Mark Rey

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Mark Rey, former timber industry lobbyist, is the undersecretary for natural resources and agriculture in the federal government of the United States. He was sworn in as the undersecretary for natural resources and environment by the Agriculture Secretary, Ann M. Veneman on October 2, 2001. His duty is to monitor the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service and Natural Resource Conservation Service.^[1]

1 Education
2 Background
- 2.1 History of the timber industry
3 References

[edit] Education

Mark Rey is from Canton, Ohio. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in wildlife management, a Bachelor of Science degree in forestry, and also a Master of Science degree in natural resource policy and administration, all of his degrees come from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.^[2]

[edit] Background

From 1995 to 2001 he served as a staff member with the United States Senate Committee on Energy Resources. Mark was the committee’s lead staff person for work on the national forest policy and USFS Administration. In this position he was directly involved almost all legislation dealing with the United States Forest Service (USFS) with an important responsibility for several public lands bills. He had a major role on the 1997 version of the National Forest Management Act, which would have made timber harvest levels mandatory and enforceable, and at the same time making environmental standards unenforceable policies. Rey is also known as the author of the Salvage Rider which allowed environmentally responsible salvage harvests in the Pacific Northwest. From 1992 to 1994 as the Vice President of Forest Resources for the American Forest and Paper Association, he pushed for modifying the USFS appeals process because it was being abused by high-paid special interest litigators.

[edit] History of the timber industry

1992-1992 Vice President, Forest Resources for the American Forest and Paper Association
1989-1992 Executive Director of the American Forest Resources Alliance
1984-1989 Vice President, Forest Programs for the National Forest Products Association
1976-1984 Several positions for the American Paper Institute/National Forest Products Assoc.^[3]