A History of the Six Rivers National Forest... Commemorating the First 50 Years

Six Rivers National Forest employees pose at the kick-off festivities celebrating the forest's fiftieth anniversary. Compare this December 1996 photo with the 1958 employee photo: not only has there been radical change in the number of employees, but also in the diversity of the jobs and the gender balance. Only about half the total number of people employed on the Six Rivers are shown in this photo; at the end of calendar year 1996, the Six Rivers roster totaled 207 full-time equivalent employees. Courtesy of Susan Palma

Row 1 (sitting on ground), left to right: Jerry Koval (SO, Automotive Equipment Repair Inspector), Sue Ray (SO, Procurement Assistant), Ellen Gaethle (SO, Computer Operator), Liz McGee (SO, Ecologist), Vicki Walker (SO, Resource Technician), Harold Slate (SO, Forest Engineer), Kristen Lark with baby Stephen (LT, Forestry Technician), Karen Kenfield with baby Mara (SO, Fisheries Biologist), Bruce Cross (SO, Electronics Technician), Allen Setzer (MR, Supervisory Forestry Technician-Fire), Mark Sieben (LT, Forestry Technician), Bernadette Madonia (MR, Business Management Assistant), Marvin Curry (MR, Forestry Technician-Fire).

Row 2: Lance Rieland (SO, Civil Engineering Technician), Cliff Johnson (SO, Supervisory Forestry Technician), Eileen Sullivan (Klamath Province, Forestry Technician), Steve Clemens (SO, Property and Travel Assistant), Heather Busam (SO, Archaeologist), Dominick Tarantino with baby Olivia McGee-Houghten (SO, Computer Assistant), Al Mendes, (SO, Civil Engineering Technician), Donna Snyder (MR, Supervisory Forestry Technician-Fire), Beverly Taplin (SO, Computer Assistant), Martha Ketelle (Forest Supervisor—in dress uniform), Mike Furniss (SO, Supervisory Physical Scientist/Forest Hydrologist), Julie Ranieri (SO, Forester/Environmental Coordinator), Mike Martischang (SO, Geographic Information Systems Specialist), Ken Wilson (SO, Forest Archaeologist), Ken Wright (SO, Hydrologist/Computer Analyst), Dorothy Powell (SRNRA, Senior Community Service Project Program Enrollee), Brad Day (SO, Mail and File Clerk), Lynn Johnson (SO, Information Assistant), Ernestine Reiman (SO, Accounting Technician), Fran Nielsen (SO, Information Assistant—holding 50th sign), Juan Palma (Deputy Forest Supervisor—holding 50th sign).

Row 3: Ron Storrs (MR, Forestry Technician), Dave Webb (SRNRA, Supervisory Forestry Technician), Jerry Barnes (SO, Fishery Biologist), Rob McClelland (LT, Supervisory Forestry Technician), Judy Ziemer (SO, Budget Analyst), Janis Stevenson (MR, Supervisory Forester), Mark Lane (MR, Range Conservationist), Pam Lewiston (MR, Archaeologist), Gary Meyer (MR, Forestry Technician), Steve Pollard (MR, Information Assistant), Tom Keter (SO, Assistant Forest Archaeologist), Kathy Heffner McClellan (SO, Anthropologist), Karen Jontes (MR, Forester), Roger Moore (MR, Supervisory Forester), George Albert (SO, Cartographer) Linda Black (SO, Supervisory Computer Specialist), Holly Williams (SO, Equal Employment Specialist), Joe Reyes (LT, Forestry Technician), Kathryn Krupnick (SO, Budget Analyst).

Row 4: Chuck Riley (retired SO Forester—arm hooked around bleacher rail), Pat Serna (Klamath Province, Forestry Technician), Debra Whitman (SO, Forester), Ed Hotalen (LT, Forestry Technician), Pam Conners (SO, Historian, shared services), Sue Sniado (O, Student Trainee/Wildlife), Noelyn Habana (Americorps/Geographic Information Systems Trainee—with blue cap), Dennis McKinnon (SO, Supervisory Civil Engineering Technician), Laura Chapman (SO, Civil Engineer/Forest Planner), Dawn Pedersen (MR, Forestry Technician—almost hidden), Lisa Mizuno (MR, Student Trainee/Fisheries), Susan Watkins (SO, Purchasing Agent), Jennifer Chapman (SO, Computer Operator), Lynn Stover (SO, Personnel Assistant), Shirley Rech (MR, Forester), Jesse Plumage (MR, Wildlife Biologist), Angie Young (SO, Contract Specialist), Lucy Salazar (SO, Forester/Fuels Manuagenuenut Specialist), Adele Henderson (LT, Forestry Technician), Virginia Young (LT, Supervisory District Clerk), Richard Kersh (LT, Supervisory Forestry Technician—standing, with mustache and stunt glasses).

Row 5: George Lottritz (SO, Supervisory General Biologist/Natural Resources Staff Officer), John Larson (LT, District Ranger), Kathy Mace (SO, Personnel Assistant), Debbie Mace (O, Administrative Officer), Kathy Sharpe (MR, Administrative Officer), Diane Kunes (SO, Civil Engineering Technician), Leslie Wolff (MR, Hydrologist), Don Kudrna (SO, Wildlife Biologist), Mary McManus (SO, Personnel Management Specialist), Brenda Devlin-Craig (SRNRA, Wildlife Biologist), Corrine Black (SRNRA, Hydrologist), Bill Bishell (SO, Civil Engineer), Baker Holden (SRNRA, Fisheries Biologist), Ray McCray (MR, Forester), Jane Stuessy (SO, Civil Engineer), Kelly Cahill (SO, Civil Engineer), Janet Boomgarden (SO, Supervisory General Business Specialist—standing out bleachers), Jean Hawthorne (SO, Forester/Public Services Staff Officer—standing), John Wendt (SO, Supervisory Forestry Technician-Fire), Jerry Boberg (SO, Fisheries Biologist).

Row 6: Tom Leskiw (LT, Forestry Technician), Debbie Hom (LT, Wildlife Biologist—in parka), Lee Morgan (LT, Fisheries Biologist), Jim Crossland, (LT, Forestry Technician), Kurt Werner (SO, Civil Engineering Technician), Don Pass (SRNRA, Forester), Scott Webb (SO, Civil Engineering Technician), Peggi Lawrence (SO, Business Management Assistant), Carolyn McCall (SRNRA, Public Affairs Specialist), Patricia Visser (SO, Forester/Rural Assistance Coordinator), Ken Wells (SRNRA, Forestry Technician), Sam Morrison (SO, Hydrologist), Jan Werren (SO, Forestry Technician), Reginia Moon (LT, Forestry Technician), Sherece Hanger (LT, Forestry Technician), Marcia Andre (MR, District Ranger—in jacket and sunglasses), Brian Morris (SRNRA, District Ranger).

Row 7 (top row): Lee Whitman (SO, Automotive Equipment Repair Inspector—in jacket with arm over bleacher rail), Mark Smith (SO, Geologist), Kemset Moore (SO, Americorps), Gene Graber (O, Forester), Jerry Shipman (LT, Supervisory Forester/Resource Officer), Jim Burns (Klamath Province, Forestry Technician), George Frey (SO, Forester/Realty), Clarence Hostler (LT, Forester), Janice Theuerkauf (SRNRA, Volunteer), John Theuerkauf (SRNRA, Forestry Technician), Phil Bono (SRNRA, Forestry Technician), Bob Kramer (SRNRA, Forestry Technician-Fire), Dave Hubbard (SRNRA, Forestry Technician—crossed arms), Jeff Jones (SO, Biological Sciences Technician/Plants), Carolyn Stimson (SO, Biological Sciences Technician/Plants), Stan Thiesen (SO, Geologist), Bruce Bryan (SO, Biological Sciences Technician), Greg Schmidt (Ecologist).