Anthony Sasson

Anthony Sasson has been a Research Associate with MBI since 2018. He tracks Clean Water Act policy issues at the state and national level, such as aquatic biodiversity protection, stormwater, nutrient pollution and the Waters of the U.S. rule. He represents MBI in interactions with local watershed groups and state and local governments. He was most recently a freshwater conservation manager at The Nature Conservancy in Ohio, working on state and national policy and regulation, stream conservation technical issues, protection of Big Darby Creek and Lake Erie conservation. He has served on various advisory committees, such as for the Ohio EPA, Ohio Water Resources Council and Clean Ohio Fund. He participated in Ohio’s Western Lake Erie Basin water quality plans and projects (especially agricultural nutrient pollution), the USDA State Technical Committee, the Ohio Nutrient Reduction Plan, nutrient and other water quality standards, and provided numerous comments and communications for the Conservancy and MBI related to state water quality assessments, legislation, policies and rules related to water quality. He is active in the Ohio Scenic Rivers Association and the Darby Creek Association. He has over 40 years of experience in water quality and other environmental protection. He received a B.A. in Biology from Wittenberg University,a Masters of Environmental Science from Miami University, and a B.A. in Geological Sciences from The Ohio State University.