The Northcoast Environmental Center has hired longtime activist Greg King to be its executive director, filling a void open since former leader Tim McKay died last summer. He has big shoes to fill, but we are encouraged that he is the right man to do it.

Upon his selection, King said, “We want to make things better, not just say how things are bad.”

King is perhaps best known from his efforts to map, explore and name the Headwaters Forest more than a decade before it was sold to the state and federal governments. But it was his skills as an administrator, writer and founder of two nonprofit groups that persuaded the center's board of directors choose him for the job.

King said he wants to look at what the North Coast is going to need in terms of environmental protection. And he said he expects to continue McKay's focus on the Klamath River. He also thinks that growth, transportation, habitat protection and water quality will continue to be pervasive issues in the future.

Board President Claire Courtney said King is “just such a good fit for what we need.” It sounds as if Tim McKay's shoes will fit, and we extend our best wishes and good luck.

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