AJ Kliewer
(541) 888-5922
AJ has lived in Coos Bay his whole life, besides the time he spent getting his bachelor’s degree in Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences at Oregon State University in Corvallis. His connection with CoosWA began in 2014 when he joined our after-school watershed stewardship program for teens. He stayed in the program for multiple years, during which he and his peers helped bring the Mayfly Festival to life in 2017! After high school, he spent a summer as an intern with CoosWA’s LCM program and two summers on our summer youth crew, taking on more leadership responsibilities in each role. Most recently, AJ joined our team as a full-time, permanent staff member—teen years after tromping around the woods with us as an 8th grader!
Role at CoosWA
As our Restoration Technician, AJ assists with our noxious weeds program, winter planting crew, and summer youth crew. He is the Swiss army knife of the plants team, helping where he is needed.
Memorable experience in Coos County
“I went chanterelle picking with a friend this last year and found a lobster mushroom the size of my head! It was the biggest lobster mushroom I’ve ever seen, and it didn’t have any bad spots, which was miraculous.”