Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest Names Corey Lewellen as New Deputy Forest Supervisor
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
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Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest Names Corey Lewellen as New Deputy Forest Supervisor
Lewellen will join the BDNF in January from the Custer Gallatin National Forest
Dillon, MT, October 28, 2024—The Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest is pleased to welcome Corey Lewellen as our new Deputy Forest Supervisor.
Corey started his career in natural resource management by volunteering for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife in 1999. In 2001, he began a career with the U.S. Forest Service as a fisheries technician with the Willamette National Forest.
Over the next decade, Corey held multiple fishery management positions with the Willamette and White River National Forests. While working for the White River, he also detailed into the Deputy District Ranger for the Aspen-Sopris Ranger District. During his career, Corey has been engaged in a variety of fire suppression and planning roles, including working on the fire line and as an Agency Administrator.
In 2014, Corey and his family moved to Montana where he served as the District Ranger for the Townsend Ranger District with the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest. For the past seven years, Corey has served as the Bozeman District Ranger with the Custer Gallatin National Forest, where he recently finished a detail as the acting Deputy Forest Supervisor.
“I’m eager to start working on important issues and opportunities across the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest and engaging with the communities that surround it,” said Lewellen. “As a family, we’re excited and looking forward to becoming part of the Dillon community.”
Corey grew up in Springfield, Oregon, in the southern part of the Willamette Valley. When not busy with school and sports he spent most of his childhood hunting, camping, and fishing with his family in the Cascade Mountains.
He attended Montana State University in Bozeman before transferring to Oregon State University where he earned a B.S. in Fish and Wildlife.
Corey and his wife Emily coming to Dillon from Three Forks, where they spend most of their time chasing their four boys in sports, 4H, or FFA. They also enjoy spending as much time outdoors as possible.
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