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New Forest Supervisor Takes Over on the Kootenai

Chad Benson replaced interim supervisor Cheryl Probert this week

By Justin Franz
The Kootenai River near Libby on June 1, 2015. Greg Lindstrom | Flathead Beacon

The Kootenai National Forest has a new supervisor.

Chad Benson replaced interim forest supervisor Cheryl Probert on July 22. Probert came to the Kootenai earlier this year on a temporary assignment from the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests in Idaho where she is supervisor.

Benson was born in Plains and has worked for the U.S. Forest Service in a number of roles since the 1990s across Montana and Idaho, including on the Lolo, Clearwater, Custer Gallatin, and Kootenai national forests. He has a bachelors degree in engineering science from Montana Tech in Butte.

As Kootenai supervisor, Benson will oversee more than 2 million acres in Montana and Idaho.