Madeline Stewart

09/22/2025

Sweater weather can’t come soon enough! 🍂🍁🍂

It's the first day of fall! 🍁 Just a little while longer until SC shows off some striking autumn colors...

But you can go ahead and start planning all those fun fall trips with the help of this foliage prediction map 📍

*While no tool can be 100% accurate, this map is meant to help travelers better time their trips to have the best opportunity of catching peak fall color. Source: https://smokymountains.com/fall-foliage-map

04/01/2025

The past couple weeks have been full of media interviews (hello, Today Show and NPR!), but this project has to be my favorite to date.

Being deployed at the Table Rock Complex in the Upstate has been a great learning experience and I’m thankful for the many opportunities to share the SC Forestry Commission’s mission!

03/19/2025

Forestry Commish x Soda City Living collab coming soon! 🎥🌲

Reunited ( just for a shoot) and it feels so good!

Just wrapped a segment for Soda City Living and got to see a familiar face!

Always great to see former colleagues growing in new spaces! ❤️❤️

Madeline Stewart

12/12/2024

Maybe I’m lazy, but you would not catch me hauling a Christmas tree and decorations to the top of a fire tower😂🥵 Would you?

This from 1993 features one of the last working SCFC fire lookout towers complete with a Christmas tree inside 🎄

Could you imagine hauling the tree and decorations up all those stairs? 😅 Now, that's commitment!

SCFC FIRE TOWER HISTORY 📚
-The first Forestry Commission lookout tower was built in 1930 near Camden by the Civilian Conservation Corps.

-The tower network eventually included more than 130 towers and was used for 65 years to detect wildfires.

-In 1993, the Forestry Commission closed the last of its forest fire lookout towers.

-The SCFC lookout tower system was decommissioned in 1994. Fire detection is now handled through public reporting and aerial surveillance.

To learn more, visit https://bit.ly/SCFCWildfireFacts

12/06/2024

Did you know SC is the only state that recognizes its Arbor Day in December? 🥶 See the post below to learn why!

11/28/2024

Thankful, grateful, blessed ✅

11/08/2024

https://youtu.be/AVM1p81bpZ4?si=GSI4i8GWx0JDIepS

If you haven’t heard… I have said goodbye to Soda City Living and am wrapping up week one of my new job!

I’m staying in the Midlands and couldn’t be happier.

Soda City Living and WISTV mean the world to me. I’m so thankful for my 3.5 years at the station.

However, I am now having so much fun learning all about forestry from the best team at the South Carolina Forestry Commission. They’ve given me the warmest welcome and I am so thankful!

I’m excited for what’s to come as I manage the agency’s social media and lots of other fun things (i.e. drive bulldozers at the dozer academy, fly around in small planes, go to fire school… all in my bedazzled hard hat, if they’ll let me!).

Don’t worry, I will continue exploring the best new spots all around the Midlands and sharing that here and on madelinestewart.net (link in bio) where you can find a list of my favorite activities and restaurants! ✍🏼

As for being on camera, I have lots of fun things in store that I’ll post on my social platforms, so follow along! 👩🏼‍💻💜

11/08/2024

The future of 3D mapping technology is here, and EMRYN is at the forefront of so many cool ways to help businesses in the Midlands and beyond!

It was a pleasure working with their amazing team!

09/19/2024

After this segment, I see koi in my future!!! 🐠

We had a blast wandering the 10,000 sq. ft. space that’s filled with freshwater and saltwater fish, equipment, and so much knowledge between all the friendly staff members.

If you’re new to fish keeping, no worries! Fishy business has you covered! 🐟

09/18/2024

I had so much fun helping kids explore a few of the exciting opportunities journalism!

Thanks, SC Career Kids, for the opportunity!