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Maggie comes to SVS with a professional background primarily in Natural Resource Management, having worked for the US Forest Service in Montana, Oregon and Idaho from 2004 through 2019 as a Forester, Program Manager and Environmental Planner. Recently, Maggie started up and managed a successful ice cream business in downtown Salmon and has served on several local non-profit boards including the Salmon Arts Council, the Salmon River Mule Deer Foundation Chapter and the FernWaters Charter School Board. Maggie, and her husband, Travis, have 3 young children and as a family they love experiencing the wide variety of outdoor recreation opportunities this amazing area provides. She also enjoys traveling, cooking, running and watching her kids learn and grow in this awesome community! 

Tiffany moved to the west from rural Ohio in 2010 and started her natural resources journey in college at the University of Montana. There she worked in the herbarium processing pressed plants and with her college professor traveling all over the Pacific Northwest collecting tree data for a study. After graduating, she joined SVS as a field technician and fell in love with the Salmon-Challis area. Tiffany has served as a crew lead, our natural resources program assistant and is excited for her new role as Reforestation Partnership Coordinator. Outside of work, you can find her crafting her little heart out or exploring the vast public lands by hiking, camping, and nerding out on wild flowers.   

Ari recently graduated from Utah State University with a bachelor’s degree in conservation & restoration ecology. Ari grew up in Minnesota and got his start in the natural resources world after moving to Tucson, Arizona and joining the Arizona Conservation Corps in 2016. Since then, he has worked on a variety of field crews doing a wide array of work including invasive species removal, trail construction and maintenance, timber harvesting, habitat monitoring, native seed collection and native planting projects all across the western United States. Now located in Salmon, Idaho, Ari has a passion for all things outdoors and restoring our native landscapes. He spends his free time botanizing, hiking, climbing and kayaking wherever phone service is lacking.

Originally from the farmlands of Ohio, Kate fell in love with the Salmon River and the surrounding mountains after an internship with the Salmon-Challis National Forest in 2017. Since then she’s farmed in Alabama, learned to speak Chitumbuka in the Peace Corps in Malawi, shared Crow culture at a state park in Montana, and managed the visitor center and interpretation/education programs at City of Rocks National Reserve and Castle Rocks State Park. Kate's passionate about community engagement and getting everyone outdoors. During time off work Kate enjoys quilting and sewing, hiking, and oohing and aahing at all the incredible details found out in nature.

Meg is an enthusiastic lover of life, curious about all things outside, with a particular conviction that kids can teach adults as much as we can teach them. She was born just over the pass in Hamilton, MT and likes to joke that she is returning to her natal waters, like our beloved salmon. She has worked in salmon and river conservation for the past few years, most recently on the Lemhi River as a field technician with Idaho Fish and Game. Meg grew up between Montana and North Dakota, always exploring rivers. She got her bachelors and masters degrees in molecular biology at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs. While the medical research was interesting, she realized her true passion was in conservation. Meg has now worked with howler monkeys in Costa Rica and river/salmon conservation in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. Outdoor education and community outreach will be a new adventure, one that she has always wanted to try. She believes that strengthening communities and kids' connection to the land and its creatures should be at the forefront of all conservation efforts. Meg is continually in awe of this community, its beautiful ecosystems and resiliency. Salmon is an incredibly unique place, and she is honored to get to work directly in and with the community through Salmon Valley Stewardship. She is excited about collaborating so don’t hesitate to reach out with ideas, resources, questions, or just to say hey!

Cameron has lived in Salmon for 10 years, and has worked in several local businesses, including the Salmon Public Library, Farmers Market, and Odd Fellows’ Bakery. She spent several seasons with SVS as a Natural Resources Technician, and still loves getting out in the woods to hike and botanize. Her primary passion is running Sweet Belly Farm, where she grows and wildcrafts herbs for tea, tinctures, and other healing products, and uses local fruit in tasty fruit preserves. She also loves cooking with local foods, backcountry skiing, hiking, and spending time at home with her partner and their kitties. She is looking forward to contributing to the local food and farming community in a deeper way through her role at SVS, striving for a more resilient, interconnected food system here in the Salmon River region.