Environmental Science Associates

Environmental Science Associates (ESA) is pleased to announce that David Renfrew, PG, CPSWQ, QISP-ToR, QSD/QSP, has joined the firm as Client Development Director, focusing on National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Systems (NPDES) and Water Quality Services for California. With more than 30 years of experience in the environmental industry, David brings extensive expertise ...

Barbra Calantas, ESA’s Biological Resources and Land Management Practice Leader, shares timely guidance in a new on-demand video briefing about the federal government’s final rule rescinding the regulatory definition of “harm” under the Endangered Species Act.

The rule raises important questions about how projects will be evaluated, permitted, and mitigated. Its eff...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has finalized a new regulatory framework for evaluating whether particular areas should be excluded from federal Endangered Species Act (FESA) critical habitat designations. The final rule was published in the