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2022 Regional Forester & Station Director Honor Awards
Stronger Together
2022 Regional Forester and Station Director Honor Awards from USDA Forest Service on Vimeo.
Message from Regional Forester Jennifer Eberlien & Research Station Director Richard Barhydt
Please congratulate these Honor Award honorees on their successes and outstanding contributions. The theme for this year's Honor Award ceremony was "Stronger Together." The theme highlights how excited we are to be here, together and in-person, for the first time in several years. Though we continue to be faced with COVID-related impacts, one thing remains unchanged. Namely, our employees and partners continue to advance the Forest Service mission in the Pacific Southwest Region through their impactful and significant achievements and passion for the land.
We are thrilled to present this year's awards to a host of employees and partners who, while representing a diverse array of approaches, all share the same commitment towards restoring, enhancing, and sustaining forest lands in California, Hawai'i and the Pacific Islands.
On behalf of the USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region and Research Station, we congratulate our honorees, as well as all the Region and Research Station employees, for the work that you do. You are making a difference for the American public and for future generations.
Post Fire Recovery and Disaster Relief
Eldorado National Forest (NF), Placerville Ranger District, Great Basin Institute, El Dorado and Georgetown Divide Resource Conservation District, California Office of Emergency Services-Recovery Operations
Fuels Reduction and Forest Resiliency
Giant Sequoia Emergency Response Team-Sequoia NF
and Sierra NF
Visitor Experiences and Public Access
Michael Porter-Los Padres NF
Developed Recreation Team-Tahoe NF
Innovation and Service in Business Operations
Anna Wong
Innovation and Service in Research
Kevin Mazzocco
All Lands, Watershed and Forest Health
Blue Forest Conservation: Zach Knight,
Nick Wobbrock, Phil Saksa
Organizational Transformation
Region s Grants and Agreements Staff: Sylvia Palmer, Amy Collenberg, Rachel Ellison, Lynne E. Evans, Louise Ewen, Dorene Hensler, Kelsey Josi, Byron Keely, Katy Miessner, Edward L. Montgomery, Darius Parks, Kimberly Pedersen, Hugo MartinezRoacho, Stephanie Rumsey, Christine VanderMolen, Genevieve Villemaire, Chor Vang, Constance Zipperer
Improving the Station Workplace
Holly Ziemer
Diversity and Inclusion
Helen Tarbet-Los Padres NF
CEDT's Community Enhancement and Diversity Award Amanda Uowolo
Emergency Response
Jennifer Linn-Law Enforcement & Investigations
Employee of the Year
Wendy Russ-Sequoia NF
Science Delivery
The ACCEL Team
(collaboration between PSW/R5/external partners)
District Ranger of the Year
Jonathan Cook-Fisher-Tahoe NF
Career Achievement
Herman Wendell-Plumas NF
Gary O. Fiddler-Ecosystem Management
Distinguished Science
Liz Keppeler
Partnership of the Year
Sustainable Recreation / CALREC Vision Key Working Group: John Wentworth, Rita Keil, Bill Keene, Danna Stroud, Kristy Williams, Austin Mcinerny, Angie Avery, Matt Driscoll submitted by Public Services