Chesapeake Conservation Corps Volunteer
joe@westrhoderiverkeeper.org

Joe spent a lot of his childhood on Middle River visiting his Grandparents where he developed a love for the Chesapeake Bay. He graduated from Towson University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Environmental Science in May 2011. His studies got him involved in sampling local streams for biologic life and carried him to the Peruvian rainforest for a summer class. He has interned at University of Maryland's Aquaculture Research Center where he assisted scientists with their experiments involving farming fish, crabs, and oysters indoors. Joe started his work with the Riverkeeper in August of 2011 as part of a grant from the Chesapeake Bay Trust. He has taken an active role in our water quality monitoring program and planning on the ground restoration projects. He loves the outdoors and the activities that go along with it including fishing, hunting, water skiing, wakeboarding, and rock climbing. Joe's grant term expires in August of 2012 where he will take the lessons learned with the Riverkeeper and apply them to his budding career in environmental conservation.