Michael Dombeck

Michael Dombeck
14th Chief of the United States Forest Service
In office
1997–2001
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byJack Ward Thomas
Succeeded byDale N. Bosworth
Personal details
Born (1948-09-21) September 21, 1948
EducationUniversity of Wisconsin–Stevens Point (BS)
University of Minnesota (MS)
Iowa State University (PhD)
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Michael P. Dombeck is an American conservationist, educator, scientist, and outdoorsman. He served as acting director of the Bureau of Land Management from 1994 to 1997 and was the 14th Chief of the United States Forest Service from 1997 to 2001. Dombeck also served as UW System Fellow and Professor of Global Conservation at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point from 2001 to 2010. He was also the executive director of the David Smith Post-Doctoral Conservation Research Fellowship from 2005 to 2022.