{"id":29083,"date":"2019-10-18T09:43:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T13:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=29083"},"modified":"2019-10-22T10:29:43","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T14:29:43","slug":"department-graduates-class-of-new-forest-wardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2019\/10\/18\/department-graduates-class-of-new-forest-wardens\/","title":{"rendered":"Department Graduates Class of New Forest Wardens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thirty Employees Trained for Education and Enforcement<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\"PhotoThe <\/span>Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/span><\/a> recently graduated a class of 30 new Forest Wardens, a special commission that authorizes employees to perform educational and enforcement activities. The warden training school was held at Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury and attendees included current <\/span>Maryland Forest Service<\/span><\/a> employees ranging in years of service from four months to nine years. A graduation ceremony was held Oct. 3.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Forest Warden commission provides employees the authority to perform their job functions under Natural Resources Title 5 in program areas ranging from State Forest Management, Wildfire Prevention and Suppression, Urban and Community Forestry, and Forest Stewardship activities.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur Forest Wardens are usually the first point of contact for Maryland citizens regarding forest laws and regulations,\u201d Maryland Forest Service Director Don VanHassent said. \u201cThe guidance they provide helps avoid violations and situations that could lead to enforcement actions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Since Maryland Forest Service was founded by the 1906 Forestry Conservation Act, Forest Wardens have been charged with education and enforcement of Maryland\u2019s forest protection laws and regulations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Forest Warden training graduates, by county of assignment, are:<\/span><\/p>\n

Allegany County<\/b>
\n<\/span>Julie Conway, Forest Ranger<\/span>
\n<\/span>Adam Miller, Forester<\/span><\/p>\n

Anne Arundel County<\/strong>
\n<\/span>Justin E Arseneault, Forester<\/span><\/p>\n

Baltimore County<\/b>
\n<\/span>Ryan Wetzel, Forest Ranger<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Calvert County<\/b>
\n<\/span>Ryan Galligan, Forest Ranger<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Carroll County<\/b>
\n<\/span>Katherine Garst, Forest Ranger,<\/span>
\n<\/span>Jamie K Weaver, Watershed Forester<\/span><\/p>\n

Cecil County<\/b>
\n<\/span>Andy Kirk, Natural Resource Technician\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Charles County<\/b>
\n<\/span>Collin M. Sapp, Forest Ranger<\/span><\/p>\n

Dorchester County<\/b>
\n<\/span>Gilbert C Wagner, Forest Ranger\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Frederick County<\/b>
\n<\/span>Dakota Durcho, Forester,<\/span>
\n<\/span>Matthew Spiroff, Natural Resource Technician<\/span>
\n<\/span>Sean Weaver, Watershed Forester<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Garrett County<\/b>
\n<\/span>Timothy Cole, Forest Ranger<\/span>
\n<\/span>Patrick Gates, Forest Ranger<\/span>
\n<\/span>Sean L. Nolan, Asst. Forest Manager<\/span>
\n<\/span>Michael W. Johnson, Jr., Natural Resource Technician<\/span>
\n<\/span>Jeramie Foy, Maintenance Supervisor, Garrett County<\/span><\/p>\n

Kent and Queen Anne\u2019s counties<\/b>
\n<\/span>Brittany Haas, Natural Resource Technician<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Harford County<\/b>
\n<\/span>Timothy S Ryan, Forest Ranger<\/span>
\n<\/span>Andrew D. Amoruso, Watershed Forester<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Howard and Montgomery counties<\/b>
\n<\/span>Todd P. Douglass, Forest Ranger<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Somerset and Worcester counties<\/b>
\n<\/span>Lucas Marcek, Project Manager<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Washington County<\/b>
\n<\/span>Robert R. Schwartz, Forester<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Wicomico County<\/b>
\n<\/span>Sergio Castillo, Forest Ranger,<\/span>
\n<\/span>Will M. Dyer, Forester<\/span>
\n<\/span>Jessica L Massey, Natural Resources Technician<\/span><\/p>\n

Statewide<\/b>
\n<\/span>Anne Gilbert, Tree-Mendous Maryland Coordinator<\/span>
\n<\/span>Colleen Kenny, Forest Health Watershed Planner<\/span>
\n<\/span>Francis Smith, Natural Resources Technician<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thirty Employees Trained for Education and Enforcement The Maryland Department of Natural Resources recently graduated a class of 30 new Forest Wardens, a special commission that authorizes employees to perform educational and enforcement activities. The warden training school was held at Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury and attendees included current Maryland Forest Service employees ranging  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,1965],"tags":[2993,4946,4994,5075],"class_list":["post-29083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-maryland-forest-service","tag-don-vanhassent","tag-forest","tag-maryland-forest-service","tag-wor-wic"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29083"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29100,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29083\/revisions\/29100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}