NEWS RELEASE
July 23, 2021
By Don Amador
JENNIFER EBERLIEN TAKES OVER LEAD ROLE IN USFS REGION 5
QWR would like to extend a warm welcome to Jennifer
Eberlien as the new Regional Forester for the Pacific Southwest Region
(R5). She is replacing Randy Moore who
was recently selected to be the new Chief of the U.S. Forest Service.
Don Amador, President of QWR and Government Affairs lead for AMA District 36, states, “I am glad to see Jennifer get the nod to replace Randy Moore as the new R5 Regional Forester. Over the years, I have had the privilege to work with Jennifer on numerous recreation, access, and resource management issues. We wish her all the best and look forward to working with her on future projects and collaborative efforts.”
LINK TO FS NEWS RELEASE
https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r5/news-events/?cid=FSEPRD933882
Washington, D.C., July 22, 2021— Forest Service Chief Vicki Christiansen today announced Jennifer Eberlien as regional forester for the Pacific Southwest Region. Eberlien replaces incoming Chief Randy Moore who has served as regional forester in the Pacific Southwest Region since 2007.
Eberlien will oversee 18 national forests in California,
which include 20 million acres covering the North Coast, Cascade and Sierra
Nevada ranges and from Big Sur to the Mexican border in the South Coast range.
Additionally, she will oversee state and private forestry programs in Hawaii
and the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands.
An agency veteran with nearly 30 years of land management
experience, Eberlien is currently stationed in Washington, D.C., where she has
served as associate deputy chief for the national forest system since October
2020.
“Jennifer’s experience and proven leadership throughout
the agency, particularly in the Pacific Southwest Region, makes her the perfect
choice to become the next Regional Forester”, said Chief Christiansen, “She will
bring care and strength to this critical position on the frontlines of the
nation’s wildfire crisis.”
Incoming Chief of the Forest Service Randy Moore, who
assumes the title of Chief on 26 July, is leaving the Pacific Southwest Region
Regional Forester position that Eberlien will start immediately. “Jennifer
Eberlien knows this region and is ideally suited for it, having served as
Deputy Regional Forester here during her sterling career. She will be the first
female Regional Forester in the Pacific Southwest Region and I look forward to
continuing to serve with her.”
Eberlien started her career with the Forest Service in
1992 on the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in Park Falls, Wisconsin. She
has since served as Deputy Forest Supervisor for the Rogue River-Siskiyou
National Forest in southwest Oregon, Forest Supervisor of the Mount
Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in Everett, Washington, and Deputy Regional
Forester for the Pacific Southwest Region in Vallejo, California. Prior to her
current post in Washington, D.C., Eberlien served a year as acting regional
forester for the Rocky Mountain Region headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
Eberlien is a graduate of the University of Minnesota
with a bachelor’s degree in anthropology. She also holds a master’s degree in
anthropology from Northern Arizona University.