Motivated by her passion for the natural environment, and studying maps and landforms during her world travels, she developed a keen interest in Geographic Information Systems which she studied as an undergraduate. With a B.S. in Earth Sciences (Geography) from MSU in Bozeman, she continued on to receive a M.S. in Natural Resources and Environmental Management from University of Hawai’i at Manoa in Honolulu. Her focus on restoration ecology in Hawai’i was a catalyst for her specialization in that field back home in Montana. At River Design Group, Selita enjoys geospatial analysis and cartography, and ecological restoration focusing on floodplain and wetland vegetation community design and rehabilitation.
“Any river is really the summation of the whole valley. To think of it as nothing but water is to ignore the greater part.”
— Hal Borland, This Hill, This Valley