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Welcome to ESA Connects, our newsletter where we share stories about our work to drive sustainable, resilient, and equitable solutions that shape a better world.
As a 100% employee-owned firm, it’s imperative that we continually measure our actions against our mission and values. Are we taking meaningful strides towards justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in our workplace, the industry, and our communities? Are we making positive impacts to the health and longevity of the planet? Are we providing our services in a way that’s meaningful to ourselves, our clients, and our partners?
If the stories are any indication, the answer is “yes.”
From our work in the Environmental and Planning Diversity Internship Program creating a learning opportunity for future environmental planners, to an award-winning, multi-benefit creek restoration improving flood protection and climate change resilience, to lending a hand for Habitat to Humanity in building affordable housing— ESA is actively engaged in work across the firm that reflects our values.
Thank you for reading,
Leslie
Leslie Moulton-Post
President/CEO
Stories from the field to your inbox.
Cultivating Change: Multi-Firm Internship Strives to Increase Industry Diversity
This summer ESA welcomed 10 interns to our downtown Los Angeles offices for an intensive charette program working with clients. Part of the joint Environmental and Planning Diversity Internship Program formed by ESA and four other leading firms, the program is working to address the diversity gap in the environmental and planning industries head-on. Learn more »
ESA at Work: Juvenile Salmonid Collector System
ESA is assisting on the Juvenile Salmonid Collector System project, a revolutionary science-based approach working to return endangered winter-run salmon to the McCloud River. It's a monumental step in reconnecting this ecologically, culturally, and spiritually important fish with their native habitat and with the indigenous people who honor them. Learn more »
Changing Course on Aviation Emissions: The Transition to Unleaded Aviation Gasoline
AvGas, or aviation gasoline, plays a vital role in the aviation industry, powering the aircraft that connect the world while enabling efficient and safe air transportation. However, there is growing concern over the impact of leaded AvGas on public and environmental health, which is fueling federal, state, and local initiatives to reduce its use and transition to unleaded alternatives. Learn more »
Lower Walnut Creek Restoration Project Awarded Project of the Year
We're thrilled to share that the Lower Walnut Creek Restoration Project has been recognized by the American Public Works Association with the Project of the Year award in the Environment $5 Million - $25 Million category. ESA led the design from concept, which reconnects and expands formerly fragmented wetlands while providing flood protection and climate change resilience. Learn more »
What is a Part 150 Study?
Across the country, airports are looking for help in reducing noise exposure in their surrounding communities through the Part 150 process. But for those new to the industry or aviation consulting, we thought we would reflect on the reason, importance, and impacts of Part 150 on today’s airports. Learn more »
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ESA Named in ENR's Top 200 Environmental Firms
We are thrilled to share that ESA has been awarded #102 in the Engineering News-Record’s Top 200 Environmental Firms for 2023, and also awarded #24 in the Top 30 All-Environmental Firms list. These annual lists consider key firms providing environmental services across the global environmental sector. Learn more »
Lending a Hand for Habitat for Humanity
Employee-owners from the Portland office got busy during a build day with Habitat for Humanity, helping to build a 40-unit affordable housing complex. It was organized through ESA’s JEDI Community Outreach Program, which partners with organizations focused on justice, equity, diversity and inclusion and gives employee-owners the opportunity to work hands-on in their communities. Learn more »
Learning to Track Rare Plant Species
You never know what you might find in the desert. ESA’s biologists and biological resources specialists headed out recently to the Sonoran Desert near Blythe, California, for botany survey training. The two-day training involved learning how to identify rare desert species and how to work safely in extreme summertime temperatures. Learn more »
Release the Kraken: Getting Mythical at the Environmental Permitting School
It was another fun and successful time at the Environmental Permitting School held by Florida Environmental Network in Marco Island this year. As part of this year's booth theme, employee-owners dressed up as their favorite mythical creatures to explain their origins while discussing ESA's environmental services. Learn more »
In Other News at ESA
ESA honored to host climate and disability justice researcher Dr. Jayajit Chakraborty, for our JEDI Speaker Series.
ESA engineers test out using explosives as a potential means to excavate estuary channels and improve wetland restoration practices.
Restoration specialists tour Snohomish County's new 17-acre Advance Mitigation Site at Little Bear Creek
Reimagine San Geronimo: A Vision Framework, recognized with American Society of Landscape Architects' Merit Award for Analysis & Planning
ESA is a 100% employee-owned environmental consulting firm. We plan, design, permit, mitigate, and restore—for projects across our communities, infrastructure systems, open spaces, and wildlands. We are 50 years and 500+ people strong in offices across California, the Pacific Northwest, and the Southeastern United States.
