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New department APNR outlines forest‑health push, parks growth and ag inspector recruitment challenges
Summary
The newly formed Agriculture, Parks & Natural Resources (APNR) department told supervisors it is consolidating operations, advancing forest‑health projects and handling park growth; the department flagged difficulty recruiting agricultural inspectors and uncertainty about federal forest funding and staffing.
Josh Hunsinger, director of the newly formed Agriculture, Parks & Natural Resources (APNR) department, briefed the board on accomplishments and challenges as APNR moves into a consolidated operating structure. Hunsinger said APNR brings together agriculture, parks and regional forest health programs in order to coordinate wildfire fuel‑reduction, open‑space management and recreation resources.
On forestry, Hunsinger highlighted the county’s 10‑year forest‑health action plan (adopted last year) and said the county is moving…
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