Selinde Roosenburg was raised on her family’s tree farm near Amesville, Ohio, where she grew from a barefoot woodland explorer into a steward of the Appalachian forests who planted trees, culled invasives, cut firewood, milled lumber, and boiled maple syrup. She studied Forestry at Ohio State University, hoped to pursue a career in wildland fire and forestry, worked for Ohio DNR as a forest technician at Zaleski State Forest for a little over a year, and trained as a wildland firefighter in Washington. Known as positive, outgoing, optimistic, loyal, loving, energetic, quiet, and introspective, she was remembered for her humor, musicianship, service to her community, and deep love for the forest. In March of 2021, she died from injuries sustained as a passenger in a UTV rollover while working on a prescribed burn at Richland Furnace State Forest, where none of the firefighters in the UTV were wearing seat belts. Her loss is also a safety reminder that UTVs require proper instruction and practice, that operators and passengers should wear seat belts, helmets, and protective gear, keep their bodies inside the vehicle, drive only in designated areas at safe speeds, use care on turns and slopes, avoid alcohol and drugs, follow age and licensing requirements, limit passengers to the vehicle’s capacity, and follow the operator’s manual and warning labels.