Intermountain Regional Forester Mary Farnsworth selected Jon Stansfield as Forest Supervisor for the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. Stansfield will replace William Dunkelberger, who will retire late December 2023.
“We are excited Jon accepted the position to lead the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest,” said Farnsworth. “His extensive experience in fire, fuels reduction, and the multiple uses of national forest system land will help the forest continue to succeed in achieving the Forest Service mission.”
Stansfield started his U.S. Forest Service career in 1999 in timber management on the San Juan National Forest in Colorado. While in Colorado, he transitioned to Fire and Aviation Management as an assistant engine foreman and hazardous fuels crew leader.
In 2003, Stansfield accepted a position as a fuels technician on the Modoc National Forest in California. In 2009, he was promoted to forest fuels program manager then moved shortly after in the same role for the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. He became district ranger on the Pleasant Grove Ranger District in 2012. Stansfield served as district ranger on the Mark Twain National Forest’s Poplar Bluff Ranger District beginning in 2016.
He was selected as the deputy forest supervisor for the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest in December 2020. Stansfield has a Bachelor of Science in Forestry from Colorado State University. He lives in Spanish Springs, Nevada, with his wife Candice, a nurse practitioner for the Veterans Health Administration, and their dogs, Hazel and Belle.
“It’s the highest honor of my career to represent the world-class employees of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest as Forest Supervisor and share the stewardship of Nevada and California’s National Forest System lands with our State, County, Local, and Interagency Partners,” Stansfield said.