[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 138 (Wednesday, September 28, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: September 28, 1994]
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                         TRIBUTE TO AL SCHACHT

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                            HON. CURT WELDON

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 28, 1994

  Mr. WELDON. Mr. Speaker, after nearly 35 years with the Forest 
Service, Al Schacht, a resident of my congressional district, will 
retire tomorrow as Director of State and Private Forestry for the 
Northeastern Area.
  Al joined the Forest Service in 1959 as an engineer, laying out roads 
for timber sales. Later, he served as a wildlife biologist at the 
Beaverhead National Forest. In 1966, Al joined the State and Private 
Forestry division, where he would remain for the rest of his career. 
His accomplishments there were many. He wrote legislation for the 
Forestry Incentive and Urban and Community Forestry Programs. He did 
the staff work for development of the rural community fire protection 
legislation guidelines and implementing procedures. He conceived and 
developed the State Forest Resource Planning Program.
  Through his long career, Al demonstrated outstanding leadership 
qualities and a strong commitment to people and forests. He has made a 
very real contribution toward the conservation of our Nation's forests. 
Al will certainly be missed within the Forest Service, but his 
retirement is well earned. I wish him and his wife, Judy, much 
happiness in the future.

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