As of October 10, 2018, A press release announced that Vicki Christiansen will stay on as the Head of the Forest Service.Vicki Christiansen is set to become the permanent chief of the U.S. Forest Service, after seven months as the interim head. She replaced former Forest Service Chief Tony Tooke. She is a former wildland firefighter and fire manager and has worked in wildland firefighting and forestry for 36 years. She joined the Forest Service in 2010.