Featured presentations at the 111th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America in Salt Lake City, Utah
The Intermountain West is home to some of North America’s most distinctive landscapes and ecosystems, from the Great Salt Lake and Great Basin to mountain watersheds and sagebrush rangelands. As scientists gather in Salt Lake City for this year’s Ecological Society of America (ESA) Annual Meeting (July 26–31), many presentations will focus on the ecological challenges and opportunities facing the region. Home to diverse ecosystems and rich biodiversity, the region also faces mounting challenges related to water scarcity, climate change, wildfire and rapid human development.
Some presentations at the meeting will examine efforts to restore and steward landscapes through Indigenous-led solutions, how communities are working together to conserve wildlife in rapidly changing environments and how rangeland ecosystems are adapting to hotter, drier conditions. Others will explore the ecological future of the Great Salt Lake, a globally important ecosystem facing unprecedented threats from declining water levels. Collectively, these presentations examine how people and ecosystems are responding to environmental change across the Intermountain West.
ESA invites staff journalists, freelance journalists, student journalists and press officers to register for free as media attendees up to and throughout the week of the Annual Meeting. For eligibility information, please visit ESA’s press registration credential policy page .
Members of the media will have access to all scientific sessions at the conference and to a press room where they can enjoy refreshments, internet access, a printer and an interview area.
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Learn more about the upcoming ESA Annual Meeting, July 26–31, on the meeting website .
ESA invites press and institutional public information officers to attend for free. To register, please contact ESA Public Affairs Manager Mayda Nathan directly at mayda@esa.org .
The Ecological Society of America, founded in 1915, is the world’s largest community of professional ecologists and a trusted source of ecological knowledge, committed to advancing the understanding of life on Earth. The 8,000 member Society publishes six journals and a membership bulletin and broadly shares ecological information through policy, media outreach, and education initiatives. The Society’s Annual Meeting attracts 4,000 attendees and features the most recent advances in ecological science. Visit the ESA website at https://www.esa.org .
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