ESA Policy

White House @OMBPress is seeking nominations of experts to participate in peer review of a key document: Guidance for Assessing Changes in Environmental and Ecosystem Services in Benefit-Cost Analysis. Nominate an expert before June 15: federalregister.gov/documents/2023… @WHOSTP @htallis

In this week's Policy News - Supreme Court shrink's Clean Water Act's reach. - Join ESA & @ESAL_us for a workshop on local policy & community engagement. - Spending bill includes slight increases for agricultural research. Read more: esa.org/esablog/2023/0…

Input opportunity: @USGS is seeking nominations and expressions of interest in serving on the Biodiversity and Climate Change Assessment Guidance Committee, an assessment of the linkages between biodiversity and climate change. More info: federalregister.gov/documents/2023…

In this week's Policy News: - Apply for a badge to attend #COP28 as an observer via ESA - @USGS is seeking comment on draft prospectus for biodiversity & climate assessment. - Science advisors to @chesbayprogram question recovery strategy. Read more: esa.org/esablog/2023/0…

Ahhh!! I’m on the front page of the @csuf news!!! They cover my @ESA_org graduate policy award and how I use my thesis work to be an advocate for historically-excluded communities in the conservation field 🌊🦪🌱 Read more about it here: news.fullerton.edu/2023/05/biolog… 🤩

In this week's Policy News: - #GSPA2023 cohort visits Capitol Hill - Join us & @ESAL_us for a webinar - Protecting Waterways for Healthy Communities & Ecosystems - President Biden signs environmental justice executive order. Read more: esa.org/esablog/2023/0…

SW CASC NRWD Fellow, Elijah Catalan, was selected for an @ESA_org Graduate Student Policy Award! Congratulations, Elijah! 🎉🎉 swcasc.arizona.edu/news/sw-casc-n…

In this week's Policy News: - Join us & @ESAL_us for a webinar - Protecting Waterways for Healthy Communities & Ecosystems -President Biden vetoes congressional effort to nullify Clean Water Act rule. -@IPBES issues call for Indigenous & local knowledge. esa.org/esablog/2023/0…

In this week's Policy News: - ESA responds to the National Nature Assessment Request for Information. - Senate votes to nullify Clean Water Act rule, Biden is expected to veto the measure. - JASON releases research security report. Read more: esa.org/esablog/2023/0…

Congrats to Elijah Catalan, a @UCLA IoES Ph.D. student who was recently selected for a 2023 Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award, which is sponsored by the @ESA_org ioes.ucla.edu/news/elijah-ca…

In this week's Policy News: - President's Budget Request includes increases for science programs. - ESA selects 2023 Graduate Student Policy Award recipients. - Comment period for the Natural Nature Assessment closes 3/31. Read more: esa.org/esablog/2023/0…

girl in the bucket hat is goin to DC! thank you @ESA_org - excited to meet everyone there!!

Celebrating with Scott Carpenter, PhD student at #YSE, who is one of 15 recipients of the @ESA_org's 2023 Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award for #SciencePolicy training and the opportunity to meet with congressional policymakers. esa.org/blog/2023/03/1…

Thank you so much for the opportunity!

ESA is pleased to announce the 2023 Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award recipients!🎉🎉 Participants will travel to D.C. to receive science policy + comms training, then meet w/ policymakers on Capitol Hill Congrats to our 2023 cohort! esa.org/blog/2023/03/1…

President Biden's FY2024 budget request includes $11.3 billion for @NSF, an 18.6% increase, an almost $300 million increase for ag research and a 19% increase for @EPA. Read more: esa.org/esablog/2023/0…

In this week's Policy News: - Comment period for the National Nature Assessment RFI closes 3/31. - House committee votes to nullify Clean Water Act rule. - @WHOSTP to hold listening sessions to inform the 2023-2028 Federal STEM Strategic Plan. Read more: esa.org/esablog/2023/0…

New ESA journal collection spotlights Black scholarship in ecology esa.org/blog/2023/02/0…

Wonder what it’s like to be a grad student traveling to the UN climate meetings? Or wonder about the important ways that grad students help all of us address climate change? @MorganLeeRogers shares an interesting perspective. esa.org/esablog/2023/0…

In this week's Policy News: - @housescience, @NatResources and other committees name members, leadership. - Biden admin reinstates protections for @TongassNF. - @theNASEM releases provisional committee for continental scale biology report. Read more: esa.org/esablog/2023/0…