GORHAM — Androscoggin District Ranger Josh Sjostrom, who took up his new post in the White Mountain National Forest early in December 2020, met in person with the selectmen on Monday, May 10.
Sjostrom grew up in Shelburne and Gorham and said he was pleased to be home where he still has friends and family. He started his U. S. Forest Service career as a forestry technician on the Androscoggin. He most recently served as assistant field manager at the Mother Lode Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management in central California.
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