The upcoming Sacramento meeting of the Society August 10-15 features the following sessions organized by HRC’s Program Subcommittee. Download a printable program list. Join us for historical perspectives in these topics: SS 2 Ecological Concepts: Of What Value, and for Whom? Bill Reiners and Jeff Lockwood will lead discussion of important “concepts,” participants fill out a survey, and the results…
Timelines for ESA presidents are divided into two groups. The first covers presidents in office from 1916-1967. The second covers 1968-2015. Early Past Presidents Timeline The Early Past Presidents timeline covers presidents in office from 1915 to 1967. Because they are all deceased, the entries here were developed by Dennis H. Knight, Arthur W. Cooper, and others on the Historical…
These photos from the last few years record some of HRC’s activities at our information booth in the conference halls.
[page in progress; more photos and captions to come] For more photos of ESA Past Presidents, as well as an outline of their contributions, please see Early Past Presidents timeline or Living Past Presidents timeline.
Here are a few selections from our historic photo collection. Many of these were collected by Robert Burgess as part of his research into ESA’s history. We’ll be adding more here, and also creating new galleries as this site develops. Please let us know if you have historic or recent photos to share.
Rep. Ben Blackburn wrote to ESA President Ed Deevey in 1970 in connection with upcoming hearings on wildlife conservation. His letter reveals that he only recently became aware of ESA and its interests. (Stanley Auerbach papers). I have written two articles regarding the need to preserve streams in the United States from the adverse effects of stream channelization as carried…
Anyhow, whether this is consolation or not, your work will be very helpful to the readers of ECOLOGY, and is greatly appreciated. If the question of how severely to criticize bothers you too much, you always have the alternative of taking up the worst faults with the authors… Barrington Moore, Editor-in-Chief of Ecology, responds to A. G. Vestal’s difficulty in…
It seems that the financial situation in Texas is worse than elsewhere. The president of the University was informed that he might consider himself lucky if he were able to open the University’s doors next year. Of course, that means that we can expect about a 40% cut in appropriations… Letters from Cornelius H. Mueller to A. G. Vestal describe…