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The following speech was delivered on November 7, 2025, in Salt Lake City, at The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law’s Special Institute on the National Environmental Policy Act.... — November 29, 2025
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The following speech was delivered on September 25, 2025 in Washington, DC, at the Road Gang Luncheon by Eric Beightel, ESA's Federal Strategy Director. In it, Eric highlights surface transportation... — September 26, 2025
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There are more than 90,000 dams in the United States—and more than 3,000 of them are located in California, Oregon, and Washington. Many of them were constructed during the twentieth... — October 12, 2022
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Water-related climate change concerns often fall under two categories: not enough water (e.g., persistent droughts) or way too much water (e.g., disastrous flooding, intense hurricanes). Sea-level rise falls under the... — October 13, 2022
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Now in its seventh year of post-construction development, the Hamilton Wetlands Restoration Project (HWRP) is a 648-acre tidal marsh restoration project in Marin County, California, constructed by the U.S. Army... — November 29, 2021
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UC Santa Barbara’s (UCSB’s) North Campus Open Space Restoration project is an ambitious landscape restoration project currently in its fourth year of implementation. The project has restored more than 100... — October 8, 2021
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ESA is a proud sponsor of the upcoming National Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) Coalition Annual Meeting happening on October 5-7. We look forward to thought-provoking discussions that will be held... — October 1, 2021