Welcome to Dr. Healy Hamilton

Sound Science LLC welcomes new Senior Associate Dr. Healy Hamilton, who specializes in ecological forecasting and biological response to global change.

A Recent Sound Science Project:

"Vibrant Cities and Urban Forests: A National Call to Action" is a national Task Force of thought leaders convened by the USDA Forest Service and New York Restoration Project to produce recommendations for the USFS's engagement in urban ecology. S2 Chief Scientist David Maddox is facilitator. Click here for more information.

A Recent Sound Science Project:

NatureServe and Sound Science has teamed up to win contracts from BLM to evaluate prospects for important natural resources in the Mojave Desert, the Great Basin, and Alaska's Seward Peninsula. BLM land managers will use the information to plan priorities for land management on BLM lands. Click here.

 

The mission of Sound Science is to achieve the adaptive management of lands, waters, and natural resources on which human communities depend.

We help organizations apply robust scientific principles and sound information to decision making in conservation, the management of natural resources, and the interactions between people and the environment.

Strategic Planning, Measures of Success, Theories of Change, and Impact
Whether they are called "Measures of Success", "Theories of Change", or "Impact Monitoring", organizations must evaluate both the effectiveness of individual projects and the overall impact of their work; that is, they must seek to understand how effectively their mission is being achieved. Learn more.

Monitoring and Assessment
Any organization involved in environmental management has goals that articulate desirable and undesirable conditions and attributes. Sound Science has broad experience in crafting management goals and creating monitoring and assessment projects that measure progress toward these goals. Learn more.   

Workshops, Training, and Meeting Facilitation
Sound Science has organized and conducted workshops both in the US and internationally for hundreds of people from the US Forest Service, the US Park Service, state and city agencies, the Department of Defense, and others. Sound Science also designs and facilitates workshops and meetings that bring together diverse stakeholders. Learn more.

Water Resource Planning, Management, and Conservation
Water resource management and ecological conservation typically require an integration of science and negotiation among diverse interest groups and stakeholders. Sound Science Senior Associate David Braun leads our efforts in water resource conservation and management, which all draw upon Sound Science skills and experience in strategic planning, conservation planning, adaptive management and measures of success and impact, training and meeting facilitation. Learn more.

Ecological Forcasting, Adaptive Management, and Climate Change
Sound Science staff and Associates have broad experience in various aspects of land management, natural resource use, and environmental assessment. These areas include ecological forcasting, fire planning, water resources management, rangeland management, conceptual modeling, and urban ecology. Our clients include not-for-profit conservation groups, marketing research firms, the Department of Defense, and federal and state land management agencies such as the US Forest Service, the US Park Service, and the City of New York. Learn more.

Consulting in Statistics, Data Analysis, and Opinion Research
Data and information need to be analyzed to be useful. Sound Science conducts data analysis for a variety of organizations, from simple summaries to complicated multivariate analyses, from analyses of conservation data for litigation and court cases to polling data for national elections and market research. Learn more.

Technology, Database Development, Web Analysis, and Information Management
Sound Science staff and Associates have designed and created a variety of tools to manage information and analyze data, from searchable catalogues of technical information to smartphone APPS and calculators for analyzing complex datasets. Learn more.