Transitions.

Mourning: William E. "Bill" Towell, 88, of Southern Pines, North Carolina, who died May 2. Towell, who had an illustrious career in resource conservation, served as executive vice president of AMERICAN FORESTS from 1967-1978. Towell also authored many articles in this magazine.

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Bob Torheim, 81, of Portland, Oregon, a former regional representative for AMERICAN FORESTS. It was at Civilian Conservation Corps camp that Torheim decided to become a forester, and he worked for the U.S. Forest Service for 31 years, retiring as regional forester for the states of Montana, Idaho, South Dakota, and North Dakota.

Richard "Dick" Droege, a former deputy chief of the U.S. Forest Service. Droege, 90, died at his home in Easton, Maryland.

Honoring: Mark S. Warnick, retired Missouri firefighter and founder of the nonprofit group Helping Our Own, on his selection for the 2004 Stihl National Forestry Heroism Award. Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman presented the award to Warnick for the nonprofit, which matches donations of used equipment with firefighting units that have drastically low budgets.

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North Carolina State University professor Frederick W. Cubbage, recipient of a Fulbright Environmental Science Award. Cubbage, who heads the department of forestry in the College of Natural Resources, will spend five months lecturing and conducting research in Argentina and Uruguay.

Large-format black and white photographer Clyde Butcher, presented with a 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award by the North American Nature Photography Association. Butcher has allowed AMERICAN FORESTS to use his eloquent photos of the Everglades in the pages of American Forests.

Gregory N. Brown, conferred with the title "dean emeritus" by the board of visitors at Virginia Tech. Brown was the founding dean of the College of Natural Resources there.

Saluting: Smokey Bear, everyone's favorite bear in jeans, on the occasion of his 60th birthday.

Moving Up: Dan Glickman, former Secretary of Agriculture and AMERICAN FORESTS Board member, to president and CEO of the Motion Pictures Association of America. Glickman replaces Jack Valenti, who had held the position for 38 years.

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Jim Skiera, named executive director of the International Society of Arboriculture in Champaign, Illinois. A certified arborist, Skiera joined ISA in 1994 as associate executive director.

Stephen L. Johnson, appointed deputy administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Johnson had served for a year as acting deputy administrator.