NC CASC PI James Rattling, Sr. has been elected Chair of ESA's Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Section. James will bring his knowledge and expertise to lead suggested activities with a theme of increased collaboration: more Tribal student involvement, more international connections, join with other ESA sections to highlight spiritual/religious components of ecology and work toward environmental justice (and to recruit more section members), and TEK in "Anthropocene Co-design". Proposed workshop/symposium/talk topics by section members (in or out of the annual meeting) include a Just Transition topic, dialogue with Western and Indigenous perspectives on water and river ecology, and TEK in basic K-12 or higher education.

Congratulations, James!