[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 184 (Monday, November 18, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S6621]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                        TRIBUTE TO MIKE DETTORI

 Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, along with my colleagues Senator 
James E. Risch and Representative  Mike Simpson, I congratulate Mike 
Dettori, Fairfield District Ranger on the Sawtooth National Forest, who 
is retiring after 40 years of service in the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture's Forest Service.
  Mike began as District Ranger for the Fairfield Ranger District in 
2004 after considerable experience in many areas for the Forest 
Service. In 1980, he started as a Range Management Specialist on the 
Kamas Ranger District of the Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Kamas, 
UT. He then went on to serve as a Rangeland Management Specialist on 
the Lost River Ranger District of the Challis National Forest in 
Mackay, ID, after graduating with a bachelor of science degree in 
rangeland science from the University of Nevada in 1982. He then served 
as an interdisciplinary rangeland management specialist for the Yankee 
Fork Ranger District in Clayton, ID, and rangeland management 
specialist for the Big Summit Ranger District in Prineville, OR, before 
serving as acting district ranger on both the Livingston and Big Timber 
Ranger Districts in Montana. He also served as forest range staff on 
the Gallatin National Forest and on an incident management team.
  Throughout his decades of Federal service, Mike has been a steady 
leader and sensible voice contributing to the science and management of 
the districts and the well-being of the staff. He has not only been an 
integral part of the agency, but also an important community member, as 
he has also given his time to serve in many community organizations.
  Thank you, Mike, for your service and leadership and for your 
contributions to the management of wonderful parts of our great State 
and country all these years. We wish you much happiness in your well-
earned retirement.

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