نبذة مختصرة : Benji Reece is interviewed by Skyler Singleton on May 27, 2016, as part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Reece is a county ranger for the North Carolina Forest Service. He talks about forest service work in Western North Carolina and in Tennessee. He speaks about the demands of the forest service and fire management, particularly regarding the Jackson County Fire Service. He relates the duties and responsibilities of dealing with burn control, logging, working with individual home owners. Reece discusses water and soil preservation in regards to the forest service and reflects on the future of fire and forest management and related community programs especially as the acreage of individually owned tracts of land decreases.
No Comments.