Scheda Ecological Associates

Scheda Ecological Associates, Inc. is a Florida-registered corporation committed to providing both private- and public-sector clients with innovative, cost-effective solutions for a changing environment. With Florida offices in Tampa, Sarasota, and West Palm Beach, SCHEDA’s highly motivated staff of experienced professionals provides a variety of professional environmental consulting services ranging from large public works projects and watershed management studies to small-scale residential site development. These services include:

• Environmental Permitting and Mitigation
• Construction Inspection and Monitoring
• Land Use/Watershed Planning and Management
• Comprehensive Ecological and Cultural Assessments
• FDEP State-Certified Stormwater Erosion and Sediment Control Training
• Impact Analysis
• Habitat Mapping
• Wetland and Wildlife Studies
• T&E Species Surveys
• Habitat Restoration and Design
• Seagrass Studies
• GIS Mapping and Analysis
• Photointerpretation
• NPDES Coordination

SCHEDA is woman-owned and currently certified as a Disadvantaged or Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (DBE/WBE) with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), the Florida Department of Management Services, various counties in Florida, Hillsborough Aviation Authority, City of Tampa, and South Carolina Department of Transportation. SCHEDA is also certified as a Small Business Enterprise (SBE) with the South Florida Water Management District and Palm Beach County.

SCHEDA’s professional staff of over 30 scientists and technicians is led by a senior management team with decades of award-winning resource management and engineering experience. The SCHEDA Team utilizes both practical consulting expertise and a thorough knowledge of the regulatory framework necessary to meet the most challenging client assignments. Key staff members have worked for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD), Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Dade County Department of Environmental Resources Management (DERM) and the Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County (EPCHC). Our environmental experience complements many engineering teams working on project planning, design, permitting and construction.

SCHEDA professionals also has extensive experience in the field of habitat mapping, restoration, and design, having overseen or designed hundreds of acres of freshwater and estuarine habitats. We are currently providing habitat restoration design services for the SWFWMD SWIM Program, SFWMD, Sarasota Bay Estuary Program (SBNEP), FDEP, and Hillsborough, Pinellas, Manatee, Sarasota, Collier, and Charlotte counties.