(Salem, OR) -- Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has appointed a new State Forester. Kacey KC would be the first woman appointed on a permanent basis to lead the Oregon Department of Forestry in state history, if she's approved by the Oregon Senate. KC has worked more than 25 years in the public sector for forestry. Most recently she served as the State Forester Firewarden for the Nevada Division of Forestry since 2018.