Victoria ‘Vicki’ Christiansen will serve as Deputy Chief of State and Private Forestry with the USDA Forest Service. She replaces Jim Hubbard, former State Forester of Colorado, who retires at the end of this month after 10 years as Deputy Chief. Christiansen has more than 36 years of wildland fire and natural resource leadership experience, [read more]
Texas A&M Forest Service Firewise Coordinator Nick Harrison received the 2015 USDA Forest Service Robert E. Browning Jr. Award for his efforts in wildfire prevention. The award is in memory of Browning, a southern wildland firefighter who gave his life battling the South Canyon Fire in Colorado in 1994. The award goes to those who [read more]
Laurie Schoonhoven is assuming the role as the new National Forest Stewardship Program manager in USDA Forest Service Washington Office-Cooperative Forestry after previously serving as the Sustainability Specialist for two years. Over the course of Laurie's 20 years of collaborative and conservation leadership experience she has managed Federal grants; convened and coordinated diverse project teams; worked to integrate efforts with [read more]
The University of Idaho College of Natural Resources selected Brent Keith, NASF's Policy Counsel, to receive the CNR Celebrating Natural Resources Award for 2015. Each year the College of Natural Resources Leadership Team selects alumni meeting the requirements of noteworthy achievement for six distinguished college awards. The CNR Celebrating Natural Resources Award is bestowed on alumni whose careers exemplify [read more]
The Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc. (SFI) has announced that four leaders have been elected to the independent Board of Directors, including Virginia State Forester Bettina Ring. SFI's 18-member, multi-stakeholder Board of Directors comprises three chambers, representing environmental, economic and social interests equally. In addition to the appointment of four new members, Craig Blair, President and [read more]
The National Association of State Foresters' Forest Science and Health Committee welcome new committee contractor Robert (Bob) Simpson. In addition to his contract position with NASF's committee, Simpson is President and CEO of GreenWoodGlobal Consulting, Ltd. His firm specializes in working with forest products companies, natural resource agencies and natural resource NGOs, helping them meet their strategic [read more]
If you were wondering what Sarah McCreary is up to post-NASF, Roll Call wrote a great story about her new role at Hamburger Co., a Democratic political and media consulting firm.As communications director, Sarah will be working on the firm's branding, message development and web strategy efforts. She was an invaluable part of the NASF [read more]
Governor Mike Beebe has accepted the nomination of Joe Fox as the new Arkansas State Forester. Fox has been director of conservation forestry for the Arkansas field office of The Nature Conservancy and was recommended by the Arkansas Forestry Commission last week.
Effective April 23, Genevieve O'Sullivan has joined NASF as Communications Director. Genevieve has relocated to DC from the state of Washington and comes to NASF from the Washington Redistricting Commission as Communications Director. She can be reached at gosullivan@stateforesters.org.
The commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has selected of Forrest Boe as director of the DNR's Forestry Division. Most recently he served as the deputy director of the Parks and Trails Division. Boe succeeds Dave Epperly, who held the post since 2005.
