Pale Blue Dot Consulting

Pale Blue Dot Consulting LLC (PBDC) is a full-service ecological consulting firm based in Tampa FL. We serve both public and private sector clients and our staff has decades of experience working with local, state, and federal regulatory agencies on behalf of clients.

PBDC staff have advanced degrees, professional certifications, and extensive project experience in water resource management, natural resource management, ecosystem restoration, biological and chemical sciences, limnology, wildlife ecology, ichthyology, herpetology, ornithology, botany, taxonomy, water quality, wetland science, compliance audits, emergency response, grant applications, quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) and geographic information systems (GIS).

PBDC currently serves several engineering firms, local governments, private enterprise, and single-family homeowners. These current projects include wetland delineations and permitting, listed species surveys and permitting, mitigation monitoring, living shoreline design and permitting, benthological surveys, and the composition of a quality assurance project plan (QAPP).

Our name comes from a quote from scientist Dr. Carl Sagan when he remarked:

“There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known.”

The “pale blue dot” he was referring to was the Earth as seen in a photo from the Voyager spacecraft when it was 6.4 billion km (3 billion miles) away.

Our name reflects our ethos which is to deal kindly and fairly in all matters, because this is all that we have, we are all we have. This translates to better outcomes for our clients and the environment. What sets us apart from all other consulting firms is our commitment to providing clients with legally-defensible data due to our robust and meticulous QA/QC process.