As the new deputy forest supervisor, Keil, along with Higgins, will be responsible for overseeing the administration of the largest national forest in the lower 48 states. The Humboldt-Toiyabe’s 6.3 million acres encompasses most of Nevada, a portion of some of the scenic areas of the eastern Sierra in California and is comprised of 10 ranger districts. The forest faces many complex resource and social issues that Keil will have to tackle, while carefully balancing public services and needs that promote sound land stewardship.
“I am delighted and anxious to be coming back to Nevada and the eastern Sierra,” Keil said. “I feel my extensive experience in the West and my recent experience in Washington, D.C. have prepared me for this assignment on the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.”
Keil is currently an appeals specialist in the appeals and litigation department at the forest service’s national headquarters in Washington, D.C. She provides staff support and technical assistance to the chief and deputy chief for the national forest system for administrative reviews of land and resource management plans as well as individual project decisions (recreation and lands special uses, minerals, grazing, etc.).
Keil began her career as a summer employee in recreation and wilderness at the Inyo National Forest from 1973 to 1977. She then worked on the Toiyabe National Forest in the Carson Ranger District in 1978 before working for a year for the Bureau of Land Management in Elko from 1979 to 1980. After Nevada, Keil worked in timber preparation and resources in the Klamath National Forest for nine years in Northern California. She served as a district ranger for 12 years, as well as five years as the recreation, lands and engineering staff officer on the Inyo National Forest in Bishop, Calif. She also has worked extensively in a number of fire positions for most of her career.
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