Sound Science welcomes new Associate Lara Rozzell, who specializes in alternative energy and wind power.

A Recent Sound Science Project:

MillionTreesNYC, Green Infra-structure and Urban Ecology: A Research Symposium, was held March 5-6 in New York City. Click here for more information. S2 Chief Scientist David Maddox was a lead organizer.


A Recent Sound Science Project:

Ecological Integrity Framework:
Sound Science Chief Scientist Bob Unnasch and Senior Associate David Braun are authors of the Ecological Integrity Framework, a document that provides a methodology to guide planning for the conservation of biological and ecological resources in U.S. National Parks. 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. Such assessments involve specifically devised measures of success that are matched to institutional goals and rely on objective, transparent, and repeatable measurement methods. 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 with all types of organizations, helping craft management goals and creating monitoring and assessment projects to measure progress with respect to 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. Topics have included monitoring, adaptive management, green jobs, urban ecology, and more. Workshops can be tailored in length and content to fit the needs of individual clients. Sound Science also designs and facilitates workshops 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. Solid scientific expertise is needed, along with the skill to coordinate various interested and committed participants. 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.

Biological Standards for Alternative Energy Siting and Monitoring
Biodiversity and habitat impacts of alternative energy facilities are of special concern as governments encourage their development with streamlined regulatory processes. Sound Science Associate Lara Rozzell leads our efforts in alternative energy. Sound Science offers its broad land management and monitoring experience as well as specific alternative energy knowledge to regulatory bodies, nonprofit stakeholders, and other entities planning new alternative energy facilities. Learn more.

Natural Resources Management, Green Space, 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 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 calculators for analyzing complex datasets. Learn more.