New Forest Supervisor on the
Idaho Panhandle National Forests |
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March 5, 2018 |
 Jeanne
Higgins has been selected as the new Forest
Supervisor on the Idaho Panhandle National
Forests starting mid-May 2018. She is taking
over the position previously held by Mary
Farnsworth, who near the end of 2017 acceepted a
Deputy Regional Forester position for the
Intermountain Region of the Forest Service in
Ogden, Utah. During the interim gap between
Farnsworth's departure and the mid-May starting
date of Higgins, Holly Jewkes has served as
acting Forest Supervisor on the Idaho Panhandle
National Forests. Jewkes is the Deputy Forest
Supervisor on the Willamette National Forest in
Oregon.
A University of Idaho graduate, the soon-to-be
Supervisor of our local area national forest,
Jeanne Higgins, currently serves as a natural
resources specialist providing policy reform
leadership for the National Forest Systems of
the USDA Forest Service in the Washington
Office.
Higgins has been active in developing strategies
for large-scale recovery and forest
sustainability efforts. She has been a leader in
forest restoration processes and strategies.
Higgins grew up in Northern California and
attended Sierra College obtaining an Associate
of Science Degree in Forest Technology. She has
held many positions with the Forest Service over
the years, starting with front line boots on the
ground positions, and including upper level
management positions.
• Her first seasonal position was as a Forestry
Aid on the Klamath National Forest in Northern
California in 1980.
• Higgins obtained a Bachelor of Science in
Forest Resource Management from the University
of Idaho in 1988.
• Upon graduation, she served in a variety of
positions including Forester, Planner, Staff
Officer, and District Ranger on several national
forests throughout the west.
• Higgins was Forest Supervisor on the
Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in 2007.
• She next served as Forest Supervisor of the
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forests in 2010.
• She was appointed Deputy Regional Forester for
the Southwestern Region of the USDA Forest
Service in 2012.
• Higgins was also the Forest Supervisor on the
Stanislaus National Forest before serving as the
Acting Associate Deputy Chief for National
Forest Systems in 2016.
Higgins is excited to come to the Idaho
Panhandle National Forests with her husband.
They have two grown daughters who are pursuing
careers of their own in Idaho and Montana, as
well as a new granddaughter. Higgins enjoys
spending time with family, hiking, hunting,
kayaking, camping, skiing, and traveling. |
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