Jay Smith currently works as Coconino County’s Forest Restoration Director and has worked in the forest industry since graduating with a Bachelor of Science from Northern Arizona University in 1993. Jay and his wife and their two dogs live in Kachina Village.
In his current role with Coconino County’s Flood Control District, Jay is developing and implementing the county’s Forest Restoration Initiative to assist in accelerating forest restoration activities on National Forest land within Arizona. His experience running logging operations and sawmills has given him a unique view of the issues that are currently slowing the process and to find new ways to tackle those issues. Jay works closely with forest industry and other partners to reduce the threat from catastrophic wildfire and post-fire flooding, especially on steep slope acres within the county, through forest restoration projects.
Director Jay Smith has served on the Board since June 28, 2021.
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Highlands Fire District is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and
channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Highlands Fire District
has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and
commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and
other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome
feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.
If you need any special assistance or accommodations:
Highlands Fire District has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations.
The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best
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In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards,
Highlands Fire District regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely
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