Katie Swanson

Katie Swanson is a Manager at the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (the Reserve). She joined the Reserve in June 2013 as the Stewardship Assistant and became Stewardship Coordinator in 2014. A position she held for 10 years. She received a bachelor of science in biology from Hobart and Williams Smith Colleges and earned a Master’s degree in marine science from the University of Texas at Austin in 2008.  After almost a year of working at Padre Island National Seashore in the Sea Turtle Science and Recovery and Resource Management Divisions, Katie returned to the University of Texas Marine Science Institute to work as a lab manager and technician. Her work with the Reserve focuses on promoting the importance and necessity of conservation and the environment. She works closely with the Reserve partner landowners, specifically Fennessey Ranch outside of Bayside. She has research experience with marsh, mangrove, grassland prairie and sea grass monitoring and surveying, invasive species, habitat restoration, and marine debris.