Since 1997, Leslie Anderson has been an equipment specialist at MTDC where she is a project leader for projects involving fire shelters and fire-resistant clothing. Leslie has a bachelor's degree in forestry from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master's degree in forestry from the University of Montana. She began working in wildland fire in 1979. Leslie was a smokejumper from 1984 to 1989 in Missoula, MT. She worked for 2 years in fire management with the Costa Rican National Park Service as a returned Peace Corps volunteer from 1989 to 1991. Leslie worked as an assistant district fire management officer on the Bitterroot National Forest from 1992 to 1997.

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landerson@fs.fed.us