The Ecological Society of America (ESA), representing 7,500 ecological researchers in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and 62 other countries, was founded in 1915 as a non-profit, scientific organization and today is the nation's leading professional society of ecologists. Members include ecologists from academia, government agencies, industry, and non-profit organizations. In pursuing its goal of promoting "the responsible application of ecological principles to the solution of environmental problems," the Society publishes reports, membership research, and three scientific journals a year, and it provides expert testimony to Congress. In addition, ESA holds a conference every summer attended by more than 3,000 scientists and students at which members present the latest ecological research. The Society's three journals are: Ecology (eight issues per year), Ecological Monographs (four issues per year), and Ecological Applications (four issues per year). ESA also publishes a bimonthly member newsletter.

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