Katie Reytar
Senior Research Associate, Forests Program

Katie Reytar is a Senior Research Associate in the Forest Program’s Global Restoration Initiative. Her expertise focuses on GIS spatial analysis, modeling, and data applications to inform environmental policy and management decisions. She has worked at WRI since 2008, and currently leads technical research on forest and landscape restoration monitoring and related data applications. She also contributes to the Center for Equitable Development’s Land and Resource Rights initiative as a GIS specialist. Areas of past project work include Water Quality, Coastal Ecosystems (Reefs at Risk Revisited), and Agricultural Sustainability.
Prior to joining WRI, Katie worked as an environmental engineer for the consulting firm ERG and supported various U.S. government clients, including the Environmental Protection Agency. She also interned at the World Wildlife Fund, performing GIS work for the Conservation Science and Humanitarian Partnerships programs.
Katie has a B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and a Master of Environmental Science and Management from the Bren School at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and two sons.
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Research
Projects
Reefs at Risk
Raising awareness of threats to coral reefs and providing information and tools to manage coastal habitats more effectively.
Part of ClimateLand and Resource Rights
WRI’s Land and Resource Rights project aims to ensure that rural people and the urban poor have secure rights over their land and natural resources.
Part of Environmental RightsGlobal Restoration Initiative
WRI is partnering with governments, businesses, and communities around the world to restore millions of hectares of deforested and degraded land.
Part of ForestsWater Quality Targeting
Providing guidance on how to better target agricultural conservation in the United States, to cost-effectively achieve measurable improvements in water quality.
Part of WaterAfrican Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100)
Restoring 100 million hectares of deforested and degraded land in Africa by 2030.
Part of Forest and Landscape RestorationLandMark
LandMark is a global data platform of Indigenous and community lands to help communities protect their land rights and secure tenure.
Part of Environmental RightsThe Landscape Monitoring Accelerator
Supporting the use of cutting-edge technology to track restoration and land use planning efforts
Part of Forests