Ketchikan, AK— Tongass National Forest
Supervisor Forrest Cole has announced former Alaska Region employee Marti
Marshall is returning to serve as the new Admiralty National Monument ranger.
She replaces former ranger Kathy Rodriguez, who left last fall for a position
in Montana.
“My heart has always been in Alaska,”
said Marshall. “I love the adventure, the people, and the landscape.”
Marshall has spent the last four years
as the Assistant Director of Recreation, Heritage, Wilderness, and Trails
in the Pacific Northwest Region of the Forest Service. Before that, she
worked in the Regional Office in Juneau.
Born in Rochester, Michigan, Marshall
earned a degree from Michigan State University in Public Administration
and Social Science. Her sense of adventure and strong commitment to the
agency’s mission led her to a career in the Forest Service.
After starting with the agency as a
firefighter in Fillmore, Utah, she worked several years in Oregon, first
at the Columbia Gorge Ranger District, Oregon, as a seasonal backcountry
ranger, and then she accepted a permanent job on the Mt. Hood National
Forest in the early ‘80s.
She soon heard the call of Alaska, and
moved to Juneau in 1986, where she worked on the Tongass for the next 14
years, two at the Juneau Ranger District and 12 years in Sitka at the Supervisor’s
Office. In 2000, Marshall moved into the Regional Office, where she quickly
became the program leader for Wilderness, Trails and Special Uses Program
Management.
“I’m excited to be working with the
extraordinary people on Admiralty,” she said. “I am looking forward to
getting back out into the field, and getting to better know the people
of Angoon.”
In her free time, Marshall likes biking,
hiking, reading, and great friends. She will come on board as the new ranger
in late June.
Tongass National Forest
648 Mission Street, Ketchikan, AK 99901
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