Redington, Paul G.

Paul Goodwin Redington (1878-1942) served with the U.S. Forest Service from 1904-1926. Redington graduated from Yale University in 1904 with an M.A. in Forestry and joined the U.S. Forest Service that same year. From 1911-1916 he was supervisor of the Sierra National Forest in California. In 1916 Redington was promoted to District Forester for the Forest Service's Southwest District of Arizona and New Mexico and from 1920-1926 he was Chief Officer of the California District, overseeing 18 national forests. In 1926 Redington was promoted to Assistant National Forester of the United States in charge of Public Relations and in 1927 he was appointed Chief of the Bureau of Biological Survey for the U.S. Department of Agriculture before retiring in 1938.