Tag: Forrest Cole

Tongass chief ends 40-year Forest Service career

by Ed Schoenfeld | Feb 12, 2015 | Local News, Southeast Archive, Syndicated | 0

The man at the top of the Tongass is leaving soon. Forrest Cole will retire this spring after four decades with the U.S. Forest Service.

Tongass supervisor, deputy, leaving the forest

by Leila Kheiry | Jan 7, 2015 | Local News, Syndicated | 0

Forest Supervisor Forrest Cole plans to retire in April after about a dozen years in the job. Cole’s deputy, Tricia O’Connor, is leaving to become the supervisor of the Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming.

Panel will target Tongass plan, timber transition

by Ed Schoenfeld | Jan 17, 2014 | Local News, Syndicated | 0

The Forest Service is setting up an advisory board to help rewrite the Tongass National Forest’s management plan. It’s somewhat similar to another panel that shut down last year without completing its work.