ESA offers support to new Congressional Agriculture Research Caucus, ESA President Susan Weller sends letter to Second Lady Karen Pence regarding pollinator health, August recess and implications for the federal budget, and more.
ESA submits comments on upcoming Farm Bill, ESA opposes termination of National Commission on Forensic Science, Sentate and House Agriculture Committees hold hearings on agricultural and university research, and more.
ESA co-signs letter with 40 other scientific organizations advocating for science funding, ESA's Science Policy Fellows visit Washington, DC, USDA reorganization plans announced, and more.
ESA, Lewis-Burke, and AAAS host a webinar on science advocacy and the March for Science, ESA submits appropriations testimony to agriculture subcommittees, new writing committee launched to develop ESA position statement on biological diversity, and more.
April 19, 2017
2 p.m. EDT
Speakers from ESA, Lewis-Burke Associates, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) discuss the logistics of the March, best practices for non-partisan advocacy on behalf of science, and advice for productively engaging with the media during and after the March. For more information about ESA's activities in Support of the March for Science, click here.
ESA opens applications for next class of Science Policy Fellows, activities planned related to the March for Science, ESA visits Capitol Hill to advocate for the Endangered Species Act, and more.
ESA endorses the March for Science and promotes grassroots engagement, ESA shares tiered science-policy priorities, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee holds hearing on the Endangered Species Act, and more.
The Entomological Society of America (ESA) is a non-partisan scientific organization. We represent a broad spectrum of opinions united under one principle: the promotion and advancement of scientific inquiry, discovery, and communication. The issues below are those on which we are most actively engaged.
Senate confirmation hearings for several federal departments, ESA President Susan Weller's letter to the editor in The Wall Street Journal, the nomination of fomer Georgia governor Sonny Perdue as Secretary of Agriculture, $184 million in CDC funds awarded to continue fight against Zika, and more.