Darrel Covell is the new program leader for the UNH Cooperative Extension Forestry and Wildlife Program.

As the current Extension Wildlife Specialist, Covell has been an integral part of the Forestry and Wildlife Program since 2001. He was recognized by his peers with a Performance Beyond Expectations award, in part for his leadership as co-coordinator of the first-ever Wildlife Action Plan for New Hampshire, at the May, 2006 UNH Cooperative Extension Conference,

A Pittsburg native, Covell attended the University of New Hampshire and University of Wisconsin-Madison. He served as the Extension Wildlife Outreach Specialist in Wisconsin for seven years before returning to New Hampshire where he headed up the Wildlife Federation. Covell begins his new duties October 2.

Wendy Scribner will succeed Peter Pohl as the extension educator for forest resources in Carroll County. Scribner, who previously worked for UNH Cooperative Extension in Strafford County, has been employed by the Extension’s Forestry and Wildlife Program since 1992. She received her BS and MS at UNH and is a licensed forester in New Hampshire and Maine. Scribner also is on the Executive Committee of the Granite State Society of American Foresters, heading up professional education. She will start in late October.

Steve Roberge will succeed Marshall Patmos as Cheshire County’s extension educator in forest resources. A graduate of the forest science program at UNH, he received his masters from Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

Roberge has worked on the Yale forest lands where he planned, marked and inspected timber sales on properties, some green certified. He currently works for Lands Sake in Weston, MA, where he has done management planning, educational programs for youth and the community, and works with volunteers. He hails from Berlin.