ESSA believes that adopting a mindset rooted in Adaptive Management (AM) can improve how people manage today’s high-stakes environmental and social challenges. We use science and systems thinking to reduce uncertainty, we encourage diverse participatory processes, we focus on those elements that have the most influence on decision making, and we collaboratively guide our clients to make informed decisions.

We are passionate about dealing with tough, emerging problems that demand an impartial, thorough evaluation of evidence to create innovative, robust solutions for a more sustainable world. Our people have found the AM mindset can help in a variety of ways even if only a few steps in the AM loop are completed. Our staff are problem solvers, big-picture thinkers, data driven, creative, rigorous and innovative, driven by an aspiration to become trusted advisers to our clients.