Evelyn Owen

Originally from Takoma Park, Maryland, Evelyn grew up running around the Smithsonian Museums during the school year and attending Pickering Creek Audubon Center’s camp during the summers. Her love of birding sprouted around middle school as she would watch millions of birds migrate through the D.C. and Chesapeake Bay area each year. Evelyn moved to Vermont in 2022 to attend the University of Vermont as a Wildlife and Fisheries Biology major and in the Place-Based Education Certificate Program. As someone who has previously worked for the ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Chittenden County Humane Society, and Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department, bridging education and the natural sciences has always been her goal. Evelyn would love nothing more than to share her knowledge of and appreciation for the surrounding ecosystems with everyone she teaches. When not birding, you can find Evelyn fishing or turning over all kinds of logs and rocks looking for little critters.