Maddie Smit - Regional Forest & Fire Capacity Program Coordinator
Maddie Smit serves as a Program Coordinator for the Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program. She holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Environmental Management and Protection from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo with a concentration in land rehabilitation and restoration. She got her start in the world of forest and fire management as an outreach manager for a non-profit working to preserve one of the last three remaining stands of Monterey pine forest. She has a deeply-rooted passion for California native plants and has previously worked as a field researcher on several projects, including a study on the effects of post-fire salvage logging on the introduction of invasive species. On the weekends, you can find her taking way too many photos of plants or planning her next backpacking and rafting trips.
Email Maddie: maddie@thewatershedcenter.com