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Chris Bowser |
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Chris Bowser is the Science Education Specialist for the NYSDEC Hudson River Estuary Program and Hudson River Research Reserve, in partnership with the Water Resource Institute of Cornell University. His professional experience includes working as a Peace Corps forestry volunteer in Mauritania, serving as Education Director for the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, mapping river shorelines for the Research Reserve, and teaching at Marist College in the Environmental Science department. He earned a Masters degree in Environmental Science and Policy from Clark University, and a Bachelors degree in Biology from Rutgers University.
Chris’s current work with the NYSDEC focuses on environmental education and citizen science in the Hudson River Valley. He coordinates an annual estuary-wide monitoring day involving 2500 students at over 50 shoreline sites, and leads teacher training workshops on incorporating Hudson River topics into existing curriculum. He also designs field programs for the Norrie Point Environmental Center, and implements a citizen-science project where high school students and teachers collect daily information on migrating juvenile American eels into several Hudson River tributaries. |
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