ESSA Technologies is an innovative Canadian company specializing in environmental consulting and decision support.

Our mission is to bring together people, science and analytical tools to sustain healthy ecosystems and human communities.

The key to our success is a unique and rich combination of scientific expertise, advanced tools for systems analysis, and innovative communications techniques. We provide ideas, tools, and disciplinary expertise; our dedicated and knowledgeable team of scientists fills a niche in the consulting field — we work together in interdisciplinary teams with our clients, applying quantitative methods and qualitative concepts to resolve complex natural resource and environmental management problems.

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    1. 1 November,
      2009
    2. Happy 30th Anniversary to ESSA!
    3. ESSA is thirty years young! We were born November 1, 1979, a bold experiment begun by three graduate students fresh out of UBC, ready to tackle the world with systems analysis. Here we are in November 2009 with 23 people, still passionate in our commitment to make a positive difference to our local planet, and still having fun. We've collected some of our stories and pictures into an interactive timeline, which we hope gives you a few laughs and perhaps some insights and inspiration too. Check out our timeline here.
    1. 10 July,
      2009
    2. ESSA wins runner-up prize in map competition at the GeoTec 2009 conference.
    3. In connection with the “Evaluating the vulnerability of Pacific salmon and bull trout to effects of climate change” project, ESSA submitted one of the resulting maps to the GeoTec 2009 map gallery competition and won the runner-up prize. The map utilizes a six-panel layout designed to give viewers a quick and informative overview of the magnitude and extent of predicted change in thermal condition across the region as well as the shift in thermal classes relative to baseline conditions. The map will be displayed on the GeoTec2009 website and printed in the GeoWorld magazine.
    1. 27 May,
      2009
    2. Evaluating the vulnerability of Pacific salmon and bull trout to effects of climate change.
    3. ESSA has recently completed a project evaluating the vulnerability of Pacific salmon and bull trout to effects of climate change in the Cariboo-Chilcotin region of central BC. A series of linked reports from this study is available on the Think Salmon website, along with a detailed project description.
    1. 19 May,
      2009
    2. Climate change could change forests in significant ways.
    3. Global warming and climate change are poised to become defining environmental issues of the 21st century. Although future outcomes for this unprecedented change are uncertain, climate change in forested landscapes is expected to make itself felt directly upon species through changes in growth, reproduction and mortality; indirectly through changes in co-evolved relationships with insects and diseases, and through changes in disturbance regimes and invasive species.

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