President Obama announced on Sept. 6 that he will reappoint Ken Smith of Sewanee to serve another four-year term as a member of the Valles Caldera Trust, a nine-person board that oversees the Valles Caldera National Preserve in New Mexico. Smith was nominated by Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich.
Smith is a professor of forestry and geology at Sewanee. He will serve on the board with the supervisors of the Santa Fe National Forest and Bandelier National Monument, as well as with six other experts.
“It is an honor to be reappointed by President Obama, and I look forward to once again sharing my experiences on the Trust with my students and colleagues at Sewanee,” Smith said.
“We had three Sewanee students working on the Preserve last year,” he said. “In the near future, I will be interacting with the Preserve managers as they deal with the aftermath of two large fires which have burned through in the past three years, as well as discussing issues concerning the financial sustainability of the Preserve,” he said.
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