"The interests and activities of this society will be of the broadest character, embracing every phase of the relation of organisms to their environmental condition...;xNLx;;xNLx;The Society was founded for the purpose of unifying the science of ecology, stimulating research in all aspects of the discipline, encouraging communication among ecologists, and promoting the responsible application of ecological data and principles to the solution of environmental problems." (Geographical Review, 1916)
American ecologists hosted a major scientific tour of natural sites in the U.S.
ESA founder Henry Chandler Cowles (left; 1868-1939) with Sir Arthur George Tansley.
The first discussions on the formation of an ecological society took place in 1914 in the lobby of the Hotel Walton in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at a meeting of animal and plant ecologists organized by Henry Chandler Cowles.
The Ecological Society of America started December 28th, 1915, in Columbus, OH, at the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
ESA's oldest journal began publication in 1917. It is currently an open access, online journal published quarterly.
Formed in 1917 and chaired by Victor Shelford.
Resolution to establish national fisheries laboratories
Volume 1, Issue 1 was published in January 1920
A committee was appointed to discuss the future of Glacier Bay, Alaska, with W. S. Cooper as the chair.
Read a summary of ESA's first 10 years, 1915-1925
