Sarah Tomsky has been named District Ranger for the Bradshaw Ranger District of the Prescott National Forest. Most recently Tomsky has served as Deputy District Ranger on the Mammoth and Mono Lake Districts of the Inyo N.F. in Lee Vining, California. She entered the Forest Service in 2010 through the Presidential Management Fellowship (PMF) program. As a participant in this program, she spent 2 years as a Fuels Management Program Specialist in the Pacific Southwest Regional Office in Vallejo, CA. During this time, she led the collaborative development of the regional Fuels Management Strategy for the 18 National Forests in California. She has also done temporary assignments in the recreation staff on the Red Rock Ranger District of the Coconino N.F., in Sedona, AZ, as well as serving as Acting District Ranger on the San Bernardino N.F. in Big Bear, CA. Tomsky holds a Master’s Degree in Environmental Policy and Planning and Conservation Biology from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor’s School of Natural Resources and Environment, and a Bachelor’s Degree of Fine Arts from Washington University in St. Louis.
“I’m thrilled to join the Prescott National Forest’s team, and I’m honored to serve as the Bradshaw R.D. District Ranger,” Tomsky said. “I’ve fallen in love with Northern Arizona’s landscape and Prescott’s surrounding communities, and I’m looking forward to learning more about the land and the people I’ll be working with.” Sarah is an avid hiker, cyclist, and photographer, and looks forward to exploring the Bradshaw Ranger District and Prescott community upon her December 1starrival.
Tomsky’s reporting date is December 1; she replaces Linda Jackson who is now the Forest Supervisor on the Ottawa National Forest in Ironwood Michigan.
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