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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, February 22, 2010
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">pollinator@nappc.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> From E&ENews PM --
FISH AND WILDLIFE: Operations chief to serve as agency's acting director</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h3 style='line-height:15.0pt'><span class=slg><b><u><font size=3
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AND WILDLIFE:</span></font></u></b></span><font size=3 color=black
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Operations chief to serve as agency's acting director </span></font><span
class=origin1><i><font size=2 color="#666666" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>(Monday, February 22, 2010)</span></font></i></span><font
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<h5 style='line-height:15.0pt'><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
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E&E reporter<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h5>
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color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>A career Fish and Wildlife Service biologist who currently
oversees agency operations was picked today as acting director.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:black'>Rowan Gould, the deputy director of operations, will temporarily
replace Sam Hamilton, who died Saturday. The decision was made at a meeting
of agency leaders this afternoon, spokesman Chris Tollefson said.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Gould is stepping into the role he had before President Obama
nominated <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Hamilton</st1:place></st1:City>
to lead the agency last year. Gould served as acting director from January
2009 until <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Hamilton</st1:place></st1:City>
was confirmed last August.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:black'>Hamilton</span></font></st1:City><font size=1 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>, 54,
died Saturday in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Colorado</st1:place></st1:State>
after experiencing chest pains while skiing. The <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Summit</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType> coroner said <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Hamilton</st1:place></st1:City>'s cause of death was consistent
with an underlying heart condition.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Prior to being named a deputy director in 2008, Gould was
assistant director for wildlife and sport fish restoration. He has also been
regional director of the Alaska Region, deputy assistant director for
fisheries in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">D.C.</st1:State></st1:place>, and deputy regional director for the
Pacific Region.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Gould started his service career as a research microbiologist at
the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Seattle</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Research</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> in 1976. He has
served in numerous research positions, including as section chief at the <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Fisheries</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Research</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType>
in <st1:City w:st="on">Seattle</st1:City> and as director of the National
Fisheries Research and Development Laboratory in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Wellsboro</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Pa.</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:black'>An <st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State> native, he received
his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in fish health and biology from
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Oregon</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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