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Putting science into action
Waterview Consulting is a small firm that works primarily at the intersection of ecological sciences, environmental management, and communications. We understand science; we understand environmental management; and we understand the art of communicating with audiences ranging from the general public to scientific experts.
Our clients include non-profit, commercial, government, and academic entities that work at international, national, regional, state, provincial, and local levels. Client list
Full-service consultancy
We provide the full range of services needed to put science into action. Much of our work involves communications, such as advising on communications strategies and producing publications and websites. One of our clients has referred to us as providing "one-stop shopping" for every stage of the communications life-cycle from developing the concept to delivering the final product to evaluating the outcomes.
In addition to topnotch communications services, we offer domain expertise in the science and management of coastal and marine ecosystems. This expertise enables us to assist clients more broadly with strategic planning and programmatic challenges such as engaging stakeholders, defining management goals, and developing strategies for addressing environmental concerns.
In all cases, we work closely with our clients to understand their needs. We are dedicated to providing creative, successful, and cost-effective solutions. For examples of our work, please see our portfolio and news.
Team of associates
Regardless of the size of your project, Waterview Consulting provides a team with the skills and capacity to accomplish the goals. Most projects are completed in-house by our staff, but depending on a project's needs we draw from our network of associates, who have expertise in the following domains:
- Ecology
- Marine science
- Ocean and coastal management
- Information technology: interactive mapping, relational databases, social networking, data visualization
- Environmental law and policy
- Ecosystem-based management (EBM)
- Group/process facilitation
- Environmental education
- Fisheries and the seafood industry
- Land-use planning
- Ocean energy
Staff bio: Peter Taylor
Peter Taylor is a science-communication consultant who lives in Maine with his wife and children. For more than a decade, Peter has developed and implemented communication strategies for nonprofit, academic, government, and business organizations at local to international scales.
After receiving a bachelor's degree in biology from Williams College, Peter obtained a master's degree in ecology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. He published his research on global biodiversity patterns in Ecology. Following graduate school, Peter worked on the editorial staff of Islands, an international travel magazine. His freelance writing and photography have appeared in Outside, National Wildlife, Sierra, and other magazines.
Peter founded Waterview Consulting in 2000 to cultivate understanding of environmental science and to facilitate advances in management, policy, and conservation. Keeping one foot in science and the other in communications, Peter works with organizations across the U.S. and internationally to plan, write, edit, design, and produce publications and websites, and to develop strategies for addressing environmental issues.
Among his recent projects are a website on marine protected areas for Conservation International, a report on marine spatial planning for The Nature Conservancy, and an analysis of ecosystem-based management tools for The David and Lucile Packard Foundation.
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