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ESA Position Statements

Two-four page statements of the Society’s position on critical national or international issues; provide ecology-based policy recommendations. Reviewed by ESA’s Public Affairs Committee and approved by ESA’s Governing Board.

Multiorganization Letter to Congress to create the Department of Energy (DOE) Foundation for Energy Security and Innovation (https://ecologicalsocietyofamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/03_14_2023-ESC-FY-2024-Office-of-Science-Statement.pdf) 

ESA POSITION Statement: Ecosystem Management in a Changing Climate (https://ecologicalsocietyofamerica.org/blog/2010/03/13/esa-position-statement-ecosystem-management-in-a-changing-climate/

ESA POSITION Statement: Ecological Impacts of Economic Activities (https://ecologicalsocietyofamerica.org/blog/2009/03/13/5436/)

ESA POSITION STATEMENT: Biofuel Sustainability (https://ecologicalsocietyofamerica.org/blog/2008/03/13/biofuel-sustainability/)

ESA POSITION STATEMENT: Ecological Society of America Statement on No Child Left Indoors (https://ecologicalsocietyofamerica.org/blog/2007/03/13/esa-position-statement-ecological-society-of-america-statement-on-no-child-left-indoors/)

ESA POSITION STATEMENT: Position Statement on Scientific Peer Review (https://ecologicalsocietyofamerica.org/blog/2004/03/13/esa-position-statement-position-statement-on-scientific-peer-review/)

ESA POSITION STATEMENT: Forest Fire Management (https://ecologicalsocietyofamerica.org/blog/2003/03/13/esa-position-statement-forest-fire-management/)

ESA POSITION STATEMENT: The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (https://ecologicalsocietyofamerica.org/blog/2002/03/13/esa-position-statement-the-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge/)

ESA POSITION STATEMENT: Evolution (https://ecologicalsocietyofamerica.org/blog/1999/03/13/esa-position-statement-evolution/)

ESA POSITION STATEMENT: Endorsement of AAAS Evolution Statement (https://ecologicalsocietyofamerica.org/blog/1999/02/13/esa-position-statement-endorsement-of-aaas-evolution-statement/)

ESA POSITION STATEMENT: What Is Science? (https://ecologicalsocietyofamerica.org/blog/1999/01/13/esa-position-statement-what-is-science/)