Tam Smith

Tamara (Tam) Smith is a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) focusing on endangered species recovery planning and implementation, species status assessments, and Endangered Species Act guidance. Tam is the MN-WI Field Office Threatened and Endangered Species Coordinator and focuses on imperiled invertebrates. Tam is the national lead biologist coordinating the recovery of the federally endangered rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) and Poweshiek skipperling (Oarisma poweshiek). Tam co-leads the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign’s Imperiled Bombus Conservation Task Force, is a co-organizer of the National Native Bee Monitoring Network, chairs the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, and serves on several national and international pollinator conservation teams. Tam previously was the Director of Northwest Conservation Programs for the Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program and held other positions with the USFWS, Cornell University, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, and Wisconsin Sea Grant. 

Education

M.S. 2002. Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 

B.S. 1996. Mathematics, B.S. Environmental Science, Art Minor, University of Wisconsin -Green Bay, Green Bay, WI.  

Publications available at https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5433-0254