Mike Toolan

Mike manages the day-to-day activities and coordinates projects at Shaver’s Creek’s Musser Gap Greenway property. In this role, he works with volunteers, neighboring landowners, community organizations, local and state agencies, and university faculty, staff, and students to manage the site for recreation, water conservation, interdisciplinary research, education, and ecological resilience. He is passionate about protecting our regional ecology and connecting the community to our many unique natural spaces.

Mike earned his bachelor’s degree in environmental biology from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania and studied forest resource management at Penn State. His work experience includes stints on several farms, habitat restoration projects, and ecological research teams.