Carter Smith

Austin | Biologist, Administrator

Carter Smith is a biologist who has had leadership roles in several conservation organizations in Texas, serving as Executive Director of Texas Parks and Wildlife, and prior to that Director of the Nature Conservancy in Texas and head of the Katy Prairie Conservancy. While at the Nature Conservancy, he was involved in work to protect portions of South Padre Island, the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Devils River, Mad Island, Barton Creek, Clymer Meadow, and the Edwards Aquifer recharge zone.