Randy Moore will be the first African American chief of the U.S. Forest Service, a 116-year-old agency that oversees 600 million acres of forestland.
Moore will take over for current chief Vicki Christiansen, who has led the agency since 2018, after she steps down late next month.
Since 2007, Moore has led the Forest Service’s Pacific Southwest Region, made up of 18 national forests in California, and he also oversees state and private forestry programs in Hawaii and the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands.
