Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, June 13, 1990 TAG: 9006130569
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: GREG EDWARDS STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
Cartwright, who has led the Jefferson for two years, will report July 9 to his new job as environmental conservation director for the agency's New Perspectives program.
The program is an effort by the Forest Service to emphasize uses of the forest besides timber production. The agency's timbering policies have attracted criticism in recent years.
Cartwright will be one of three people directing aspects of the program. An agency spokesman described it as "as whole new approach for the Forest Service."
A graduate in forestry and wildlife management of Virginia Tech, Cartwright, 42, managed about 270 employees and a yearly budget of roughly $10 million while at the Jefferson. He came to Roanoke July 18, 1988, replacing Tom Hoots, who left after seven years to head the White River National Forest in Colorado.
Prior to coming to the Jefferson, most of Cartwright's Forest Service career was spent in the Pacific Northwest. His first full-time job with the Forest Service was as a technician on the Blacksburg Ranger District, following his graduation from Tech.
In 1987, Cartwright became the first Forest Service and Department of Agriculture employee to be assigned to the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pa.
Cartwright and his family have lived at Daleville during his stay on the Jefferson.
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