Meet Steve Bevington
Conservation Program Manager
Steve recently retired after a 30-year career in water quality, environmental planning, and stream restoration. He has worked in the private sector and for nonprofit organizations, but most of his experience is with North Carolina agencies including the Department of Environmental Quality and the North Carolina Land and Water Fund.
Steve has managed natural resource projects large and small from designing backyard rain gardens to modeling efforts to help set nutrient limits in the Tar-Pamlico and Neuse River basins. Recently he has designed stream restoration projects and worked with resource agencies to fund flood resiliency projects in western North Carolina.
Steve is involved in efforts to restore and steward habitats of the high country and is a member of the NC Wildlife Federation. His current habitat interests include recovery of the American Chestnut, improved woodland for Ruffed Grouse, and the preservation of functional wetlands and floodplains. Steve has a B.S. in Zoology from the University of Wisconsin where he studies fisheries and a Masters of Environmental Management (M.E.M.) from Duke University with a focus on aquatic toxicology.
Steve also enjoys art and literature and is always seeking examples of how streams and rivers are depicted in paintings and books. He lives in the headwaters of the North Fork New River with a view of the Amphibolite Mountains. He is often outdoors watching over his chickens, collecting mushrooms, or building meandering footpaths.
B.S. in Zoology, University of Wisconsin
Masters of Environmental Management (M.E.M.), Duke University