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This is the second in a series of articles exploring how ESA is working with clients to manage wildfire risks and impacts. See the first here. Urban and wildland forests... — June 4, 2025
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Join ESA’s team of federal permitting and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) experts as they recap the first 100 days of the Trump Administration’s policy actions and provide insights for... — March 19, 2025
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The Trump Administration has made improving the efficiency of federal infrastructure permitting a priority. President Trump’s Executive Order on Unleashing American Energy identified permitting efficiency as a strategy, and at... — February 26, 2025
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Perspective: Eric Beightel on how Federal Staff Reductions May Undermine Permitting Efficiency Goals
President Trump came to office with a clear vision of reducing the size of the federal government. He believes that the size of the federal bureaucracy is too large to... — February 20, 2025
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Western burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia hypugaea) are charismatic little birds, made even more endearing by their tendency to spend time above ground during daylight hours. They occur in grasslands, agricultural... — October 22, 2024
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Located on Clarks Creek in unincorporated Pierce County, the 1941 House of Tomorrow regularly flooded, but the historic building had been determined eligible for listing in the National Register of...
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The First Mile Horizontal Levee Project, building on the successful principles of the Oro Loma Horizontal Levee pilot project and aligned with the Hayward Shoreline Adaptation Master Plan, aims to...
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The property, formerly known as Waite Ranch, was previously a dairy farm diked off from riverine and tidal influences. When construction is completed, the site will serve as approximately 200...
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The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) recently finalized the “Bipartisan Permitting Reform Implementation Rule,” which will become effective on July 1, 2024. Coming on the heels of the... — May 30, 2024
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The internet has grown increasingly essential to many aspects of our daily lives—we rely on it for work, school, entertainment, connection, and shopping. While our economy and society grow ever-more... — March 14, 2024
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Our environmental planners and water resource specialists have been partnering with our clients in the Water market for decades, providing key services for improved water quality, groundwater management, flood resilience... — January 16, 2024
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While Lake Tahoe’s crystalline azure has lasted for eons, the changes wrought by past land uses in the basin have transformed its blue from merely a color into a cause—to... — October 30, 2023
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It’s a blisteringly hot summer day in Huntington Park, California. A group of ten environmental and planning interns gather around a small, empty lot covered in dry vegetation on the... — August 25, 2023
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The ESA Fisheries and Aquatic Science team conducts annual monitoring of two populations of the endangered Owens tui chub, a native fish species endemic to the Owens Valley, CA.
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In early October, ESA hosted our first-ever Permitting Symposium in Irvine, California, which brought together permitting practitioners, agency representatives, and clients for a full day of learning and collaboration. The... — October 14, 2025
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The Columbia River Basin once saw the largest number of salmon and steelhead than any river system in the world. But over the last century, the fish population has declined... — June 8, 2023
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ESA’s team of climate adaptation and resilience experts continue to work with clients up and down the West Coast to develop Climate Action Plans (CAPs) that lay out actionable and... — July 12, 2022
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To fulfill their mission of leading cooperative efforts to preserve and restore the environment of the Lake Tahoe region, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) must coordinate funding and activities...
