Genny Smith
Genny Smith has been a publisher and editor of guidebooks about the Eastern Sierra Nevada and the Owens Valley of California, United States. Her writings about the history, geology and biology of the region have caused her to be dubbed "the Naturalist Queen of the Eastern Sierra".
Starting in 1958, Smith lobbied against a Trans-Sierra Highway starting at Minaret Summit near Mammoth Lakes, California. Smith and other residents of Mammoth worked with Norman Livermore to convince Governor Ronald Reagan to cancel the road in 1972.
She received a B.A. degree from Reed College. She a resident of Cupertino, California, while spending her summers in Mammoth Lakes, California. She was formerly on the Board of Directors of the Mono Lake Committee.
