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ESA's Fourth Decade: the Post‐War Years

conveying ecological information and resources to the media and to Congress; working with the broad scientific community to foster support for science; publicizing the Society's activities and resources; and providing policy and media opportunities and training for ESA members. Increased emphasis was placed on offering policy experiences to student members through the ESA Graduate Student Policy Award and other activities. 4) One-on-one meetings with targeted congressional and agency staff figured prominently this year. In-depth discussions included invasive species management, biofuels, and funding for ecological science and education. 5) ESA sponsored three congressional briefings: House- and Senate-side on cellulosic biofuels, House- and Senate-side on postwildfire management, and House-side on climate change and ecosystem responses. 6) Public Affairs staff, working closely with Rapid Response Team experts, developed a position statement on the sustainability of biofuels, released in January 2008, which received attention internationally, within the membership, in the media, and with industry. 7) In January, Public Affairs staff initiated two podcasts: Field Talk, linked to ESA press releases on papers published in Ecological Applications and Ecology, and An Ecologist Goes to Washington, consisting of interviews with members who have had D.C. policy experiences. 8) The Office assisted members of the media on a weekly basis, referring them to ESA member experts and resources on issues ranging from biofuels to wildfires. The Society produced and released a position statement on biofuels in January 2008 which generated much interest, both on the part of the ESA membership (as evidenced on ecology-L postings and ESA member blogs) as well as with communities outside the Society, such as the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, and International Paper. The Chronicle of Higher Education interviewed ESA Board Member Bill Parton and wrote a news blog about the statement 〈http://chronicle.com/news/article/3746/ecological-society-urges-research-on-biofuels-downsides〉. Public Affairs Office staff arranged nearly a dozen meetings with congressional committees and agencies to inform policy with ESA's invasive species management recommendations. Rapid Response Team members David Lodge and Dick Mack (co-authors of the paper) participated in the meetings, which included discussions with the Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Plant Protection Quarantine, ecosystem team leaders at the Department of Transportation, the Assistant Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Fisheries and Habitat Conservation, and staff with the House Subcommittee on Fish, Wildlife, and Oceans, among many other Member offices and congressional committee staff. Working with ESA's President Norm Christensen and President-Elect Sunny Power, staff developed and distributed ESA letters throughout the year that addressed a wide range of issues including the No Child Left Indoors Act, environmental monitoring legislation, and expanded language to include plants in the Global Warming Wildlife Survival Act. ESA sponsored or co-sponsored three briefings this year: The Sustainability of Cellulosic Biofuels On 11 June, ESA sponsored House and Senate briefings on cellulosic biofuels. Three scientists discussed the ecological and economic considerations surrounding the use of cellulosic sources for producing biofuels: Phil Robertson, a biogeochemist of the Kellogg Biological Station at Michigan State University, Doug Landis, an entomologist from Michigan State University, and Madhu Khanna, an agricultural economist at the University of Illinois. Over 115 congressional and federal agency staff attended the briefings and the Office of Senator Bingaman (D-NM, Chair of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee) has followed up with a request for additional interaction with ESA and its member experts to prepare for a fall hearing on the issue. After the Fire: Approaches to Revitalizing Ecosystem Resources On 9 July 2008, ESA co-sponsored congressional briefings on post-wildfire management. Three prominent scientists, a forest ecologist, forest soil scientist, and resource economist, presented at House and Senate briefings to address what we know about managing these lands after the fires have burned. Speakers included ESA President Norman Christensen, a forest ecologist at Duke University; Dan Neary, a soil scientist at the U.S. Forest Service's Rocky Mountain Research Station; and Stephen Swallow, a resource economist at the University of Rhode Island. With wildfires burning in the West, the timely briefings attracted a good audience with many questions for the speakers. Climate Change and Wildlife and Ecosystem Responses On 30 November 2007, ESA co-hosted a U.S. Geological Survey briefing on the Hill on climate change and wildlife and ecosystem responses. The briefing featured senior-level speakers from the Department of Interior who discussed the challenges of managing the nation's natural resources in the face of climate change. ESA again helped organize Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 Congressional Visits Days. In September 2007, the Society's public affairs staff helped organize the Coalition for National Science Funding's (CNSF) Hill visits to advocate for the National Science Foundation. Over 40 scientists, engineers, and educators participated and visited over 65 congressional offices in 11 states. ESA member Osvaldo Sala, from Brown University, participated on an interdisciplinary team of scientists who visited the Rhode Island delegation. Representatives Vernon Ehlers (RMI) and Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) spoke at the evening reception held for the participants. In April 2008, ESA co-organized the Congressional Visits Day event sponsored by the Biological Ecological Sciences Coalition (BESC) and the Coalition on Funding Agricultural Research Missions (CoFARM). ESA graduate students Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer (UC-Berkeley) and Matthew Trager (University of Florida) were two of the more than 30 biologists participating in a two-day event focused on federal support of the biological and agricultural sciences. Chaplin-Kramer and Trager both won ESA's Graduate Student Policy Award, a competitive award that gives ESA student members the opportunity to learn more about the federal appropriations process and to actively participate in a full day of team meetings with congressional delegations. The event also featured an afternoon of briefings from the agencies, a perspective from a longtime Capitol Hill staffer, and a reception honoring Representatives Baird (D-WA) and Bilbray (R-CA). ESA sponsored member and graduate student Robert Pringle (Stanford University) to participate in the annual Coalition for National Science Funding Exhibition and Reception on 25 June. Pringle joined scientists from 30 other scientific organizations and universities to showcase research sponsored by the National Science Foundation. About a dozen members of Congress attended the exhibition, as well as NSF Director Arden Bement, Deputy Director Kathie Olsen, Assistant Director of the Biological Sciences Directorate Jim Collins, and several hundred congressional staffers. Pringle spoke with Olsen, Collins, and congressional staff about his research on African savanna ecosystems. Pringle also met with his California delegation to emphasize the importance of NSF to science overall and to biological research in particular, including the Office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), as well as the offices of Sens. Boxer (D-CA) and Feinstein (DCA) and Rep. Eshoo (D-CA). The Public Affairs Office continued to track and report on the status of legislation, federal science appropriations, and environmental policy activities in the national and international arena through its bi-weekly Policy News. In April, ESA again teamed up with the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) to write a chapter for the annual publication of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, AAAS Report: Research and Development FY 2009. The ESA/AIBS chapter analyzed the nonmedical biological science elements of the Administration's proposed fiscal year 2009 budget, and this analysis was made available to ESA members via the web site. Press preparations for the 2008 Annual Meeting so far have included press releases highlighting symposia and oral sessions and working with university and agency public information officers to generate additional publicity for the meeting. The San Jose Meeting featured 30 registered media attendees, including Science, Nature, Earth and Sky Radio, Irish Times, and The New Scientist. Topics covered by the press included: global climate change, carbon banking, rain forests, kudzu, and coral reefs. Coverage of the meeting has appeared in newspapers, magazines, online, radio, and TV (San Francisco Chronicle, New Scientist, Daily News and Analysis (India), Earth and Sky, and TV stations that picked up an AP piece. PAO staff issued over 20 press releases highlighting Society journal articles, ESA's position statement on biofuels, and major awards that ESA received in honor of its SEEDS program. Media coverage was especially high for the following stories: photo-monitoring whale sharks (Ecological Applications paper); Antarctic Life hung by a Thread in Ice Ages (Ecology paper); and the consequences of feeding wild birds (FIEE paper). Staff continued to field—and direct to appropriate ESA member experts—a steady influx of reporter-initiated calls throughout the year. Inquiries and coverage came from a wide range of press including BBC World News, Fortune magazine, Nature, Science, The Baltimore Sun, The Washington Post, and The New York Times, just to name a few. Knowledge Partnerships: Continuing the Board's charge to explore a possible ESA Southeast Regional Knowledge Partnership pilot project, Public Affairs staff joined President Norm Christensen and Past-President Alan Covich in a symposium held at the Association of Southeastern Biologists in April of 2008. The symposium highlighted environmental challenges in the Southeast as well as an overview of ESA's Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) and how they could serve as a model for regional RRTs. The Office produced the Society's 11th Annual Report, distributed to the membership in February. In addition to providing an overview of Society activities for ESA members, the report is useful for meetings with potential funding sources and with others who are interested in the Society. Podcasting: ESA Field Talk podcasts featured interviews with authors of papers recently published in Ecology and Ecological Applications, Jason Holmberg (photo-monitoring whale sharks), Rob Pringle (elephants as ecosystem engineers), and Timothy Ragen (arctic marine mammals). The Ecologist Goes to Washington featured an interview with ESA President Norm Christensen, who offered his perspective on how ESA can navigate policy issues while remaining true to science. After five years with the Society, Communications Officer Annie Drinkard left ESA in December 2007 to take a position with the Kosher Science Museum. Science Policy Analyst Colleen Fahey left ESA in June 2008 to take a position with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The Office benefited from the energy and skills of three interns who worked with ESA during various segments of the year: Suzanne Ozment, Amalia Aruda, and David Caughran. Christine Buckley started as ESA's new Communications Officer in May 2008. Buckley holds a Ph.D degree in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and has work experience in science writing. Piper Corp has accepted the position of Science Policy Analyst (previously held by Colleen Fahey) and will start at ESA at the end of July. Corp holds an undergraduate degree in ecology and evolutionary biology from Cornell University and has experience ranging from field research to communications work in the private sector. The Public Affairs Office is currently staffed by: Nadine Lymn, Director of Public Affairs, Christine Buckley, Communications Officer; and David Caughran, Policy Intern.

AN American Institute of Biological Sciences has recently been established. The rapid advance of the biological sciences and their impact on human welfare have created new problems relating to the development and application of those sciences. During recent years many biologists have recognized that the biological sciences suffer from the lack of a service organisation, which would help the various biological societies to discharge more effectively those functions which are of common concern to them all, but which they cannot adequately exercise as individual societies. The new organisation is designed to fill this need as well as to serve the biological sciences in other ways. A governing board has now elected the officers and an executive committee. Recognizing the potential importance of this new undertaking for the advancement of the biological sciences, and through them for all biologists, the U.S. National Research Council has not only endorsed the programme, but has also agreed to make available the general services of the Council. As a part of the National Research Council, the Institute will also provide biologists with an agency through which they can maintain close relations with governmental activities and with other fields of science represented within the Council.

Information handling and science information: A selected bibliography, 1957–1961. By Paul C. Janaske, Editor, Biological Sciences Communication Project, The American Institute of Biological Sciences, in cooperation with The American University, Center of Technology and Administration, School of Government and Public Administration, Washington, D. C. 1962. unp. $2. American Institute of Biological Sciences, 2000 P St. N.W., Washington 6, D.C.

Journal Article AIBS and NABT: A Time for Cooperation Get access Jack L. Carter, Jr. Jack L. Carter, Jr. Department of Biology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar BioScience, Volume 30, Issue 4, April 1980, Pages 221–222, https://doi.org/10.2307/1307872 Published: 01 April 1980

If we examine the objectives of the American Institute of Biological Sciences and the National Association of Biology Teachers with only the slightest bit of objectivity, we see two organizations in which the mutual commitments far outweigh the differences. In several areas where emphases differ, the strength of one organization would offset the weakness of the other. It is not obvious to the membership and leaders of both AIBS and NABT that these two organizations need each other's support? Could joint planning and cooperative programs help both organizations to meet the needs of teachers and researchers in the biological sciences? Could both organizations in concert, and through the power of numbers, speak more effectively as one voice concerning the needs for private and public support for basic research in biology, and the national need for excellence in the teaching of the biological sciences? And would removing the duplication of effort, at a time when money is scarce, through the sharing of responsibilities make economic sense to members and potential members of both organizations? Cooperative efforts could strengthen the national conventions of both organizations. In areas of basic research in biology, the AIBS meetings are excellent because they make it possible for those who conduct -the research and those who teach the biological sciences to interact and become better informed. But over the years the AIBS meetings have not provided strong programs for teachrs of biology. Because of this general weakness in the total program of AIBS, the number of secondary and college teachers attending meetings has dwindled. At the same time, the NABT conventions have been especially designed for those who devote a major portion of their time to the teaching of the biological sciences and to demonstrating new methods of teaching biology. NABT conventions have suffered from a lack of participation by research scientists who are enthusiastic about reaching leachers to ensure that their data will be properly taught by well-informed teachers. Here we see just one example of how closer cooperation would strengthen both organizations. Nothing but good could come out of AIBS playing an active, well-defined role in planning a portion of the NABT conventions and NABT designing strong biological education programs to present at AIBS meetings. It would also be to the advantage of both organizations to carefully schedule the national meetings so that they are in different parts of the country each year. This would help attendance, save energy and money, and allow each organization to advertise in the journal of the other. This, again, would present a solid front for the biological sciences. AIBS and NABT should join in organizing and sponsoring activities at the state level. Due to a lack of communication, several state or regional organizations may hold meetings with similar programs one week apart in the same city, or there may not be meetings in some states for several years. Cooperative planning and leadership at the national level can correct this situation. Joint efforts in communicating with Congress and federal funding agencies, as well as activities relating to the protection of the rights of teachers and researchers in sensitive areas are equally important to both organizations. Separately, neither organization speaks for the biological sciences; but together they can speak with one voice. The editors of BioScience and The American Biology Teacher have good records of cooperation and communication, and with encouragement from their respective Executive C mmittees the quality of the content in both journals would be improved. By working to eliminate duplication in reviewing of books and audiovisual materials, the two journals could cover a broader range of topics, and use of the available space more effectively. The joint planning of special publications could provide a wide variety of materials and in formation for the total audience. The times are right for the kinds of cooperation I have described. The Executive Committees of both organizations are communicating, and seem to be receptive to some of these ideas. New Executive Directors in both organizations are enthusiastic and open to changes in attitude and organization. The financial advantages far outweigh the disadvantages. AIBS and NABT need each other, and our individual members need both organizations.

<i>Annual Reports To Council</i> Ecological Society of America August 2009

Research in the life sciences is a large, diverse enterprise conducted by hundreds of thousands of individuals, who are supported by thousands of organizations, including academic departments; research institutes; museums; state and federal government agencies; state, regional, and local associations; and a host of consortia and coalitions. Among those organizations, scientific societies have played an integral role in advancing biological research for centuries. However, the twenty-first century has ushered in a series of economic, social, and technological changes, the impacts of which are changing the fundamental nature of how these societies fulfill their roles and are threatening the continued existence of some of those organizations (Travis 2010). Conversations in the community of biological scientists—especially in the executive councils of scientific societies—have suggested to the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) that individual societies are facing acute challenges and that these might be widespread. Indeed, AIBS itself is experiencing challenges that echo those being discussed by its member organizations. Declines in AIBS’s individual membership counts, along with the changing economics of the scientific enterprise and especially that of academic publishing, have raised significant questions about the sustainability of many of our

The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of AmericaVolume 72, Issue 2 p. 300-313 1991 Annual Meeting Ecological Society of America with the American Institute of Biological Sciences 42nd AIBS Annual Meeting San Antonio, Texas 4-8 August 1991Free Access 1991 Annual Meeting Ecological Society of America with the American Institute of Biological Sciences 42nd AIBS Annual Meeting San Antonio, Texas 4-8 August 1991 First published: 01 June 1991 https://doi.org/10.2307/20167276AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume72, Issue21 June 1991Pages 300-313 RelatedInformation

The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of AmericaVolume 68, Issue 1 p. 75-89 1987 Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of America with the American Institute of Biological Sciences, 38th Annual AIBS Meeting, the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 9-13 August 1987Free Access 1987 Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of America with the American Institute of Biological Sciences, 38th Annual AIBS Meeting, the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 9-13 August 1987 First published: 01 March 1987 https://doi.org/10.2307/20166571AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume68, Issue11 March 1987Pages 75-89 RelatedInformation

What do snowy owls, insect specimens, and Amazonian forests have in common? They are the subjects of the winning photos for the 2015 Faces of Biology Photo Contest. The photo contest, which is sponsored by the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), is an opportunity for members of the scientific community to showcase the varied forms that biological research takes. The photographs will be used to help the public and policymakers better understand the nature and importance of biological research and education. “We are increasingly talking of STEAM, not just STEM. There is a growing appreciation for the value of incorporating the arts into how we do, teach, and communicate science,” said Robert Gropp, interim co-executive director of AIBS. “I am so pleased that for the past five years, AIBS has been recognizing outstanding photographers who have the ability to help us communicate about how research is done.” Submissions must depict a person engaging in biological research or education. Entries are judged on how well they fit the theme of the contest; creativity; and composition, clarity, and technical quality. Professional photographer Florencia Mazza Ramsay has spent years photographing fashion models, but recently, she became interested in science as a subject for her photos. Last year, Mazza Ramsay spent three months in Alaska documenting Arctic research, local culture, and the impacts of climate change. Her photograph of owl researcher Denver Holt won first place in the contest and appears on the cover of this issue of BioScience. Holt was documenting a nest of 2-day-old snowy owlets. At each nest, he noted the condition of the owlets and the types of captured prey—in this photo, a rodent and a partially eaten bird are visible. As Mazza Ramsay pointed out, clearly, “their parents were doing a good job at keeping food at the nest.” Mazza Ramsay offers the following advice to scientists who want to share their research with the public through photography: “Bringing a photographer to document your work in the field might seem like a crazy idea, but I think it’s 100 percent worth it. I know nowadays everybody can carry a GoPro or even a DSLR [digital single-lens reflex camera] with them, but it’s not the same as having someone 100 percent into observing while you just worry about the science.”

Global performance and development on sustainable city based on natural science and social science research: A bibliometric analysis

The scientific research on education for health food of students through Biological and Natural Sciences and Romanian traditions was achieved mainly by Microbiology as Biological Sciences and Biochemistry as Natural Sciences at the University Bioterra from Bucharest with students from the food faculties, starting with the 2012-2013 academic year until now. The reconstruction of conceptualization demonstrated that education for health food materialize professional education of students from food faculties and is based on sciences like “Biological Sciences”, “Natural Sciences”, “Educational Sciences” and “Psychology”. Didactical methodologies have been developed, such those practical-heuristic, based on laboratory experiments, i.e. determination of the pH of muscle of domestic pig and the identification the toxic food with nitrites over admisible limits, on laboratory practical works, i.e. the organoleptic examination of meat and D.N.A. (deoxyribonucleic acid) histochemically extraction for identification the counterfeit foods, on observation. Also, were developed interactive-heuristic methodologies by discussions and debates about fundamental concepts, such as health of bread, necessary for their life and future profession. Education for health food in correlation with Romanian traditions and religious beliefs reveals that they have a scientific basis, i.e. prayer before meals is cause for that the food to be bioavailable, completion of long and short posts help to detoxify the body by eating vegetable products, the ancestor of alms-boiled wheat that is both a food and a symbol and a part of a ritual. Were identified numerous examples of education for health, the undertaken objectives of the scientific research being met.

It is appropriate indeed that this meeting of biological societies, sponsored by the American Institute of Biological Sciences, should be held at Minneapolis, with the University of Minnesota as host in this its centennial year. It is hardly necessary before this audience to note that this state is nationally and internationally known for its progressive record in the fields of agriculture and medicine. Led by one of the largest and greatest universities of the country, its research is notable in these and other fields of special interest to this meeting, such as botany, zoology, plant pathology, and genetics. When your Chairman invited me to address you on this occasion, I welcomed the opportunity, for it has been the plan of the National Science Foundation to initiate a strong program in fundamental research in the biological sciences.