Zach comes to the trust with a Bachelor's in biology from Gettysburg College and a Master's in Natural Resources from Oregon State University. He spent three years working with the USFWS at the Erie National Wildlife Refuge and three years assisting passerine banding and waterfowl monitoring with the Erie Bird Observatory. Before working here at Rushton Farm, he was working at the Tyler Arboretum in their horticulture department. When he's able, he also help out with WCT's songbird and saw-whet owl banding