Tabitha Gatts

Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Coordinator

Hi! My name is Tabitha, I grew up in Moberly, Missouri, where my 3 siblings and I would spend many weekends at state parks camping, boating, fishing, and 4-wheeling. I came from a home-schooling family that taught me the beauty of self-guided learning and creating my own at-home science experiments. 

Continuing on the path of learning and the outdoors, I graduated from the University of Missouri with my degree in Environmental Science and then worked for the MU Limnology Lab as a field and lab technician. I spent many hours on lakes and streams sampling for physical and chemical parameters and macroinvertebrates, and in the lab analyzing for nutrient and chlorophyll a concentrations. This experience taught me the great value of the water resources we as humanity get to steward and protect, and I am thrilled to be working with volunteers to educate and equip them for this purpose. I will assist the program by helping process and review VWQM data and develop and teach workshops.



Phone: (573) 526-1156

Email: Tabitha.Gatts@dnr.mo.gov