WARREN — The USDA Forest Service — Allegheny National Forest has selected Andrea Hille to be the new Ecosystems Management staff officer.

Hille has been the forest silviculturist for the past 10 years. She replaces Nadine Pollock who retired Oct. 3, 2018.

“The Allegheny National Forest is very excited to welcome Andrea to her new position,” said Deputy Forest Supervisor Christopher Cook. “She brings decades of experience and a tireless passion for the silviculture of the Allegheny Plateau to her role. We are lucky to have her!”

Hille holds a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources Management from Colorado State University. She began her career as a season with the National Park Service in Glacier Bay, Alaska.

Her assignments include the Gila National Forest, New Mexico, the Tongass National Forest, Alaska, the Sequoia National Forest, California, and here at the Allegheny National Forest for the past 26 years. She has served in various roles in the Forest Service, ranging from recreation planning to silviculture.

Hille will begin her role as the Allegheny’s Ecosystem Management staff officer Sept. 3.

“My number one priority includes continuing our collaboration and work with the great organizations, agencies, research, and other forest land managers here across the Allegheny Plateau, to address forest health and forest management issues together,” said Hille. “Forest health issues do not follow land ownership boundaries, so we really do need to work together to learn from one another and develop strategies that provide us new efficiencies, such as partnering with other agencies and land owners to tackle forest health issues together.”

Hille has worked for the Forest Service for 31 years. She attributes her success to the number of colleagues and mentors that provided guidance or contributed great work to projects she has worked on, not only within the Forest Service, but in other agencies and organizations as well.