The MRC has a new member representing the recreational community. Shelby Smith is a live-aboard and avid sailor. Her education, interests, and professional experience are an excellent fit for the MRC. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Environmental Education & Mass Communication from WWU’s Huxley College; her area of focus was in natural history of the Salish Sea. Since graduation she has worked as an onboard naturalist on small ecotourism vessels between SE Alaska and Mexico’s Sea of Cortez, as staff for the Shared Strategy for Puget Sound, a nonprofit focused on writing the recovery plan for threatened and endangered salmonids in the Puget Sound ESA, as a production assistant for an environmental film-maker, and as staff for Team Jefferson, the Economic Development Council of Jefferson County. She recently accepted a position as Development Director for the Jefferson Land Trust, and is thrilled to begin her new role there in June. She and her husband own a classic sailboat and she is a USCG 100 Ton Licensed Master Mariner. The Jefferson MRC is happy to welcome her.
The office is located on the second floor of the new Northwest Maritime Center in downtown Port Townsend. The MRC will hold business meetings in the new facility on alternate months. Stay tuned for details on upcoming events or drop by to see us.
