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U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service’s Pacific Region Welcomes
New Leader
For Release on November 7, 2008
Contact: Joan Jewett, (503) 231-6211
For Release on November 7, 2008
Contact: Joan Jewett, (503) 231-6211
Robyn Thorson is the new Regional
Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service’s Pacific Region, returning to Portland 23 years after beginning
her federal career in the Pacific Regional Office. The Pacific Region
includes Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Hawaii and the U.S.-affiliated Pacific
Islands.
“I am very pleased to be back in this area,” said Thorson, a Seattle
native. “The Pacific Region has some of the Service’s most exciting and
challenging conservation opportunities, a great workforce and a wide range
of state, tribal and private partners with whom I hope to work closely.”
Thorson succeeds Ren Lohoefener, who recently became Director of the
Service’s California-Nevada Region. Thorson assumed her new duties November
3.
In her new position, Thorson will oversee Fish and Wildlife Service
activities in the Pacific Region, which manages 1.3 million acres on 64
national wildlife refuges, 17 national fish hatcheries plus an additional 7
state and tribal hatcheries managed through the Lower Snake River
Compensation Plan, 8 fisheries stations, 5 ecological services field
offices and 6 ecological services sub-offices. The Pacific Region
co-manages the Papah?naumoku?kea Marine National Monument in the
Northwestern Hawai’ian Islands with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration and the State of Hawai’i.
Since 1985, Thorson has worked in three Fish and Wildlife Service regional
offices and had two separate appointments in the agency’s Washington, D.C.,
office. Before becoming Pacific Regional Director Thorson served for five
years as Regional Director of the Service’s eight-state Midwest Region,
based in Minnesota. Prior to that position, she was the agency’s Assistant
Director for External Affairs, based in Washington, D.C., from 2000 until
2003. In that position, she supervised the agency’s programs for Public
Affairs, Congressional and Legislative Affairs, Native American Liaison and
Research Coordination. She also provided Washington office oversight for
the Service’s National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, West
Virginia.
Immediately prior to her appointment as Assistant Director, she worked 18
months for the U.S. Geological Survey in Seattle, Washington, as the
Associate Regional Chief Biologist for the USGS Biological Resources
Division.
More than a third of Thorson’s Fish and Wildlife Service career was in
Alaska. From 1995 to January 1999, she was the Deputy Regional Director for
the Alaska Region and from 1989 to 1993 she was Associate Regional
Director, responsible for issues related to the coastal plain of the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge. In between her Alaska assignments, Thorson served
as the Assistant Regional Director for Budget and Administration for the
Service’s Southwest Region, headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She
was the Special Assistant to the Deputy Director of the Service in 1988 and
1989 and before that, she worked in the Regional Office in Portland,
Oregon, in the Endangered Species Program and in Contracting.
Thorson earned her Juris Doctorate at the University of Oregon School of
Law. She was an attorney for the State of Washington before starting her
federal career and she maintains her license to practice law in Washington.
The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working with others to
conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats for
the continuing benefit of the American people. We are both a leader and
trusted partner in fish and wildlife conservation, known for our scientific
excellence, stewardship of lands and natural resources, dedicated
professionals and commitment to public service. For more information on our
work and the people who make it happen, visit www.fws.gov.
Service’s Pacific Region, returning to Portland 23 years after beginning
her federal career in the Pacific Regional Office. The Pacific Region
includes Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Hawaii and the U.S.-affiliated Pacific
Islands.
“I am very pleased to be back in this area,” said Thorson, a Seattle
native. “The Pacific Region has some of the Service’s most exciting and
challenging conservation opportunities, a great workforce and a wide range
of state, tribal and private partners with whom I hope to work closely.”
Thorson succeeds Ren Lohoefener, who recently became Director of the
Service’s California-Nevada Region. Thorson assumed her new duties November
3.
In her new position, Thorson will oversee Fish and Wildlife Service
activities in the Pacific Region, which manages 1.3 million acres on 64
national wildlife refuges, 17 national fish hatcheries plus an additional 7
state and tribal hatcheries managed through the Lower Snake River
Compensation Plan, 8 fisheries stations, 5 ecological services field
offices and 6 ecological services sub-offices. The Pacific Region
co-manages the Papah?naumoku?kea Marine National Monument in the
Northwestern Hawai’ian Islands with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration and the State of Hawai’i.
Since 1985, Thorson has worked in three Fish and Wildlife Service regional
offices and had two separate appointments in the agency’s Washington, D.C.,
office. Before becoming Pacific Regional Director Thorson served for five
years as Regional Director of the Service’s eight-state Midwest Region,
based in Minnesota. Prior to that position, she was the agency’s Assistant
Director for External Affairs, based in Washington, D.C., from 2000 until
2003. In that position, she supervised the agency’s programs for Public
Affairs, Congressional and Legislative Affairs, Native American Liaison and
Research Coordination. She also provided Washington office oversight for
the Service’s National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, West
Virginia.
Immediately prior to her appointment as Assistant Director, she worked 18
months for the U.S. Geological Survey in Seattle, Washington, as the
Associate Regional Chief Biologist for the USGS Biological Resources
Division.
More than a third of Thorson’s Fish and Wildlife Service career was in
Alaska. From 1995 to January 1999, she was the Deputy Regional Director for
the Alaska Region and from 1989 to 1993 she was Associate Regional
Director, responsible for issues related to the coastal plain of the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge. In between her Alaska assignments, Thorson served
as the Assistant Regional Director for Budget and Administration for the
Service’s Southwest Region, headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She
was the Special Assistant to the Deputy Director of the Service in 1988 and
1989 and before that, she worked in the Regional Office in Portland,
Oregon, in the Endangered Species Program and in Contracting.
Thorson earned her Juris Doctorate at the University of Oregon School of
Law. She was an attorney for the State of Washington before starting her
federal career and she maintains her license to practice law in Washington.
The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working with others to
conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats for
the continuing benefit of the American people. We are both a leader and
trusted partner in fish and wildlife conservation, known for our scientific
excellence, stewardship of lands and natural resources, dedicated
professionals and commitment to public service. For more information on our
work and the people who make it happen, visit www.fws.gov.
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