Watershed Restoration Coordinator
Watershed Restoration Group
Contact
Email
tel. 610-268-2153, ext. 1310
mobile 717-576-3287
970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA 19311
Interests and Expertise
Lamonte Garber is an experienced conservation professional with decades of achievement in agricultural water quality protection and natural habitat restoration. He coordinates projects which strengthen the environmental performance and economic sustainability of agricultural producers and rural landowners in Pennsylvania. Garber uses a broad suite of tools in his work, including outreach, fundraising, media, project coordination, and on-farm assistance.
Education
- B.S., agricultural economics and rural sociology. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
- Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana.
Professional Experience
- Watershed restoration coordinator, Stroud Water Research Center, 2014–present.
- Pennsylvania agriculture program manager, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 2008–2014.
- Private consultant, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Worked with Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture, Buy Fresh Buy Local, and Blue Ribbon Commission on Lancaster County Agriculture, 2003–2007.
- Interim executive director and director of Southeast Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture, Millheim, Pennsylvania 2000–2002.
- Project associate, Environmental Quality Initiatives, Inc., University Park, Pennsylvania, 1999–2000.
- Pennsylvania agricultural specialist, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1988–1998.
Related News
Sharing Our Science: Summer 2015
In May, Stroud Water Research Center scientists attended the weeklong annual meeting of the Society for Freshwater Science (SFS) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Healthy Streams for Healthy Herds
When farmers improve the health of streams on their land, it also improves the health of their herds.
In between the flurry of watershed restoration planning and field work that the Stroud Restoration Team carries out, it organized several riparian forest buffer workshops through the region this fall.
Here, in brief, is our approach to watershed restoration outreach to distant watersheds and new communities.
Sharing Our Science: Summer 2014
Stroud Center Scientists Attend International Conferences; Leaf Pack Network Science Hits the Road; 24 Hours, 55 Volunteers, 807 Species; Walking the Walk at Spring Creek Farms Field Day; Cultivating the Next Generation of Scientists.
Sharing Our Science: Spring 2014
Stroud Center Tackles Watershed Restoration; Getting to Know Rock Snot; Something Smells Fishy.
