Kara Reed, VA Restoration Technician

Kara is a Restoration Technician with SGI based in Roanoke, Virginia. A Roanoke native, she graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in Ecological Restoration. She began her career working with riparian buffer restoration projects, but fell in love with grasslands while conducting plant surveys with Smithsonian’s Virginia Working Landscapes. Kara is excited to continue learning about these ecosystems while helping to actively restore and protect them across this region.