{"id":9765,"date":"2017-10-12T11:51:05","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T16:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hbtv.us\/News-for-Haleyville\/?p=9765"},"modified":"2017-10-12T11:55:08","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T16:55:08","slug":"new-forest-ranger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hbtv.us\/News-for-Haleyville\/new-forest-ranger\/","title":{"rendered":"New Forest Service District Ranger"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Double Springs, AL) October 6, 2017 <\/b>\u2013 The USDA Forest Service recently announced Andy Scott as the new district ranger responsible for the administration of approximately 181,000 acres of the Bankhead National Forest in northwest Alabama.<\/p>\n

According to Carl Petrick, forest supervisor for the Conecuh, Talladega, Bankhead, and Tuskegee National Forests, Scott brings a wealth of leadership and scientific skills to the National Forests in Alabama.\u00a0 For 15 years, Scott worked with the Forest Service providing extensive collaboration with community stakeholders, partners, and Forest Service employees.\u00a0 He served as a research soil scientist for the Forest Service Southern Research Station in Pineville, LA, and Huntsville, AL.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m very excited to join the great group of employees, partners, and volunteers that work hard every day to manage the beautiful Bankhead Ranger District,\u201d said Andy Scott. \u201cTogether we will provide a productive, safe and enjoyable work environment to accomplish the best outcomes for the land to benefit its natural resources and the public.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scott earned a Ph.D. in forestry and forest products from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.\u00a0 He also holds a Bachelor of Science in forest management from Purdue University and a Master of Science in forestry from Texas A&M University.<\/p>\n

A native of Shoals, IN, Scott is a member of the Society of American Foresters, Soil Science Society of America and the Alabama Forestry Council.\u00a0\u00a0 He is married to Debbie Scott and has three children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Double Springs, AL) October 6, 2017 \u2013 The USDA Forest Service recently announced Andy Scott as the new district ranger responsible for the administration of approximately 181,000 acres of the Bankhead National Forest in northwest Alabama. According to Carl Petrick, forest supervisor for the Conecuh, Talladega, Bankhead, and Tuskegee National Forests, Scott brings a wealth […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hbtv.us\/News-for-Haleyville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9765"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hbtv.us\/News-for-Haleyville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hbtv.us\/News-for-Haleyville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hbtv.us\/News-for-Haleyville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hbtv.us\/News-for-Haleyville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9765"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hbtv.us\/News-for-Haleyville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9770,"href":"https:\/\/hbtv.us\/News-for-Haleyville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9765\/revisions\/9770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hbtv.us\/News-for-Haleyville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hbtv.us\/News-for-Haleyville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hbtv.us\/News-for-Haleyville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}