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Tracking wild pigs in real time and understanding their interaction with agro-ecosystems

A new study in Ecological Applications investigates how the success of a wild pig invasion may be dependent on how they use their surrounding food resources

Planes and vehicles are main culprits of masking iconic natural sounds in peaceful national parks

Nearly 47,000 hours of audio recording reveals vehicles, air craft are primary sources of human-caused noise in U.S. national parks

Figure 3a Judith Gap Wind Energy Center in Montana Credit Invenergy LLC NREL 14369 - New Report Deepens Understanding of Wind-Wildlife Interactions

New Report Deepens Understanding of Wind-Wildlife Interactions

ESA announces the publication of a new report, “Impacts to Wildlife of Wind Energy Siting and Operation in the United States,” in ESA’s Issues in Ecology publication.

Discovering longfin smelt in new habitats raises questions about long-term surveys

Longfin smelt use a greater diversity of spawning areas than previously known, complicating current methods of population assessments and projections for the highly endangered fish.

Osvaldo Sala begins tenure as President of the Ecological Society of America for 2019–2020 term

Osvaldo Sala became President of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) August 16 during the Society’s annual meeting in Louisville, KY. Sala is the first Hispanic person to serve in this role in the organization’s over-100-year history.

Louisville Grows receives environmental offsets from the Ecological Society of America

The Ecological Society of America (ESA) will donate over $13,800 to Louisville Grows to offset the environmental costs of the society’s 104th Annual Meeting.

Inaugural National Biodiversity Championship kicks off in Louisville, Kentucky

The first National Biodiversity Championship will be conducted this year in Louisville, Kentucky, August 11 – August 14, concurrent with the 2019 Annual Meeting for the Ecological Society of America.

Congressman John Yarmuth Selected as 2019 ESA Regional Policy Award Winner

ESA will present its 12th annual Regional Policy Award to Representative John Yarmuth, who represents Kentucky’s third congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives, during the Society’s Annual Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky.

Restoring forests means less fuel for wildfire and more storage for carbon

When wildfires burn up forests, they don’t just damage the trees. They destroy a key part of the global carbon cycle. Restoring those trees as quickly as possible could tip the scale in favor of mitigating severe climate change.

Solar panels cast shade on agriculture in a good way

Combining solar panel (photovoltaic) infrastructure and agriculture can create a mutually beneficial relationship. This practice of co-locating the two by planting crops under the shade of solar panels is called agrivoltaics.