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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		DNR Forestry’s Fresh Look: a Rhinelander Headquarters and a New Chief State Forester
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:05:17
	Publish Date:		2021-02-25 12:35:07
	Description:		Heather Berklund never envisioned herself as the Chief State Forester. She had worked for the DNR forestry division for two decades in the Northwoods, but didn’t have her mind set on the top job. “I would say it was never on my radar that I would ever be talking to you in this role or be in this position,” Berklund said on a recent interview, conducted while snowshoeing through the Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest near Woodruff. But hard work and dedication paid off, and the DNR put her on top of the Rhinelander-based state division of forestry last October. If she had gotten the job just a few years ago, Berklund’s DNR division would have been like every other one: based in downtown Madison, a few blocks from the capitol. But in 2017, the state government moved the forestry headquarters north after an idea hatched by politicians gained favor. Gov. Scott Walker actually included the mandate in his budget. “In this budget, we require the head of the state forestry
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