Meet Emily Broussard

NRC Clean Up Coordinator

Originally from the beaches of Southport, North Carolina, Emily grew up along the Cape Fear River and spent many summers outdoors, crabbing, fishing, and wandering the marshes of eastern NC. Her favorite activities are largemouth bass fishing with her dad at Lake Waccamaw, or digging for coquina clams at the beach as the waves rushed out. Exploring the wide variability of NC wildlife gave her a love for the outdoors and for its preservation.

She moved to Boone in 2023, both for her studies in pursuit of her interests in biology – especially the branch of ecology within it, as well as for the wilderness of the Appalachian mountains. A recent 2025 graduate of Appalachian State University with studies in Environmental Biology, as well as in GIS, she has a passion for all things conservation and restoration.

As a recent graduate, she takes every opportunity to learn and expand her knowledge of not just the enamoring field of conservation work, but also of the New River, with its long history and essential role in its environment. Working as a Clean Up Coordinator with the New River Conservancy, she finds purpose in the ability to contribute to the recovery of something that is both important to the ecosystem and to so many of those who live along it.

 

B.S. Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Appalachian State University