Meet Rare Care’s 2025 Field Technician
Jacob Maki was Rare Care’s 2025 seasonal field technician. Maki started as a volunteer monitor with Rare Care in 2021. After graduating with a degree in plant biology from the University of Washington last year, he decided to take a stab at a full season of Rare Care.
Assisting with seed collections, outplantings, and monitoring, he traveled across the state from the Olympic Mountains to the basalt cliffs of the Columbia River, and even to channeled scablands in Odessa, WA.
Maki tackled steep slopes, harrowing cliffs, and hot weather throughout the field season.
“Many of our plants require some intrepid travel,” Maki said. “It gives me a new appreciation for everyone associated with the program, knowing how much dedication finding some of these plants requires.”