August 5, 2015
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, 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
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., […]
July 9, 2015
The BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations recently released a report led by ESSA that helps identify and prioritize data and modelling needs to support water allocation decisions in a changing climate. The report and executive summary can be found here: Surface […]
July 3, 2015
The Skeena Estuary Assessment was completed in July 2015. It was great to see the report card in the waiting area of the North Coast Skeena First Nation Stewardship Society office. This work was also build upon in subsequent projects with clients and others in […]