Kristina Motley was our guide for the Fall Tour of Poplar Island and is a Senior Environmental Specialist (SES) with the Maryland Environmental Service (MES), where she has worked on the Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration Project at Poplar Island for four and a half years. As an SES on Poplar Island her work is focused on outreach, including conducting in-person onsite tours, offsite lectures and events, school programming, and online content creation. A Maryland native, Kristina received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geography: Track in Environmental Studies from Slippery Rock University and a Certificate in Geographic Information Systems from Pennsylvania State University. She is also a Maryland Certified Master Naturalist and a Certified Interpretive Guide through the National Association of Interpretation. In her free time, she enjoys reading a good book at home with her two cats and is an on-call volunteer with Owl Moon Raptor Center which helps capture, transport, and release rehabilitated raptors.
