TALLAHASSEE, Fla., March 31, 2015—For Immediate Release. Kelly Russell has been named forest supervisor of the National Forests in Florida. Russell reports to her new position in Tallahassee, in the Southern Region of the U.S. Forest Service, on April 6.
“Kelly is an experienced forest supervisor and brings a strong, diverse set of leadership skills to our team here in the Southern Region,” Regional Forester Tony Tooke said. “She will help us tremendously in working with our many partners to restore forests and provide recreation opportunities and a wide range of other services for citizens and communities.”
Russell worked in the Southern Region for the first 24 years of her federal career. “I’m very excited about returning to Florida and working with the people there,” she said.
Russell is a native of Alabama and grew up in Panama City, Fla. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Biology from Wesleyan College in Macon, Ga.
After graduation, Russell went into the Peace Corps for two years and worked in Sierra Leone, West Africa, on an aquaculture project to help local farmers grow tilapia as a source of protein. After the Peace Corps, she attended graduate school in Fisheries at Auburn University.
The Forest Service hired Russell in 1985 as a fisheries biologist, working first in Talladega, then in Montgomery, Ala. In 1991 she moved to South Carolina as the fisheries biologist for the Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests. In 1997 she was hired as the regional fisheries program leader for the Southern Region, stationed in Atlanta.
Russell transferred to the Ouachita National Forest in 2002 as district ranger for the Oklahoma Ranger District. From there she advanced to deputy forest supervisor on the Klamath National Forest in Yreka, Cal., and then forest supervisor on the Gila National Forest in Silver City, N.M.
Russell has also worked in the Washington Office on a variety of assignments.
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