Megan Ossmann joined CRC as staff for the Chesapeake Bay Program office supporting the Vital Habitats Goal Implementation Team (“Habitat GIT”) in July 2019. She focuses on supporting and coordinating the American black duck, wetlands, and submerged aquatic vegetation working groups, as well as works with the communications team and provides support of expert panels.

Megan graduated from Adelphi University in 2016 with a bachelor’s in Environmental Studies and a minor in Biology. After graduating, she worked as an Environmental GIS Analyst for the Town of Babylon in New York, mapping everything from storm water infrastructure to environmental restoration areas to piping plover nesting sites. She spent the next two years getting her Master of Environmental Management from Duke University, where she concentrated on ecosystem science and conservation and geospatial analysis. At Duke, Megan’s research interests ranged widely, from her assistantship studying the movement patterns of forest elephants in Gabon, to her master’s project analyzing the nesting characteristics of olive ridley sea turtles on the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.

Megan is passionate about wildlife and habitat conservation and is thrilled to join the Habitat GIT at CRC. She is a Long Island, NY native but is excited to relocate to the Mid-Atlantic and spend more time in the beautiful Chesapeake Bay region. In her spare time, you can find Megan hiking, kayaking, spending time at the beach, doing yoga, or baking.