Alysha B. Trexler is employed with the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy as a Watershed Project Manager. She holds a BS in biology with a chemistry minor from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and has over 22 years of experience with water quality and biological monitoring, physical stream habitat assessment, abandoned mine drainage remediation, agriculture best management practices and nutrient management, riparian habitat improvement design and installation, public education and outreach, and watershed project management and implementation. She is a rural landowner in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, where she raises grass-fed beef with her family. The farm is managed to serve as a model for integrating conservation practices, including the use of native plants, into a grazing operation.