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Rick Cables Regional Forester, Rocky Mountain Region |
As Regional Forester, Rick Cables is responsible for the administration of over 22 millions acres in 17 National Forests and seven National Grasslands, and cooperative efforts with state and private landowners in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and eastern Wyoming.
Cables, who was born in Pueblo, Colorado, graduated from Northern Arizona University Forestry School in 1976, and began his forestry career on the Kaibab National Forest in Northern Arizona. After serving on several National Forests in New Mexico and Arizona, he became District Ranger on the Apache–Sitgreaves National Forest. He then served two years in the Washington Office before he was selected to attend the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1989-1990.
In 1990, Cables was promoted to Forest Supervisor of the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire and Maine. In 1995, he became the Forest Supervisor of the Pike and San Isabel National Forests and Comanche and Cimarron National Grasslands in Colorado and Kansas.
Before becoming Regional Forester of the Rocky Mountain Region, Cables was Regional Forester of the Alaska Region, covering the Tongass and Chugach National Forests.
Rick and wife, Cindy, have three Children; Stewart, Wesley and Natalie.
