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Forest Health Protection: Key Contacts
Forest Health Protection is a unit of the Regional Office, but to enable us to work on the ground most effectively, most of our staff is dispersed in three Service Centers, each of which serves a zone of the Region.
Click on the map below for a more detailed view of Service Center areas.
Regional Office StaffUSDA Forest Service (303) 275-5026 |
Kevin Khung, Director, State, Private & Tribal Forestry Todd Neel, Assistant Director, Forest Health Protection Dan Tekiela, PhD, Invasive Plant Program Manager & Pesticide Use Coordinator Vacant, Regional Entomologist Brian Howell, Forest Health Monitoring Coordinator Justin Backsen, Aerial Survey Program Manager Vacant, Aerial Surveyor Vacant, Aerial Surveyor Nathan Edberg, GIS Specialist |
Lakewood Service CenterUSDA Forest Service (303) 236-9541 |
Jim Kruse, Service Center Leader Kelly Sullivan Burns, Pathologist Rebecca Stokes, Entomologist Marianne Davenport, Entomologist Vacant, Technician |
Gunnison Service CenterUSDA Forest Service (970) 642-1133 |
John Nelson, Service Center Leader Bradley Lalande, Pathologist Amy Lockner, Entomologist Matthew Ethington, Entomologist Suzanne Marchetti, Technician |
Rapid City Service CenterUSDA Forest Service |
Kurt Allen, Service Center Leader Jim Blodgett, Plant Pathologist Kendra Schotzko, Entomologist Megan Wilson, Entomologist Vacant, Technician |