Ken Bawer is retired IT Specialist. He is a past president of the West Montgomery County (MD) Citizens Association, a former member of the Montgomery County’s Water Quality Advisory Group appointed by County Executive Marc Elrich, a past board member of the Maryland Native Plant Society, co-founder of the Watts Branch Watershed Alliance, founder of the Coalition to Stop Stream Destruction, a former volunteer supervisor for the Montgomery Parks Weed Warrior program, and was certified as a Maryland Master Naturalist. He was a member of Maryland Department of the Environment’s Ecological Restoration Permitting Study mandated by House Bill 869, “Permitting for Ecological Restoration Projects – Required Study,” passed during the 2022 Legislation session. As a graduate student in developmental biology, Ken taught undergraduate lab classes in zoology and botany.