New Forest Supervisor for Sawtooth National Forest selected
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) — Regional Forester for the Intermountain Region Mary Farnsworth announced she has selected Jake Strohmeyer as the Forest Supervisor for the Sawtooth National Forest.
“We are thrilled that Jake has accepted the position to lead the Sawtooth National Forest. He will bring a wealth of experience to the position,” Farnsworth said. “He’s had a successful career in the Forest Service with an extensive background in Forest Management. I know that his leadership will serve the Sawtooth National Forest well.”
Prior to his selection as Forest Supervisor, Strohmeyer served as the District Ranger for the Cascade Ranger District of the Boise National Forest, a position he held since 2016, where he was responsible for all aspects of management of the district’s resources including an active forest health and hazardous fuels reduction program, rapidly growing recreation use, and fire management.
Strohmeyer started his career with the USDA Forest Service in 1994 as a firefighter on the Boise National Forest and went on to work in a variety of positions on the Idaho Panhandle, Nez Perce, and Salmon-Challis National Forests. Prior to becoming a District Ranger, he had been a staff officer for the Payette National Forest where he worked on a wide variety of projects and issues including collaborative travel planning, wilderness management, large scale mining exploration projects, and the Payette’s Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Project.
Over the years, Strohmeyer has performed several temporary assignments such as Deputy Forest Supervisor, Deputy Chief of Staff for the National Forest System in Washington D.C., and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Coordinator for the Intermountain Region.
Strohmeyer said, “I am honored to be entrusted with the responsibility for managing the Sawtooth National Forest and I am looking forward to getting to know our partners, state agency personnel, congressional legislators, county and city representatives, and communities that use and enjoy the Forest.”
