Virginia Fire Services Board

GarrisonCarl E. Garrison, III

Carl is currently working his second “tour of duty” with the Virginia Department of Forestry as the Regional Forester for the Charlottesville Region.
He started with the Department in 1980 after graduating from Virginia Tech and worked 15 years in various forester positions ending with District Forester in Southeast Virginia. In 1995, Carl ventured out into the private sector as a consulting forester starting his own business with Garrison Forestry Services, Inc. After moving around the country, he came back home to Virginia last year to take the Regional Forester position in one of the largest regions within the Department of Forestry covering 22 counties.
Carl has been very active within the Society of American Foresters over the years and served as Chairperson for the Virginia Division of SAF in 1985 and received the Young Forester Leadership Award from the Virginia Division in 1989. He is an avid outdoorsman and waterfowl hunter.

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