Alice Shelly has 30 years of statistical consulting experience and specializes in efficient and effective statistical sampling design, analysis, and modeling closely matched to quantitative study objectives. She is experienced in planning and implementing statistical studies of fish relative abundance, fish growth and survival, fish habitat preference, stream physical habitat variables, recreation use, and needs studies, riparian vegetation cover and survival, seed dispersal studies, instream flow studies, water quality studies, benthic invertebrate community analyses, and bird and mammal population studies.  

She has developed many statistical models, from simple normal univariate regressions to generalized mixed effects models and multivariate analyses using the latest research to inform decision making. Alice is an experienced communicator of the statistical implications of sampling and analysis decisions. Her quantitative skills and understanding of biological and ecological principles and realities make her a valuable part of project teams, from conceptual modeling to the final communication of quantitative study results. Alice has extensive experience working in a regulatory framework, including participating in and leading technical work group meetings with stakeholders from multiple agencies and entities. 

Alice obtained an M.S. in Quantitative Ecology and Resource Management from the University of Washington, with an emphasis in the statistical analysis of longitudinal trends. She also has a B.S. in Mathematics from the Allegheny College.