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Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture WATERSHED – FISH – WILDLIFE – AIR – RARE PLANTS ::: WFW MONTHLY WFW STAFF NEWSLETTER December 2007  CONTENTS News Coming Events Technical Information Publications Training Tools SharingSuccess Vacancies/Employment Opportunities General/Cross Area * * * * Air Resource Appeals Litigation Aquatic/Fish * Continuing Education/WFW * NatureWatch Planning Soil TES * Watershed * * Weather Wildlife * * * Other Staffs or Partners * * * * * Click on the header to take you to this section of the newsletter. Federal job announcements can be found at: /agency_search.asp Submit your information Disclaimer Non-Discrimination Statement News: GENERAL/CROSS AREAS Tom Darden Retires! Party Date: January 24, 2008 Location: RO - Atlanta After more than 33 years with the Forest Service, Tom Darden is retiring January 3, 2008. Tom’s career has ranged from Assistant District Ranger in Mississippi to Regional Habitat Relationships Coordinator and later Program Manager in Atlanta, to National Wildlife Program Leader and then Assistant Director in the WO, to R8 WFRP (now BPR) Director and most recently, R8 Cooperative Forestry Unit Director. Tom is infamous for his brilliant brainstorming and note taking on bar napkins, being an adrenaline junkie, playing drums and gently teaching us about seeing things from other’s perspectives such as making presentations with data not color dependent, but including patterns so they can be understood by those with color blindness. Congratulations Tom! We expect you to keep us inspired, even if it is from the seat of your tractor. Submitted by: Jim Fenwood, USFS/R8/WFRP Shelly Witt, USFS/WO/WFW Rich Fisher Retires! Rich Fisher, Meteorologist Program Manager, is retiring January 3, 2008. Throughout Richs tenure with the air program, he has provided the leadership, stability and vision that is need