[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 178 (Thursday, November 17, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1162]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                HONORING THE WORK OF MR. TROY HEITHECKER

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                          HON. BRUCE WESTERMAN

                              of arkansas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 17, 2022

  Mr. WESTERMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize the exemplary work 
of Mr. Troy Heithecker of the U.S. Forest Service and to thank him for 
his service to the great state of Arkansas. For 25 years, Troy has 
dedicated his life to protecting our beautiful national forests, and we 
were privileged to have him for the last three years as the Forest 
Supervisor for the Ouachita National Forest in Hot Springs, AR.
  As the only licensed forester in Congress, I can confidently say that 
Arkansas is blessed with one of the most beautiful, well-managed 
national forests in the country, and that would not be possible without 
leadership from individuals like Troy. Throughout the course of his 
career, Troy has achieved many major accomplishments through his work 
in national forests across the country. Notably, he worked with the 
State of Arkansas and other partners towards co-managing both forest 
and recreation resources on the Ouachita National Forest. He also led 
efforts to successfully restore the Red Cockaded Woodpecker habitat, 
established national hiring reform for the USDA Forest Service, and 
completed two collaborative landscape scale project decisions on the 
Tongass National Forest in Alaska.
  Troy was recently selected to serve as the Associate Deputy Chief for 
the National Forest System in the United States Department of 
Agriculture's Forest Service in Washington, D.C. Arkansas's loss is 
certainly Washington's gain. I am grateful for Troy's service to the 
Ouachita National Forest, and I look forward to working with him in the 
future. I thank Troy for his dedication to leaving our forests better 
than he found them, so that they may be enjoyed by all Americans for 
generations.

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