Patti Smith

Patti has worked at BEEC since its founding in 1991, continuing to develop and share her lifelong fascination with the natural world. She has been documenting the life of the beaver ponds in her woods for eighteen years; her journals have become columns in the Brattleboro Reformer, she has written the book, The Beavers of Popples Pond, and she is responsible for the illustrations that populate BEEC publications. Her beaver work has become a centerpiece of BEEC programming and statewide outreach.

Patti is a licensed wildlife rehabilitator and fields the many calls that come in to BEEC about wildlife. She has a B.S. from the University of Vermont in Environmental Education and is a recipient of the Antioch University Environmental Excellence/Community Award for her work through Bonnyvale.