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E&S is exploring possibilities for forest restoration projects designed to enhance carbon sequestration and ecological function through nature-based climate solutions such as enhanced rock weathering (ERW) and biochar production. Nature-based climate solutions can provide more energetically and economically efficient alternatives for carbon dioxide removal and storage relative to human-engineered carbon removal technologies by leveraging biotic …

E&S is collaborating with the Wild Salmon Center, NOAA, Karuk Tribe, Yurok Tribe, UC Berkeley, and Oregon State University on a project in the Lower Klamath River Basin in Northern California that seeks to enhance understanding of drivers of historical Chinook salmon populations and population dynamics. A portion of the work entails use of the …

E&S conducted water quality sampling and analysis for cyanotoxins from reservoirs associated with the Lewis River Hydroelectric Project in Cowlitz County, WA. Sampling occurred at nine publicly accessible reservoir locations along the shorelines of either designated swim areas or areas most likely to host public access. Samples were analyzed for cyanotoxins along with microscopy to …

Stemming from previous research efforts for the National Park Service and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, E&S has expanded investigations into effects of expected increased air temperature on more than 1,000 understory plant species characteristic of vegetation communities within National Parks. Previously developed statistical models for each species were used in this project to model the …

E&S recently developed a white paper documenting an exploratory analysis of drivers of tree growth and survival responses to climate-related variables and aspects of air pollution, among other drivers, with colleagues at EPA and partner Universities. The study utilized US Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) data for more than 1,000,000 individual trees; with …

E&S has completed a research project for the National Park Service to apply niche models from a database of more than 1,500 statistical models previously developed by E&S to evaluate expected future changes in understory vegetation occurrence in response to air pollution and climate change across eight NPS units: Acadia NP, Glacier NP, Grand Teton …

In coordination with ongoing efforts to protect fish spawning habitat, E&S Environmental conducted the installation and repair of cattle exclusion fencing around portions of Spencer Creek in Klamath County, OR. E&S successfully coordinated with representatives of ODFW and NOAA to complete the project on behalf of PacifiCorp. The project is anticipated to reduce erosion and …

In summer 2021, E&S, in collaboration with NV5 Geospatial, collected remotely sensed thermal data of the surface of the Klamath River from J.C. Boyle Dam to the headwaters of Copco Reservoir. This work identified 116 significant thermal features (STFs) in this section of the Klamath River. These STFs are mostly locations where the thermal data …

E&S has initiated a project for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to advance statistical model development related to the response of tree growth and survival to air pollution, climate change, and forest disturbance. Working collaboratively with project partners, a primary objective of this research is to generate critical loads of atmospheric N and S deposition …

E&S is conducting wildlife monitoring at a host of wind energy plants in the western United States to evaluate their effects on bird and bat populations, with particular relevance to the fate of threatened and endangered species. Active curtailment strategies are also being conducted by E&S to minimize the risk of eagle fatalities in real-time …