On Wednesday, RCRC Supervisors and staff recognized two retiring long-time friends of the rural county family. Supervisor Doug Teeter (Butte) presented Jim Branham, Executive Officer of the Sierra Nevada Conservancy with an award acknowledging his more than 30 years of work on natural resource and rural community issues in California. Supervisor Randy Hanvelt (Tuolumne) presented Chief Ken Pimlott, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Director with an award recognizing his collaborative spirit, and profound direct and indirect impacts upon forest health and fire protection in California.
Both Mr. Branham and Chief Pimlott officially retire at the end of the year.