Jeffrey Fato

Jeffrey joined the Galveston Bay Foundation in September of 2023 as a field technician and now works as a habitat restoration manager, where he manages a variety of grant-funded habitat restoration projects across Galveston Bay, including the restoration of salt marsh, freshwater wetlands, oyster reefs, and bird islands, as well as managing shoreline protection and beneficial use dredge material projects. Graduating from the University of Houston-Clear Lake (UHCL), Jeffrey earned a B.S. and an M.S. in Environmental Science, with a focus in Biology. While studying at UHCL, Jeffrey worked at the Environmental Institute of Houston as a student technician, establishing over two acres of gulf coast prairie restoration on the UHCL campus. He also worked on the Living Shorelines research project, which assessed the efficacy of living shorelines for shoreline stability and habitat restoration, presenting research on using the sediment microbiome of living shorelines as a metric for assessing restoration success to the American Society of Microbiologists. Jeffrey enjoys gardening (especially with native plants!), cooking, baking, fishing, amateur mycology, tabletop board games, and walking his dog, Midnight. He is delighted to be restoring beautiful, productive habitats throughout the bay for generations to appreciate.

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