ANN ARBOR—Mark Rey, the U.S. Department of Agriculture‘s undersecretary for natural resources and environment, will share his views on the challenges facing the U.S. Forest Service and other public land management agencies at a public meeting on Tuesday (Dec. 4), 4-5:30 p.m., in the Michigan League Hussey Room on the University of Michigan campus. An informal reception (5:30-6:30 p.m.) will follow the talk, which is free and open to the community.

As undersecretary for natural resources and environment, Rey directs the programs and activities of the U.S. Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service. He has oversight responsibility for 191 million acres of national forests and grasslands, as well as a range of private forestry and agriculture-related conservation programs.

Prior to his current appointment, Rey served as a staff member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. He has been involved in virtually every forestry and conservation related bill considered in the last several sessions of Congress. Rey, a U-M graduate, has also served as a vice president for forest resources at the American Forest and Paper Association and in other leadership positions in the forest products industry.

This talk is sponsored by the Ecosystem Management Initiative of the U-M School of Natural Resources and Environment. Rey’s biography and more information about the EMI Distinguished Speaker Series are available at www.snre.umich.edu/emi.

Mark ReyNatural Resources Conservation ServiceU.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesSchool of Natural Resources and Environment