Lead Environmental Scientist
Everglades Division
Watershed Management Department
South Florida Water Management District
3301 Gun Club Road
West Palm Beach, FL, USA 33416-4680
(561) 682-2080 phone
(561) 682-0100 FAX
email cfitz@sfwmd.gov  
 
Dr. Carl Fitz is a Lead Environmental Scientist in the Everglades Division at the South Florida Water Management District, USA. His main interests are in simulation modeling and ecology, for which he has investigated systems ranging from coral reefs to mangroves to fresh/salt water marshes. He currently develops process-based simulation models of a variety of hydrologic/ecological systems at regional scales. His Ph.D. in Ecology was from the University of Georgia's Institute of Ecology, after which he joined the faculty at the University of Maryland's Institute for Ecological Economics. There he became the primary developer of the Everglades Landscape Model, a tool to analyze Everglades regional dynamics. Subsequently, he took his current position in Florida, where he continues the development and implementation of the Everglades Landscape Model in order to help guide plans for Everglades restoration.

Past Collaborations

• Patuxent Landscape Model
• Across-Trophic-Level System Simulation

Professional

• Fitz Vita