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December 9, 2025

Eroding the Federal Endangered Species Act: New Proposals Lessen Species and Habitat Safeguards

The four proposed rules could amount to a substantial weakening of one of the United...

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December 8, 2025

Proposed Update to Definition of WOTUS: Will Federally Regulated Wetlands Continue to Shrink?

If finalized, the Waters of the United States Proposed Rule would reduce the geographic extent...

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November 24, 2025

From Farmland to Floodplain: Rebuilding the Pacific Northwest’s Lost Estuarine Habitats

ESA is leading dozens of restoration projects across the Pacific Northwest, in collaboration with tribes...

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October 15, 2025

California Advances Species Protections to Counter Potential Federal Withdrawal

California’s Assembly Bill 1319 sets a process to assess reduced federal protections for endangered native...

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October 14, 2025

ESA Hosts Inaugural California Permitting Symposium

In early October, ESA hosted our first-ever Permitting Symposium in Irvine, California, which brought together...

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September 18, 2025

Digital Toolkit Ushers in New Era for California Conservation

The new Regional Conservation Investment Strategy (RCIS) Toolkit—powered by ESA’s insights—is now live. This valuable...

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September 12, 2025

Join ESA at Our California Permitting Symposium

ESA is hosting a special in-person event featuring premier permitting experts for clients and partners...

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September 5, 2025

Craig Broadhead Joins ESA as Northwest Biological Resources Business Group Director

ESA is proud to have Craig Broadhead join our team as the Northwest Biological Resources...

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August 21, 2025

2026 Nationwide Permit Updates: Restoration, Fish Passage, and Nature-Based Solutions

Current Nationwide Permits will expire in March 2026. The following distillation from our permitting experts...

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June 9, 2025

Taking “Take” into Account: Proposed Rule to the Endangered Species Act

In our industry, we must consider compliance with the federal Endangered Species Act (FESA) when...

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June 4, 2025

Reducing Risks Posed by Hazardous Trees

This is the second in a series of articles exploring how ESA is working with...

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May 22, 2025

Takeaways from My First Environmental Markets Conference

Just wrapped up my first Environmental Markets Conference (EMC) in Seattle last week, and wow,...

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April 28, 2025

ESA’s Restoration and Mitigation Experts Head to 2025 Environmental Markets Conference

ESA is once again a proud sponsor for this year’s Environmental Markets Conference in Seattle,...

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April 11, 2025

See You at the 2025 Annual Conference of the California Society for Ecological Restoration (SERCAL)

ESA is excited to sponsor, present, and attend this year’s Annual Conference of the California...

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April 2, 2025

WOTUS, POTUS, and SCOTUS: Where Waters of the U.S. Stands Under the New Administration

Updated June 26, 2025: As announced by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on June...

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March 21, 2025

A Decade of Restoration on Alabama’s Coast

On April 20, 2010, BP’s offshore oil-drilling rig, the Deepwater Horizon, exploded and sank 41...

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March 3, 2025

ESA Acquires 48 North Solutions, Inc.

ESA is pleased to announce that it has acquired 48 North Solutions, Inc. (48 NORTH)....

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December 3, 2024

ESA Presents at the 2024 National Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) Coalition Annual Meeting

ESA is pleased to sponsor, present, and attend this year’s National HCP Coalition 10th Annual...

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