Biz Buzz for July 20
Mark Hummel was hired as deputy forest supervisor for the Superior National Forest. Hummel will assist with overall management of programs across the 3 million-acre forest.
During his career, Hummel has worked on national forests in different parts of the country. He began on the Toiyabe National Forest in Sparks, Nev., where his duties required travel across the forest shooting video and talking with employees, ranchers and miners.
As a planner in Petersburg, Alaska, Hummel helped create a forum in which people who fought each other in newspapers and court cases sat down at tables and talked to each other about ideas for improving the management situations they cared about.
As district ranger in Wrangell, Alaska, he worked with staff members to arrange for a vegetation inventory with Ducks Unlimited as a partner.
He also has worked in the Forest Service Region 8 at the Headquarters of the Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita National Forests in Arkansas and Oklahoma and in the Region 9 Office in Milwaukee.
