Janine Clayton named Gifford Pinchot chief
Friday, October 10, 2008 11:32 PM PDT
By The Daily News
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E-mail this articleJanine Clayton, assistant director for minerals and geology in the U.S. Forest Service's Washington, D.C., office, has been named new supervisor of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Southwest Washington.
Clayton, a 25-year Forest Service veteran, “brings a wealth of experience and energy that will serve the Forest and the people of southwest Washington,” said Acting Regional Forester Cal Joyner said in a press release.
Clayton succeeds Claire Lavendel, Gifford Pinchot supervisor from 1999 to 2008. Lavendel is now director of Recreation, Lands and Minerals in the Forest Service Pacific Northwest regional office.
“I’m looking forward to being back in the Northwest and to discovering the Gifford Pinchot,” Clayton said in a press release. “I’m excited about the opportunities to work with communities, agencies and our partners. I’ve heard good things about them and know there is a good foundation on which to build.”
Clayton has worked in the agency’s Washington, D.C., office since January 2006. She was acting Forest Supervisor on the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit in 2005, and worked as a reclamation and energy minerals program leader in California for eight years.
Clayton served as acting regional assistant director for natural resource management in Vallejo, Calif., in 2001, and was an area mining geologist in the Northwest for eight years. She holds a master’s degree in geology and a bachelor’s in anthropology and geology.
The Gifford Pinchot National Forest, named after the agency’s first chief, encompasses 1.37 million acres in Southwest Washington, including the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Mount Adams and seven wildernesses areas.
Clayton is expected to start her new job in early December.
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