Steve Kimball, National Fire Plan Coordinator for Idaho
Steve Kimball is the National Fire Plan Coordinator for Idaho. Steve leads the Idaho State Fire Plan Working Group and works with counties, agencies, tribes, landowners, and others to implement the National Fire Plan in Idaho. He began his work with the Idaho Fire Plan in May, 2007.
Prior to his Fire Plan position Steve was District Ranger on the North Fork Ranger District, Salmon-Challis National Forest, Idaho. Steve was also District Ranger on the the Green Mountain National Forest in Vermont and in Thorne Bay, Alaska. Other positions Steve has held include Ecosystems Officer at the Mount St. Helens Monument, Silviculturist on the Siskiyou National Forest, and Forester for the Bureau of Indian Affairs on the Olympic Peninsula. Steve has had detail positions as Acting Director of the Arthur Carhart Wilderness Training Center in Missoula and Acting Regional Silviculturist in Alaska.
Steve has a B.S. in Forest Resources from the University of Minnesota. He has completed graduate courses at the University of Washington and Oregon State University. Steve is married to Moira Ingle and has three sons.