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Show ..n.in.ni ifi.Wi.njji.,iMii..iii.ijijj. .gHniffli L POWELL z RANGER STATION M - - ' ' k L. ' t , r ) . k,: . . . , ... J - k . New Forest Service Powell District Wildlife Biologist Jake Schoppe is excited about the challenge of his new job in southern Utah, where he also looks forward to lots of hunting, fishing and hiking. New Powell District Biologist Looks Forward To Life In Southern Utah PANGUITCH - The U.S. Forest Service's most recent staff addition in Panguitch is Jakob "Jake" Schoppe, a 10-year 10-year Forest Service veteran and experienced wildlife biologist. Schoppe is replacing Jose Noriega who transferred some months ago to the Santa Rosa Ranger District in Winnemucca, Nev., a little closer to his home town. For Schoppe, who was reared in Ephraim, his reassignment to southern Utah is a dream come true. He says he has the best of both worlds, being within driving driv-ing distance of three of his brothers and his dad, and able now to become intimately familiar famil-iar with wildlife management in southern Utah which he has always loved. Schoppe, 31, moved here two months ago with wife, Natali, and two-and-one-half-year old son Jonah. The trio are temporarily tem-porarily housed in the Forest Service compound, looking to buy or build soon in Panguitch. Both a wildlife biologist and range management specialist, Schoppe is a graduate of Manti High School, the oldest son of six children of Edward B. Schoppe of Ephraim and Christine Wauls of Fairfax, Va. His father is a 33-year veteran veter-an of the Forest Service, still working with range and wildlife management on the Manti-LaSal Manti-LaSal National Forest. Schoppe worked summers with the Division of Wildlife for the state of Utah on various wildlife projects proj-ects and range ecology. He attended two years at Snow College in Ephraim, completing his education with a double major, Bachelors of Science in both wildlife biology and range management at Brigham Young University. He went directly on staff with the Uinta National Forest in 1994 with the Heber Ranger District and began dating and married, in 1995, his former high school sweetheart Natali Nell. Natali, the oldest of three children, is a daughter of Bruce and Karen Nell of Manti. Schoppe remained in Heber City working predominantly on the Heber District as a ranse (See BIOLOGIST on page 3-A) Schoppe New Biologist From Front Page management specialist. He worked locally with ranchers, "adjusting grazing seasons arid writing grazing management plans. The Heber District takes in Utah County, Utah Valley, and Heber Valley. He also worked some on the Kamas Ranger District in the WasatchCache National Forests. The area he served spanned south to Highway 6 in Spanish Fork and north to the Mirror Lake highway. He has done a lot of work with prescribed burns, the Dedicated Hunter Program and has a good fire fighting background back-ground as a crew boss in summers. sum-mers. Schoppe's special assignment at one point was to coordinate the three-week work projects of some 2,000 National Guardsmen on the Heber District. The large unit success-. success-. ; fully improved and built new roads and cleaned and built new ponds. An avid hunter, camper and -; - Jiiker, Schoppe has been extremely active in the National ;Wild Turkey Federation serving currently as secretary and sits on the state board. He also served as past chapter president in Heber City. He loves both to flyfish and ice fish and plans on exploring, doing some rap-pelling rap-pelling and canyoneering in the slot canyons of Escalante with his family. Schoppe looks forward to carrying on the projects begun by his predecessors, including prescribed burns and pond maintenance and is excited about potential Dedicated Hunter programs. He hopes to direct projects on the East Fork of the Sevier in WillowVegetation Planting and to construct elk crossings along Highway 12. Interested persons can contact him at 676-8815 to assist. Natali Nell Schoppe graduat-" graduat-" ed also from Manti High and with dual degrees in Human Development and Family . Studies from Snow College and the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. She has worked mainly as a conference coordinator coordi-nator in Midway with the Homestead Resort. She enjoys scrapbooking and all types of handwork such as crocheting, knitting and cross stitch. Jakob Schoppe is the oldest grandson of Katie Thomas and a nephew to Nancy Twitchell, both Tropic. |