LinkedIn LinkedIn Youtube Youtube Home Services Tools News Careers About ESSA Contact Us Specializing in environmental sciences and decision support Environmental & Cumulative Effects Assessment Climate Change Adaptation & Disaster Risk Reduction Aquatic Species at Risk & Water Resource Management Terrestrial Ecology & Forest Resource Management We bring together people, science and analytical tools to sustain healthy ecosystems and human communities. As an expertise based firm, we seek to help clients facing tough, emerging problems. Our work is based on a neutral, thorough evaluation of evidence. ESSA News ESSA to support practice of climate change adaptation among professional biologists in western Canada August 5th, 2015 The BC College of Applied Biology and the Alberta Society of Professional Biologists have […] Nick Sonntag, one of the founders of ESSA July 27th, 2015 Nick Sonntag, one of the founders of ESSA, and a huge contributor to the […] Watershed Status Evaluation: An Assessment of 71 Watersheds meeting BC’s Fisheries sensitive Watershed Criteria July 23rd, 2015 This pilot project assessed the watershed indicator risk status of 71 watersheds across most […] Industry News One Request to Interview Scientist = 16 Government Officials, 110 Pages of Email, Restricted “Agreed Answers” September 10th, 2014 The Canadian Press VANCOUVER – It was a story about rock snot. And if there’s a […] ESSA Tools Ecological Flows Tool The Ecological Flows Tool (EFT) is a database-centered decision support system for linking flow, gravel and channel management actions to changes in the physical habitats for selected species of concern.Learn More River Bathymetry Toolkit The River Bathymetry Toolkit (RBT) is a suite of GIS tools that work within the ESRI ArcGIS Desktop software which allows users to describe and measure river channels using high resolution digital elevation models (DEM).Learn More Okanagan Fish Water Management Tool The Okanagan Fish Water Management Tool (OKFWM) is an internet-accessible model developed by ESSA to guide real-time water release decisions at Okanagan Lake Dam.Learn More Vegetation Dynamics Development Tool Vegetation Dynamics Development Tool (VDDT) provides a state and transition landscape modelling framework for examining the role of various disturbance agents and management actions in vegetation change.Learn More Home Services Tools News Careers About ESSA Contact Us © 2014 ESSA Technologies Ltd.