This month, Darcy Pickard was announced as co-chair (along with Kevin Hanna, UBC) of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency’s newly established Technical Advisory Committee on Science and Knowledge. The Technical Advisory Committee will provide valuable technical advice and guidance to support the transition to the new impact […]

On August 16, the world lost one of its great scientific leaders, the father of resilience research, Crawford Stanley Holling (better known as “Buzz”). His amazing career is summarized here. With roots extending back to the 1960s and 1970s, ESSA has been heavily influenced by Buzz’s […]

A new paper out today by ESSA scientists explores how incorporating aspects of animal behaviour into metapopulation modelling can be used to better optimize the distribution of limited management resources. Led by ESSA’s Dr. Natascia Tamburello in collaboration with coauthors Dr. Brian Ma of ESSA […]

On Monday, July 29 in Castlegar, B.C., a landmark agreement to collaborate on the reintroduction of Pacific anadromous salmon into the Canadian portion of the Upper Columbia River Basin was signed by the Syilx Okanagan, Ktunaxa, and Secwepemc Indigenous Nations, British Columbia, and Canada. In […]

Adaptive Management and Climate Change Adaptation: Two Mutually Beneficial Areas of Practice, an article written by a team of ESSA scientists including David Marmorek, Marc Nelitz, Jimena Eyzaguirre, Carol Murray and Clint Alexander, was recently published in the Journal of the American Water Resources Association […]

ESSA staff believe in the importance of supporting others in their career and professional growth. In May, Darcy Pickard joined statisticians from across Canada at the Statistical Society of Canada’s 2019 Annual Meeting in Calgary. An invited panel member, Darcy shared her personal journey and […]