Southwest Area

Visit the state of Colorado’s Fire Bans & Restrictions page for more info

Adam Moore, Communication & Communities Supervisory Forester – Based in the Alamosa Field Office. Supervises urban and community forestry; advising tree selection/ planting/care; forestry education for youth; forest health promotion utilizing multiple channels and techniques for marketing, outreach, education and external communications; Firewise USA®, Community Wildfire Protection Plans.

Mark Loveall, Forest Planning & Implementation Supervisory Forester – Based in the Durango Field Office. Supervises forest management programs that include Colorado State Trust Land, forest stewardship (which includes the Forest Ag program) and the American Tree Farm program.

Jodi Rist, Forest Planning & Implementation Supervisory Forester – Based in the Montrose Field Office. Supervises forest management programs that include fire/fuels/forested watershed management and Good Neighbor Authority projects on U.S. Forest Service land.

Sam Pankratz, Science & Data Supervisory Forester – Based in the Gunnison Field Office. Duties are to inform decision-making based on science and data; keep current on industry-related research; and communicate applied forestry science and data needs, which includes GIS, insect and disease detection and advising, forest inventory and analysis, research and education. Oversees Southwest Area conservation seedling program.

Administrative Assistants – Melissa Simmons, Durango Field Office; Ann Wood, Gunnison Field Office. Oversee budget and financial management, grant paperwork processing.