WELCOME
We provide integrated solutions for environmental science, policy and education. Whether you need help conceptualizing and designing a project, analyzing and visualizing results or summarizing and communicating science or policy alternatives to stakeholders and policymakers, we can help. We are ecologists, statisticians, GIS analysts, graphic and web designers, conveners and facilitators, and educators.
RECENT PROJECTS
Visit our Portfolio for a comprehensive overview of work.
Raising Minds about Rising Seas
Educational initiative designed to advance public understanding about the science of sea level rise, vulnerabilities of our natural and built environments, and potential strategies to mitigate or adapt to the risks.
Be Floridian: Follow the Flock
Follow the Flock is a social media campaign on best practices for caring for your Florida yard that protect the water quality of our creeks and bays and protect your fun!
Storm Surge and Sea Level Rise Modeling
GIS spatial analysis incorporating elevation data, tidal data and storm surge data to determine land inundation zones under various projections. Vulnerability analysis of natural and built environments at the County level.
2012 Sarasota Bay Watershed Symposium
Symposium integrating watershed science, policy and education for Sarasota Bay. Presented by New College of Florida in partnerhsip with the Sarasota Bay Estuary Program.
CALL TO ACTION
We are looking for sponsors to help fund on-going design and content development for the Rising Seas website. Rising Seas is a Southwest Florida initiative designed to advance public understanding about the science of sea level rise, vulnerabilities of our natural and built environments, and potential strategies to mitigate or adapt to the risks. Visit the site under development: www.rising-seas.com
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Shafer appointed to Sarasota County Stormwater Environmental Utility Advisory Committee
April 25, 2013
Dr. David Shafer was appointed to the Sarasota County Stormwater Environmental Utility Advisory Committee (SEUAC). SEUAC's purpose is to support and advise the Stormwater Environmental Utility in... Read more
Shafer Consulting Kicks-off Rising Seas Initiative
March 29, 2013
Shafer Consulting kicked off the Rising Seas Initiative with a successful lecture series by two Nobel Lauriate Climate Scientists. Pier Vellinga and Henry Pollack spoke to 800 attendees at the Tiger... Read more
Hazard Vulnerability Analysis for Sumter County
December 19, 2012
Shafer Consulting worked with Calvin Giordano and Associates on the Post Disaster Redevelopment Plan for Sumter County, providing GIS-based Hazard Vulnerability Analysis. Read more
Shafer Consulting Selected as Scientific Editor for FWRI
August 21, 2012
Dr. Jennifer Shafer has been selected to provide professional scientific editing services to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute. Read more
