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Local National Forests announces new district ranger

Posted 5/31/22

The Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland are excited to announce a new district ranger to lead the Boulder ranger district.

Boulder District Ranger Kevin

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The Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland are excited to announce a new district ranger to lead the Boulder ranger district.

Boulder District Ranger Kevin McLaughlin:

McLaughlin will join the Boulder Ranger District on May 23, 2022. Having grown up in upstate New York, Kevin earned his bachelor’s degree in environmental science from SUNY Plattsburgh. He started his Forest Service career in 2004 as a seasonal employee on the Arapaho National Forest’s Sulphur Ranger District. Over the next few years, he held many positions on the Forest, including district timber program manager, certified silviculturist, and forest timber program manager.

Along the way, McLaughlin spent time working on the Black Hills National Forest and the Pike and San Isabel National Forests, and serving as a program specialist for International Programs and USAID in Washington, D.C. In recent years, he stepped in as the Forest’s acting ecosystem staff officer for seven months during the fires of 2020, and then as acting Sulphur District Ranger since May 2021.

McLaughlin, his wife, and their three teenage children have lived in Boulder County since 2015.