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Public Affairs Staff

Public Affairs staff manages the Society’s public policy and media initiatives. Working closely with its elected leadership, we facilitate opportunities for members to engage beyond the scientific community through media contacts, press releases, social media, briefings, and one-on-one meetings with policymakers. We provide media and policy training to our members, in addition to bimonthly updates on national policy developments relevant to this ecological community.

**Alison Mize** Director of Public Affairs
gro.asenull@nosila
202.833.8773, ext. 205

Zoe Gentes portrait image — **Zoe Gentes** Public Information Manager
gro.asenull@setnegz
202.833.8773, ext. 211

Nicole Zimmerman portrait image — **Nicole Zimmerman** Public Affairs Manager gro.asenull@elocin
202.833.8773, ext. 224

Public Affairs Committee

Frank Davis, Vice President for Public Affairs (2015-2017) Phone: (805) 893-3438 ude.bscu.nerbnull@dwf

Bruce Byers, Bruce Byers Consulting (2017-2020)

Laura Petes, NOAA Office for Coastal Management (2018-2020)

Tim Male, Environmental Policy Innovation Center (2017-2020)

Ann Bartuska, Resources for the Future (2019-2022)

Astrid Caldas, Union of Concerned Scientists (2017-2020)

Kabryn Mattison, Student Representative (2019-2020)

Journals and Publications

Laboratory experiments are a common tool used in ecology to understand complex species interactions. In the April 2020 issue of Ecology, Sauer et al. use a meta-analysis of 58 laboratory studies that exposed amphibians to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, the devastating fungal pathogen which is associated with hundreds of amphibian declines worldwide over the past 40 years. Sauer et al. show that thermal mismatches, pathogen dose, host life stage, and amphibian taxonomy broadly influence amphibian susceptibility to this fungus.

Ecology

News

There’s too much nitrogen and phosphorus in U.S. waterways

By Florida International University 3/31/2020 Even minor amounts of human activity can increase nutrient concentrations in fresh waters that can damage the environment, according to a new study. These findings suggest most U.S. streams and rivers have higher levels of nitrogen and phosphorus than is recommended. Although nutrients are a natural part of aquatic ecosystems like streams and rivers, too…

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Bargain-hunting for biodiversity: New tool pinpoints conservation targets

By National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis 3/16/2020 Conserving natural habitat around strawberry fields can help protect growers’ yields, their bottom line and the environment with no detectable threat to food safety, indicates a study led by the University of California, Davis. KNOXVILLE—The best bargains for conserving some of the world’s most vulnerable salamanders and other vertebrate species can…

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Method developed to protect threatened eelgrass meadows

By University of Gothenberg 3/13/2020 Researchers have used a new method to identify which eelgrass meadows on the Swedish coasts are particularly vulnerable or valuable and which meadows should be restored in the future. Eelgrass (Zostera marina) is a marine flowering plant that provides a habitat for a wide range of marine plants and animals, including several commercial fish, such as…

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