The Lure of the Forest; Oral Histories from the National Forests in California (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 2005-07-06 Excerpt: ... me. After my two-year assignment, I was transferred to the supervisor's office as the I&E pnformation and Education staff officer. Then I was transferred to the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire, where I was fire, soil, watershed and I&E staff officer. I worked for a Forest Supervisor who had been there for seventeen years. As part of my duty assignment, I set up a booth at the Boston sports show to hand out some Forest Service brochures and answer questions. A guy came over to the booth and said, "Hey, is your name Tyrrel?" I said, "Yeah." He says, "You got a call." I went and got the call, and it was George James, regional forester for Region Nine. He says, "What are you doing?" I told him I was down at this sports show in Boston. He said, "Well, I had a heck of a time getting hold of you, but I want to offer you the Forest Supervisor's job on the White Mountain National Forest." He said, "But there's a little problem." He said, 'The current supervisor won't make the announcement." Come to find out he had been telling everybody the recreation staff officer would be replacing him. We had a staff meeting scheduled where we were to make plans for the Forest Supervisor's retirement party. I said, "Hey, guys, something you need to know. I'm your new boss." I was thirty-six years old. After we left the White Mountain National Forest, I was offered a job as director of planning, programming and budget in Region Six, and worked there four years. I was then asked to go to the Washington Office to be the Forest Service representative to the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, which is in the Department of Interior, to participate in writing the National...