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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 …

GRANT COUNTY P.U.D. AWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT SERVICES CONTRACT TO ASSESS BENTHIC COMMUNITY IMPACTS AS A RESULT OF SIGNIFICANT WATER LEVEL REDUCTIONS IN THE WANAPUM RESERVOIR Read More »

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 …

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT SERVICES TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IN IDENTIFYING AND COUNT MIGRATING FISH IN THE COLUMBIA RIVER SYSTEM Read More »

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 …

PROSOURCE TECHNOLOGIES SELECTS EAS FOR CASCADE NATURAL GAS HANFORD NATURAL GAS PIPELINE PROJECT Read More »

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. …

MISSION SUPPORT ALLIANCE AWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT SERVICES CONTRACT TO PROVIDE LONG-TERM MONITORING AND SURVEILLANCE OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES ON THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HANFORD SITE Read More »

Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, Mississippi – In response to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill emergency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration employed EAS to support its Natural Resource Damage Assessment of the MC252 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. EAS played a key role in developing and performing sampling operations in the Gulf of Mexico. …

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT SERVICES PLAYED KEY ROLE IN SUPPORTING NOAA NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT OF THE DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL Read More »

Richland, Wash. – In Winter 2009, the Richland, Washington, Rotary Club honored Environmental Assessment Services with its twelfth annual Entrepreneurial Award. The club recognized EAS for “demonstrating an exemplary spirit of entrepreneurial success” during its four years in business. The Richland Rotary Club started this awards program in 1997 to recognize the importance of entrepreneurial spirit …

EAS HONORED WITH ANNUAL RICHLAND ROTARY CLUB ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT AWARD Read More »

Richland, Wash. – Amidst World War II and the Cold War, the federal government produced plutonium to fuel nuclear weapons on the U.S. Department of Energy Hanford Site. During plutonium production, some contaminants were released to the Columbia River and others to the soil at nuclear reactor sites or as unplanned spills or leaks. Contaminants migrated …

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT SERVICES CARRIED OUT FIRST SUCCESSFUL PORE-WATER SAMPLING AND GROUNDWATER UPWELLING MAPPING PROJECT IN THE COLUMBIA RIVER FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Read More »

Richland, Wash.– Chelan County Public Utility District awarded EAS a contract in May 2016 to map aquaticinvasive plants at and near the Rocky Reach hydroelectric project. EAS will conduct field surveys and monitoring in the upper Columbia River to support Chelan PUD compliance with federal, state, and regional laws and agreements that protect and enhance …

EAS SELECTED TO MAP AQUATIC INVASIVE PLANTS IN THE ROCKY REACH HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT AREA – UPPER COLUMBIA RIVER Read More »

Richland, Wash.– EAS’s extensive knowledge of Pacific Northwest aquatic ecosystems earned the company a new contract in May 2016. TetraTech, under prime contract with PacifiCorp, hired EAS to provide professional technical services supporting fish-tissue sampling, water quality monitoring, and other aquatic-related services throughout the region. EAS tasks under aquatic services, may include 1) conducting rare, …

EAS AWARDED SUBCONTRACT TO SUPPORT PACIFIC NORTHWEST FISH TISSUE SAMPLING AND WATER QUALITY MONITORING Read More »