(Originally published at 7:50 p.m. MDT August 21, 2017) Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has selected Tony Tooke to be the Chief of the U. S. Forest Service. Now the Regional Director of the agency’s Southern Region, he will replace Tom Tidwell who announced his retirement August 18. Immediately before he became a Regional Forester … Continue reading "Tony Tooke selected as new Forest Service Chief"