Amy is a lifelong western Loudoun resident and first became involved with Loudoun Wildlife over 20 years ago, attending numerous educational programs and monitoring bluebirds at the Crooked Run trail.

In 2019, she became a certified stream monitor and took on the role of Stream Monitoring Program Coordinator. Since then, she’s increased the number of benthic macroinvertebrate monitoring sites from five to 26, started a year-round Salt Watch program at 50 sites around the county, established a chemical monitoring program for six Leesburg stream sites. She is also a Virginia Save Our Streams certified trainer and has trained 20 new certified stream monitors.

Under her leadership, the Stream Monitoring Program was awarded the 2023 Environmental Excellence award from the Loudoun County Environmental Commission. She also received the 2023 Loudoun Cares Outstanding Adult Volunteer of the Year award and the 2022 Joe Coleman Award from Loudoun Wildlife.

In 2022, Amy administered and conducted a $41,000 Google grant, Secure Clean Drinking Water for Lucketts, which involved the collection and analysis of over 250 samples of stream and wastewater treatment facility effluent samples for E. coli levels. This resulted in an EPA mandate for the new construction of a wastewater treatment facility next to JK Black Oak Wildlife Sanctuary and an educational town-hall meeting about water quality for Lucketts area residents. The project also included drinking water testing for 23 families and providing 17 families from two underserved communities in Lucketts with high-quality drinking water filters and electronic water descalers – resulting in savings for those families of nearly $250,000 over the course of four years as they no longer need to buy bottled water for drinking and cooking.

When she’s not splashing about in streams or working with the Board, Amy homeschools her teen daughter, leads a 4-H group, and is part of the 2024-2025 Virginia Master Naturalist Training Group at Banshee Reeks. She also enjoys gardening, reading mysteries and spending time with her family, friends, and dog.

Contact Amy at aulland@loudounwildlife.org.