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Ray Neiwert Land Management Deficiencies of the U.S. Forest Service After receiving his undergraduate degree in range management from the University of Nevada at Reno, Ray Neiwert joined the US Forest Service. There, beginning in 1970, Neiwert served as a range conservationist on several districts throughout the West. Beginning his career on the Toiyabe National Forest, based in Austin, Nevada, he went on to serve in northeastern Wyoming on the Bearlodge District of the Black Hills National Forest. Subsequently, he served on the Ochoco National Forest in Oregon, and in 1982 transferred to the Sawtooth National Forest in Idaho. In 1987 he moved to the Toiyabe-Humboldt National Forest working out of the office in Ely Nevada, but the following year returned to the Sawtooth where he was based in Twin Falls. There Neiwert remained until his retirement in 1997. Ray Neiwert talks about land management deficiencies he witnessed as a range conservationist for the U.S. Forest Service. Recorded in August 2003. |
