[PCA] NEWS: Career conservationist picked to oversee Forest Service

[Olivia Kwong]

http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/05/06/06greenwire-career-conservationist-picked-to-oversee-fores-19116.html

Career conservationist picked to oversee Forest Service
By ALLISON WINTER AND NOELLE STRAUB, Greenwire
Published: May 6, 2009

President Obama nominated a career Agriculture Department employee 
yesterday to a political post overseeing the Forest Service and farmland 
conservation programs.

If confirmed by the Senate, Homer Lee Wilkes -- currently the Mississippi 
state conservationist and a 28-year veteran of USDA's Natural Resources 
Conservation Service (NRCS) -- would be undersecretary for natural 
resources and environment. The post directs the Forest Service and 
conservation projects at NRCS.

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