Board Member
Forest Bridges: The O&C Forest Habitat Project, Inc
Newburg, Oregon, United States
Ed Shepard, CF serves as a Board of Director for Forest Bridges. He retired from the Bureau of Land Management in June of 2012 as the State Director Oregon and Washington after a 38-year career with the BLM. Prior to serving as State Director he served as the Assistant Director for Renewable Resources and Planning in the Headquarters Office in Washington, D.C.; Oregon and Washington BLM Deputy State Director for Resource Planning, Use, and Protection; Deputy Director of the Office of Fire and Aviation at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, ID; District Manager, Coos Bay, Oregon District; Chief of the Division of Forestry in the Washington Office; Area Manager in the Roseburg, Oregon District Office; Area Silviculturist in the Medford, Oregon District Office; and Area Forester in the Rawlins, Wyoming District Office. Throughout much of his career he worked in fire management as a wildland firefighter and fire manager. He also served two Congressional Fellowships with a Congressman Robert F. Smith of Oregon and Senator Conrad Burns of Montana.
Ed holds a MS in Forest Management from Washington State University with an emphasis in Forest Ecology and Silviculture and a BS in Range and Forest Management from Colorado State University. He also attended the University of Montana and the University of Idaho as part of his MS program. He is a graduate of the Federal Senior Executive Candidate Development Program leading to his appointment as a Senior Executive with BLM in 2003.
Shepard is a Fellow and Certified Forester with the Society of American Foresters and has held several elected and appointed offices and committee assignments with the SAF. He served on the SAF Board of Directors from 2014-2016 and as Treasurer in 2016.
Ed is a life member and past president of the Public Lands Foundation.
Active Conservation Management on the BLM and Forest Service Lands of Western Oregon
Thursday, September 19, 2024
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM MST
