October 3, 2015

Diana Abraham retires

Diana Abraham retires after 20 years at ESSA, September 1995 to October 2015.
September 11, 2015

Natascia Tamburello joins ESSA

Natascia Tamburello joins ESSA
August 5, 2015

ESSA to support practice of climate change adaptation among professional biologists in western Canada

The BC College of Applied Biology and the Alberta Society of Professional Biologists have received conditional approval for funding from Natural Resources Canada for a climate change project. The project involves compiling climate change adaptation information relevant to biology professionals and disseminating it in the […]
July 27, 2015

Nick Sonntag, one of the founders of ESSA

Nick Sonntag, one of the founders of ESSA, and a huge contributor to the company’s growth from 1979 to 1995, died unexpectedly on June 27, 2015. Nick had a wonderfully positive attitude, an entrepreneurial spirit, a great sense of humour, and a deep commitment to […]
July 23, 2015

Watershed Status Evaluation: An Assessment of 71 Watersheds meeting BC’s Fisheries sensitive Watershed Criteria

This pilot project assessed the watershed indicator risk status of 71 watersheds across most of British Columbia’s natural resource regions. Measured values for as many as nine habitat indicators within surveyed watersheds were compared to indicator benchmarks to assess risk status for each FSW (i.e., […]