Steve Hiltner

Steve has degrees in botany and water quality. In addition to his work in founding and nurturing the Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association, he has also enjoyed previous lives as a horticulturist, piano teacher, composer and jazz musician. 

Steve served on the Durham Environmental Affairs Board, and leads periodic plant walks along the West Ellerbe Creek Trail and at Penny's Bend.

In a region dominated by trees, his particular passion is bringing back the colorful wetland, prairie and savannah plant communities that historically graced the Durham area. Steve lives with his wife and two young daughters in Princeton, NJ.