Political Quotes

“the U.S. Forest Service mourned one of its own when Bedford Cash died suddenly on February 26. He was the district ranger for the Tuskegee National Forest near Tuskegee, AL. He was a native of Minden, LA. Bedford Cash was a Forest Service employee for 21 years. He started his career with the agency in 1971 as a part-time summer student while attending Southern University in Baton Rouge. After graduating with a degree of agronomy in 1974, he began working in the Kisatchie National Forest as a soil scientist trainee. He spent 2 years there, and during that time served also as EEO counselor. In 1976, he transferred to the Ozark St. Francis National Forest supervisor's office in Russellville, AR as a journeyman soil scientist. It was here he met and married his wife Jocelyn. In 1980, Cash and his family moved to St. Anthony, ID to the Targhee National Forest. They were the only black family in the community and surrounding areas. While in this area, he also worked as a primary resource assistant in the Ashton Ranger District, with program responsibility in recreation, range, wildlife, wilderness, and special uses. It was here that he learned to snowmobile and ski as ways to manage winter recreation programs. He was given opportunities to explore areas of Yellowstone National Park that few will ever see. His next assignment came as the recreation/lands/special use officer in the Cleveland National Forest, Descanso Ranger District.”