2018 ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10)

INS 5-4 - Engaging and applying: Finding opportunities for members in the ecology-policy nexus

Tuesday, August 7, 2018
243, New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
Charlotte Levy, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY and Sarah Anderson, US Forest Service, Presidential Management Fellow, DC
How do ecological science and policy decision-making intersect? ESA’s Policy Section explores the breadth of the ecology and policy interface, engaging with policy-making, unique professional development opportunities, and like-minded folks who want to influence policy however they define it. Whether you are interested in learning how policy is made, influencing policy, or working at the interface between ecology and policy, the Policy Section hopes to serve you.