Left: Visiting the Gunflint District office in Grand Marais recently was another new face, Brenda Halter, who became the Superior National Forest Supervisor in April. With Halter is Tofte District Ranger John Wytanis.
On November 19, the Superior National Forest announced the appointment of Nancy S. Larson as the new district ranger for the Gunflint District based in Grand Marais. Larson will take over the position formerly held by Dennis Neitzke and temporarily filled by Jenifer Kevil from Hood River, Oregon. Larson will oversee management activities on 394,000 acres of national forest system land located in northeast Minnesota’s Arrowhead Region, including 172,883 acres of Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
Forest Supervisor Brenda Halter, who is relatively new to Superior National Forest, having come on board in April 2012, notes, “We feel very fortunate that someone of Nancy’s skill, experience, and knowledge of the Superior National Forest will be joining our team.”
Forest Service spokesperson Kris Reichenbach said Larson’s career in public service spans 26 years with nearly 23 years working with the U.S. Forest Service on national forests from West Virginia to California in addition to her service in the Peace Corps in Central America in the 1980s. Larson holds a Bachelor of Science in Forestry from Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan.
Above: Nancy S. Larson is the new U.S. Forest Service Gunflint District ranger. She will begin her job at the Grand Marais office on Dec. 3.
Larson has worked in a variety of resource positions with the Forest Service including soil scientist, recreation and wilderness program manager, forest partnership coordinator, planner, deputy district ranger, and district ranger. She comes most recently from the Chippewa National Forest in Cass Lake, Minnesota where, during the past three years, she was the public service staff officer responsible for the recreation, lands, special uses, boundary management, heritage, engineering, and public affairs programs. Prior to her staff officer position on the Chippewa, Nancy served close to five years in Cook, Minnesota as the LaCroix District ranger for the Superior National Forest.
Larson said, “I look forward to the opportunity to work on the Superior National Forest again, and as the Gunflint District ranger. My husband, Jeff, and I are delighted to move to Grand Marais and to become part of the community.”
Larson begins her job as the Gunflint District ranger for the Superior National Forest on December 3, 2012.
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