Idaho Panhandle National Forests
names new Deputy Forest Supervisor |
April 23, 2018 |
Kim Pierson has been selected as the Deputy
Forest Supervisor on the Idaho Panhandle
National Forests. She is currently the District
Ranger on the New Meadows Ranger District of the
Payette National Forest. Pierson has been
extremely active in forest landscape restoration
and collaboration efforts throughout her career
and has a solid history of providing leadership
in these efforts.
Pierson is an avid botanist who began her Forest
Service career as a seasonal botanist on the
Payette National Forest in 1992. She completed a
Bachelor’s Degree in Biology and a Master’s
Degree in Botany/Ecology at Utah State
University in 1999. Prior to starting her
permanent Forest Service career, Pierson
successfully managed her own botanical
consulting company which was highly utilized by
several National Forests to complete survey
work, pollination studies, and botanical
analysis for Forest Plan Revision efforts.
Pierson was the Forest Botanist for the Sawtooth
National Forest. She spent nine incredible years
in this position working on a variety of
botanical issues and restoration efforts.
Pierson became the New Meadows District Ranger
in 2010, and then served as the Acting Director
for Natural Resources for the Intermountain
Region in 2015. She leads a highly performing
workforce comprised of a dedicated team focusing
on increasing the pace of restoration under
Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration
Program and a large fire organization.
Pierson and her husband Jeff Motychak share a
love for camping, canoeing, science, and
adventure. Jeff and Kim also have a soft spot
for shelter animals and have provided a home for
five dogs and two cats, which are the light of
their lives. They are all extremely excited to
be coming to the Idaho Panhandle National
Forests. |
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