Show Ashley National Forest Supervisor retires Robert A. Forest Supervisor of the Ashley National headquartered at retired March 9 after 35 years of federal In announcing his Regional Forester Vern Hamre commended Rowen for his many years of excellent leadership in National Forest resource Rowen has spent most of his career in the Intermountain serving in many responsible said Before Rowen's appointment as Forest Supervisor of the Ashley National Forest in he served for three years In D.C. During that he provided national direction for management of all classified Wilderness in the National Forest Rowen's previous assignments included five years as Forest Supervisor of the Humboldt National Forest in Earlier he was District Ranger on two Districts of the Boise National Forester for the National Forest in staff officer in the Division of Watershed and Multiple Use in the Ogden Regional and Range Conservationist in the Regional He was honored with special achievement awards in 1958 and again in he was a recipient of the Sears Award for Forester of the Year in Born in Rowen attended the University of graduating in 1948 with a degree in He served with the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1942 to He is a member of the Soil Conservation Society of America and the American Society for Range and Rowen have two Martha and They plan to remain in Assuming the responsibility of supervisor will be James Craig of Coeur He is currently deputy supervisor of the Panhandle National Forest in Kent Taylor is acting supervisor until the tentative date of April 22 when Craig is expected in the Vernal |