Heather Provencio will serve as acting Director, Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers. She is currently the Forest Supervisor of the Kaibab National Forest in Kaibab, Arizona, serving in this capacity since 2015. Heather brings more than 15 years of leadership experience as a line officer serving as deputy forest supervisor of the White River National Forest in Colorado; district ranger on the Red Rock Ranger District, Coconino National Forest in Arizona; and various acting positions as deputy forest supervisor or district ranger. Heather works across boundaries and identifies opportunities thru improving and enhancing land management planning, promoting wild and scenic river stewardship, and cultivating wilderness ethic and leave no trace. Heather’s formalized training started as an archaeologist and she joined the Forest Service as a co-op student in 1999. Heather earned a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Anthropology from Northern Arizona University.
NWSA and other Wilderness, Wild and Scenic River Organizations Support Permanently Filling the Wilderness Director position
View our Letter of Support for permanently filling this critical position.
