Meet the Team
Meet our Team: Stella Krone
Meet Stella—after only one year as a seasonal worker she returned to us as a crew lead for our 2022 season. You might even see her in the field as she maps and sprays invasive weeds along our highways. Whether she’s spraying on the roadside near Hoback or Togwotee you won’t miss her in her favorite (and stylin’) neon orange and yellow outfits.
Meet our Team: Matt Prosen
Matt is one of our EDRR (Early Detection Rapid Response) crew leads. His many seasons with us lends knowledge, experience, and expertise to our weed program. Although Matt grew up in the Chicago suburbs, he feels more at home in nature. If the housing market permits, he plans to live in Jackson for a while. You’ll catch him fishing, hiking, camping, paddle boarding, and making music throughout the year.
Meet our Team: Amy Girard
Amy Girard Job Title: Mosquito Program CoordinatorWhere were you born and raised and what brought you to Teton County?I was born in Bad Axe, Michigan and moved out west in 2005. While studying the effects of sagebrush treatments on small mammal communities in lovely Randolph, Utah I met my husband to be. We decided to ride his dirt bike up to Jackson one weekend to check out the mythical Tetons for the day. Once we saw the mountains, we knew it was a place we needed to spend more time. We have left a few times since then for jobs and grad school, but we have always been drawn back to this special place.
Meet our Team: Meta Dittmer
Meta Dittmer Job Title: Communication and Education Program Coordinator Where were you born/raised and what brought you to Teton County? Born and raised in Berkeley, CA.Worked as a Park Ranger in Yellowstone National Park for 3 seasons and fell in love with western WY.
Meet our Team: Mikenna Smith
Mikenna Smith Job Title: Lab & Insect Program Coordinator / Entomologist Where were you born/raised and what brought you to Teton County? I grew up in Salt Lake City and did my undergraduate there. For grad school, I moved to Germany and thought about staying in Europe permanently, but a few months before graduation I knew I was missing the mountains and open space of the West too much.
Meet our Team: Mark Daluge
Name: Mark Daluge Job Title: Assistant SupervisorWhere were you born/raised and what brought you to Teton County?Madison, WI. SkiingWhat has been the most unexpected/difficult part of your job and why?Learning to fly a drone to spray weeds.What has been the most rewarding part of your job or a favorite project you've been a part of and why?Cheatgrass. It grows where it is hard to treat and expands extremely rapidly!
Meet our Team: Erika Edmiston
Erika Edmiston Job Title: District SupervisorWhere were you born/raised and what brought you to Teton County? I was born and raised in Sheridan, Wyoming. I grew up fishing, hunting, camping, backpacking, water skiing and enjoying all of the outdoor activities available to us. I came to Teton County to work as a seasonal crew member for Teton County Weed and Pest while still in college.
What a Crew!
You have surely seen those folks clad in orange vests, carrying heavy backpacks in the sweltering summer heat, scaling the steep terrain along the roads and highways in Teton County.