February 2019

Richland, Wash. – EAS is pleased to announce that the company has been acquired by KOMAN Holdings, LLC, which is owned by Natives of Kodiak, an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC). KOMAN Holdings is a tribal corporation that is classified as a small, Native American-owned business and is certified under the Small Business Administration 8(a) program. As […]

Richland, Wash. – In June 2014, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) selected EAS, working with Normandeau Associates, to provide professional and technical scientific expertise to support biological evaluations related primarily to the Anadromous Fish Evaluation Program in the Snake and Columbia River Basins. EAS fisheries biologist Dennis Dauble will provide senior fish passage expertise

Richland, Wash. – In May 2014, the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Forest Service awarded EAS an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to support the agency and other government entities with vegetation management activities in the Blue Mountain Acquisition Management Area. EAS experts will work with the Forest Service to inventory and map native vegetation in a

Richland, Wash. – EAS’s extensive knowledge of the Hanford Site’s ecological systems and experience with successful restoration and revegetation efforts on the site earned the company a new contract in June 2014. CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC) hired EAS to create a mitigation action plan for the 200 West Pump and Treat system. Construction of

Richland, Wash. – The State of Washington Recreation and Conservation Office selected EAS fisheries biologist Dr. Dennis Dauble to serve on an independent expert review panel to advise the Salmon Recovery Funding Board (SRFB) on policies related to funding habitat protection and restoration projects. The Washington legislature established the SRFB in 1999 to support salmon recovery

Richland, Wash. – Significant water level reductions in the Columbia River as a result of a crack in a Wanapum Dam spillway created problems not only for farmers and boaters, but for birds protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. In May 2014, Grant County PUD selected Environmental Assessment Services to study migratory bird

Richland, Wash. – In March 2014, EAS was awarded a contract to support Grant County Public Utility District to characterize benthic community impacts that may have resulted from a nearly 27-foot water level drawdown on the Columbia River in central Washington state. The discovery of a crack in a spillway at Wanapum Dam prompted dam operators

Richland, Wash. – In Spring 2013, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers selected Environmental Assessment Services, working with Normandeau Associates, to provide adult fish counting services at mainstem dams with fish passage facilities on the Columbia and Snake rivers. EAS staff will continue to take daily fish counts of adult salmon, steelhead, shad, lamprey, and other

Richland, Wash. – In Spring 2012, ProSource Technologies, Inc. selected Environmental Assessment Services to assess potential biological impacts from constructing, operating, and maintaining a 30-mile-long section of natural gas transmission line located in southeastern Washington. The EAS team conducted biological resources surveys to assess potential disturbances from the Cascade Natural Gas Corporation – Hanford Natural Gas

Richland, Wash. – Beginning in 2011, Mission Support Alliance contracted with Environmental Assessment Services to provide dedicated support to the Department of Energy’s Public Safety and Resource Protection program. The program is charged with long-term monitoring of the Hanford Site to foster preservation of important natural and cultural resources and assess potential impacts from site operations.