Kyle Smith, Forest Manager

Kyle Smith is the Forest Manager for The Nature Conservancy of Washington where he leads a team of professional foresters who conduct forest management and river restoration projects across 80,000 acres in Washington. Kyle’s current areas of management include the Ellsworth Creek Preserve in Southwest Washington, the Hoh River Recreation Area and Conservation Area, the Clearwater Forest Reserve in the Olympic Peninsula, and the Central Cascades Forest in Eastern Washington.

Jamie Bass, Olympics Field Forester

Jamie Bass is the Olympics Field Forester as part of the Lands Team for The Nature Conservancy in Washington. She works to create healthy forests in Olympic Peninsula watersheds through active management in The Nature Conservancy’s Hoh and Clearwater Forest Reserves. Conservation projects range from stream restoration to forest thinning to invasive species management, while also interfacing with our active and diverse user groups.