Lisa Klug with boulder of Leesburg Conglomerate at Ida Lee Park.

Lisa Klug was introduced to Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy in April 2021 when she participated in “Splash into Citizen Science with Stream Monitoring” at the Chapman DeMary Park in Purcellville and has remained involved with LWC since then. During her career as an Earth Science and Environmental AP high school teacher, she sponsored an environmental club that monitored the Goose Creek in coordination with our Stream Monitoring program. Lisa was the perfect person to assist with a recent  program introducing the world of benthic macroinvertebrates and stream monitoring to nearly 400 sixth graders. Additionally, she recently became a certified stream monitor and monitors a site on Town Branch.   

Lisa’s “love for rivers and streams was borne from learning about their formation,” and as a science teacher her favorite subject to teach was geology. Lisa exclaims, “I am an avid rock hound!” When visiting her daughter in Utah, Lisa and her husband always spend time at places like Goblin Valley State Park and Arches National Park.  

Lisa feels Utah has “the most amazing geological formations,” but she is also excited about our local geology as well, like the large boulder of Leesburg conglomerate she is photographed with. “I love this rock formation because it traveled millions of years ago from the mountains west of Leesburg and landed in what is now Ida Lee Park. It represents millions of years of weathering and erosion of mountains!”  

Many thanks to Lisa and all of our volunteers for inspiring, motivating and engaging people to protect, preserve and restore wildlife habitat.

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