Dan Shively will serve as Chugach National Forest Acting Forest Supervisor
Release Date: Jun 3, 2019
Contact(s): Alicia King
Forest Service
Chugach National Forest
161 East 1st Ave., Door 8
Anchorage, Alaska 99501
Twitter: @ChugachForestAK
Facebook: @ChugachNF
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
June 3, 2019
Contact: Alicia King, Public Affairs/Partnership
Phone: 907-231-0172 Email: Alicia.king@usda.gov\
Anchorage, AK—May31, 2019— Acting Deputy Forest Supervisor Dan Shively will serve as the Chugach National Forest Acting Forest Supervisor starting in June. Acting Forest Supervisor Sharon LaBrecque has retired after serving 29 years with the Forest Service (three years on the Chugach National Forest as Deputy Forest Supervisor) and previously serving 10 years with the Bureau of Land Management.
Shively serves as the National Fisheries Program Leader in the Forest Service Washington Office and has been on a detail as Acting Deputy Forest Supervisor for the Chugach National Forest since April, 2019. Shively is not new to Alaska, while completing his Fisheries Science and Watershed Studies degree from Oregon State University, Shively spent the summer of 1987 working at a remote salmon hatchery in Prince William Sound – his first experience on the Chugach National Forest.
“I am looking forward to serving the American people as Acting Forest Supervisor on the Chugach National Forest. I am honored to be working with and supporting our staff and working closely with our diverse group of partners, stakeholders, and collaborators,” says Shively.
For interviews and information to be used for publication, contact the Chugach National Forest Public Affairs Officer at 907-231-0172 or alicia.king@usda.gov.
The mission of the U.S. Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is to sustain the health, diversity and productivity of the nation’s forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations. The agency manages 193 million acres of public land, provides assistance to state and private landowners and maintains the largest forestry research organization in the world. Public lands the Forest Service manages contribute more than $13 billion to the economy each year through visitor spending alone. Those same lands provide 30 percent of the nation’s surface drinking water to cities and rural communities and approximately 66 million Americans rely on drinking water that originated from the National Forest System. The agency also has either a direct or indirect role in stewardship of about 900 million forested acres within the U.S., of which over 130 million acres are urban forests where most Americans live.)