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Former Northwoods Resident To Lead ND Parks And Recreation

A former supervisor in the Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest has been named leader for North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department.

Melissa Baker currently leads the work of regional park managers within the 55-unit Montana State Parks System. Baker previously worked for the Wisconsin DNR as regional team supervisor of operations and visitor services at the Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest. She also was a professor of forest recreation at UW-Stevens Point and taught parks recreation and tourism at the University of Maine.

Baker begins at North Dakota Parks and Recreation leader on April 24.

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