Roger Boykin Question Manager for TERRA-4

 

Current Position: Chief, Forestry/Fire Management Branch, Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Region, 1875 Century Boulevard, Suite 420, Atlanta, Georgia 30345, (404)679-7191, roger_boykin@fws.gov

Education:

B.A.Forest Resources, Mississippi State University, 1974

Work Experience:

1974-1977 - Mississippi Forestry Commission, Pearl River County, County Forester

• Fire management - wildlife suppression and prescribed burning
• Forest management - public and private lands
• Administration of forestry incentives program

1977-1978 - USDA Forest Service, Delta National Forest, Forestry Technician

• Application of sivicultural practices within bottomland hardwood forest

1978-1984 - DOI, Fish and Wildlife Service, White River National Wildlife Refuge, Station Forester

• Management of bottomland hardwood forest for wildlife habitats and priorities

1984-1987 - DOI, Fish and Wildlife Service; Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri; Division Forester

• Forest/fire management on all national wildlife refuges in division
• Forest/fire management on additional Federal lands in division as assigned

1987-1994 - DOI, Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Louisiana Refuges, Louisiana and Mississippi, refuges Complex Forester

• Forest/fire management on national wildlife refuges in district

1994-1999 - DOI, Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Region, Asst Fire Chief & Regional Forester

• Oversight of forest/fire management programs on all national wildlife refuges in Southeast Region (10 southeastern States and Caribbean)

1999-Present - DOI, Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Region, Chief of Forest/Fire Management

• Oversight of forest/fire management programs on all national wildlife refuges in Southeast Region (10 southeastern States and Caribbean)

  modified: 28-OCT-2000