Dan Kincaid had a 31-year career with the U.S. Forest Service,  retiring in 2006 from his final position as Athens District Ranger for the Wayne National Forest (WNF) in Athens, Ohio. Earlier in his career while working at the WNF’s Marietta Unit, he coordinated the effort to supply the Christmas Tree for the U.S. Capitol in 1987. Kincaid also worked at other national forest locations during his career – in West Virginia, Ohio, Minnesota, Georgia, and North Carolina, as well as temporary details, training and various other assignments in Colorado, Kentucky, California, Indiana, Michigan, Washington, Montana, and Tennessee. He also spent several years with the Forest Service’s State & Private Forestry branch, working as federal liaison on cooperative projects with state forestry agencies in New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, and the District of Columbia. After federal retirement, Dan worked another six years for state forestry agencies in West Virginia and Ohio and two years as an independent contractor for the Wayne National Forest in Ohio. Earlier in his career he spent 2 ½ years in Wickliffe, Kentucky as Public Affairs Forester with Westvaco Corporation, a leading manufacturer of paper and paper products. Kincaid, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force,  received a Bachelor of Science degree in Forest Resource Management from West Virginia University, a Masters degree in Forestry/Environmental Management from Duke University, and a Teaching Certification for Biology and General Science, Grades 7 – 12, from Marietta College in Ohio.