11/2019

Posted by on April 11, 2019

 The 2019 ESA-USSEE Joint Meeting is just 4 months away! 

Once again, your Ecological Restoration Section will sponsor a business meeting and mixer. There will be an organized oral session as well as contributed oral and poster sessions on restoration topics. We’ll have details on times and dates later, but we wanted to let you know right away about our programs to encourage up-and-coming restoration ecologists. 

Mentorship Program 

  • • We will be running our annual mentorship program at ESA 2019 in Louisville! 
  • • The goal is to connect later-career restoration researchers (professors, professionals) with students (undergrad, grad, post-doc), so that students can ask about career choice, restoration research, and professional development. 
  • • Mentors and mentees are paired based on their interests, and then arrange a time to meet in person at the annual meeting. Attendance at ESA 2019 is required to participate. The deadline to sign up is July 15, 2019 
  • • To sign up as a mentor, fill out this form: https://goo.gl/forms/yHwyLtTcVsXk2tb82 
  • • To sign up as a mentee, fill out this form: https://goo.gl/forms/ClN1dQWCtKavxMtB2 
  • • Email Julea at jashaw@nullucdavis.edu with any questions 

Student Poster Contest 

  • • We will have our third annual student poster contest at ESA 2019 in Louisville! 
  • • Posters will be judged based on poster design and presentation and relevance to the conceptual and applied aspects of restoration ecology 
  • • Any student with a poster relevant to restoration ecology is welcome to enter, and membership in the section is not required 
  • • Cash prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place 
  • • To enter the contest, please complete this form by July 15: https://goo.gl/forms/LdbHvYmwqTnDsr6J2 
  • • Email jashaw@nullucdavis.edu with any questions 

Early Career Publication Award 

What: Any paper published or in press between August 2018 and July 2019 that focuses on ecological restoration 

Who: Any member of the Ecological Restoration Section that is either (1) within 7 years of receiving a bachelor’s degree or (2) is within 5 years of receiving a PhD When: Submit your nomination for the publication award to Elise Gornish (egornish@nullemail.arizona.edu) before July 10 2019 for consideration. Winners will be notified by August 1 2019. 

Where: Award winners will receive a certificate plus a cash prize at the section mixer at the ESA annual meeting. Award winners do not have to attend the ESA annual meeting to receive a prize. 

In the nomination email, please include the following information: 

1. Name of nominee, institution and title 

2. Confirmation that nominee is a current Ecological Restoration Section member 

3. Full paper citation 

4. Description of why the paper merits an award (max 250 words) 

Attach the paper to the email 

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