Terina Hill
Terina grew up along the Rocky Mountain Front in Choteau. She graduated from the University of Montana-Western in the spring of 1993 with a BS in Secondary Education, with majors in Biology/Health/PE and an emphasis in Athletic Training. While at Western, she amassed over 2,200 internship hours of athletic training experience under her mentor, Dave Kendall. She completed her graduate work at Northern State University in South Dakota, graduating with a master’s degree in Classroom Instruction. While at NSU, she completed work as a Graduate Assistant in the athletic training room under the supervision of fellow UM-Western alum, Roy Strong.
Terina taught junior high Biology, Health, and Physical Education in Nevada for five years. Missing the mountains and green trees of Montana, she “retired” from teaching and returned to her home state.
Terina started her federal career with the Forest Service on the Lewis & Clark National Forest in 2001. She spent 20 years with the Bureau of Land Management as a Fire Mitigation and Education Specialist and currently serves as the Public Affairs Specialist for Wildland Fire for the Forest Service on the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest.
Though not in the formal school classroom, Terina still utilizes her instructional skills and experiences by teaching wildland fire, organizational leadership, and incident command courses at regional and national levels. She has received numerous national, state, and local Excellence Awards for her work with wildland fire mitigation and education. Qualified as a Public Information Officer and Intelligence Specialist, her work in emergency response and incident management has taken her to 20 states, Australia, New Zealand, and Jamaica.
In her spare time, Terina enjoys hiking, horn hunting, and all types of fishing.
