About Keystone Ecology
Keystone Ecology is a field-informed ecological practice focused on restoring habitat, improving landscape function, and bringing nature back into the places we live.
“A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.”
— Aldo Leopold
Our Mission
At Keystone Ecology, we believe landscapes should do more than fill space. They should support life, reflect place, and contribute to the long-term health of the communities around them.
Our work is rooted in the idea that ecological function and human use do not have to be at odds. Whether we are planning native plantings, improving habitat, managing invasive species, or helping clients better understand their land, our goal is to create landscapes that are both practical and ecologically meaningful.
We approach each site with attention to how it actually works—its soils, hydrology, vegetation, patterns of use, and relationship to the larger landscape. By combining field observation with GIS-driven analysis, we aim to provide recommendations that are grounded, defensible, and useful over the long term.
In a fragmented world, we see every landscape as an opportunity to restore connection: between people and place, between built spaces and ecological systems, and between what a property is and what it could become.
Meet the Ecologist
Glenn Christopher
Ecologist · Founder, Keystone Ecology
Keystone Ecology was founded by Glenn Christopher, an ecologist based in Youngstown, Ohio focused on habitat restoration, native landscapes, and landscape-scale ecological function.
Glenn holds a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from Youngstown State University with minors in Geographic Information Science and Chemistry. His work integrates field observation with GIS-driven landscape analysis to better understand how ecosystems function and how they can be restored.
His experience includes ecological field research, vegetation surveys, habitat assessment, and spatial analysis of landscapes across the Midwest.