What the return to species-specific Section 4(d) rules means for project planning, permitting, and compliance.
Climate Change Adaptation
Our team of engineers, scientists, planners, and policy analysts deliver climate change adaptation and resilience solutions at local, state, and global levels.
ESA is a leader in vulnerability and risk assessment, as well as integrating community health and ecosystem management into climate change adaptation strategies.
ESA has particular expertise in sea-level rise evaluation, flood hazard and erosion risk assessment and management, and nature-based solutions. We integrate traditional engineering expertise with an understanding of natural hydrologic processes to develop innovative, creative, and sustainable green and grey solutions.
Our Expertise Covers:
- Coastal zone engineering and management
- Community adaptation plans
- Ecosystem adaptation plans
- Public outreach and stakeholder engagement
- Sea-level rise impacts and adaptation
- Vulnerability and risk assessments
News & Ideas
ESA is pleased to sponsor and present at the 2026 National Association of Environmental Professionals...
Recent monitoring shows the large-scale restoration is reversing decades of channel incision while supporting sediment...
Environmental Science Associates (ESA) is pleased to announce that David Renfrew, PG, CPSWQ, QISP-ToR, QSD/QSP,...
Barbra Calantas, ESA’s Biological Resources and Land Management Practice Leader, shares timely guidance in a...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has finalized a new regulatory framework for evaluating...