Key positions in the National Marine Fisheries Service’s salmon recovery
staff hierarchy will witness change due to personnel shifts and an early
retirement.
Rick Applegate ends his tenure at NMFS with retirement at the end of
the month. He has served for the past year as assistant regional administrator
for habitat conservation, one of four division chiefs who report directly
to administrator Will Stelle. The others are Brian Brown in hydro, Bill
Robinson in sustainable fisheries and …
