USFS Southern Region Leader Selected
Washington, DC. On Wednesday (July 27, 2006), U.S. Forest Service Chief, Dale Bosworth, selected Charles (Chuck) Myers to lead the Southern Region as its regional forester in Atlanta, Georgia.
USFS Southern Region Leader Selected
Myers will replace Bob Jacobs, who retired in June. Myers was recently appointed the director of forest management in Washington, D.C. (FLA Fast Facts Vol. 2, No. 14, April 8, 2005).
Myers began his Forest Service career in 1979 on the Allegheny National Forest in Pennsylvania. He held several positions throughout the Forest Service’s Eastern Region, including land management planning, appeals, budget and public affairs. In addition, he was a deputy forest supervisor on the White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire and forest supervisor for the Monongahela National Forest West Virginia. He also held temporary assignments as forest supervisor for the Chippewa (Minnesota) and White Mountain (New Hampshire) National Forests and deputy regional forester in the agency’s regional office in Milwaukee. He joined the national headquarters in 2001 and has held management positions in recreation process streamlining and forest management.
Myers is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University with a bachelor’s and masters in forest science. A reporting date has not been announced. For more information, visit the USFS website (http://www.fs.fed.us/).
