Alaina Krakowiak, Central Appalachian Grasslands Coordinator and Ecologist

Email: alaina.krakowiak@segrasslands

Alaina serves as the Central Appalachian Grasslands Coordinator based in Roanoke, Virginia. Alaina works with a variety of partners to study, restore, and advocate for the conservation of grasslands throughout her region. Alaina initially fell in love with grasslands while conducting a floristic inventory of a remnant site near Chattanooga, Tennessee. She studied the conservation genetics of an endangered species from this site (Clematis fremontii) as a graduate student in Colorado, where she spent her summers working as a field botanist with the Colorado Natural Heritage Program. Alaina is happy to be back home in the Southeast, and is excited to get to work on protecting the landscapes she loves.