“Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom.” – Clifford Stoll
PAEC offers a wide variety of fisheries and environmental consulting services that take you from the data to the decision.
Data collection (the core of informed decision making)
- Field studies
- Literature searches
- Paper to digital data conversion
- Survey design
Information management (keeping track of what you know)
- Database development
- GIS
Knowledge development (Describing the patterns in your data)
- Environmental flow analyses
- Discharge to habitat suitability curves
- Minimum flow determinations
Conceptual Understanding (using the patterns to allow predictions)
- Impact assessment
- System modeling
- Scenario testing