Thursday
Sep032009
Entries in Field News (26)
Monday
Aug242009
Lake Tahoe health report: Asian clam invasion growing fast
Filed under : 
Freshwater, Invasive
Freshwater, Invasive 
UC Davis has released the annual Lake Tahoe health report and they've found cause for concern. The Asian clam which first invaded the lake about 10 years ago has been growing rapidly in numbers...read more
Friday
Aug142009
Lawsuit challenges removal of endangered species protecion for Sacramento splittail
Filed under : Fish, Freshwater, Policy
Fish, Freshwater, Policy The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit yesterday to reinstate federal endangered species protection for the Sacramento splittail, an imperiled fish found in California’s Central Valley and San Francisco Bay-Delta. The fish rose to fame in 2003 in helping to bring down the last shreds of credibility of the Bush Administration on conservation issues...read more
Friday
Aug072009
Wednesday
Aug052009
Species relocation in the face of climate change
The ESA Annual Meeting has entered it's 3rd full day of activities. One event that really catches my eye is a symposium on managed relocation, a contraversial technique for conserving species in the face of climate change...read more
Monday
Aug032009
ESA kicks of 94th annual meeting in Albuquerque: let's party!
As I type this, 3500 ecological researchers, professionals, educators, and students are living it up at the Albuquerque Convention Center. The Ecological Society of America has kicked off their 94th Annual Meeting. This year's theme is "Ecological Knowledge and the Global Sustainable Society," and many of the presentations focus on the relationship between ecology and the urban environment...read more.