Tim Bodeen recently served as administrative officer for the Peace Corps in West Africa

Tim Bodeen has been selected by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) as the new Refuge Manager of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (NWR).

Bodeen has worked for the USFWS for more than 20 years. He started as a Biological Technician at Bozeman Fish Technology Center in Montana. He then moved onto an Assistant Refuge Manager position at Fergus Falls Wetland Management District, where he served as the Director of the Prairie Wetland Learning Center in Minnesota.

Since then he has served as a Supervisory Park Ranger at Neal Smith NWR in Iowa, Refuge Manager  for the proposed Grand Kankakee Marsh NWR in Indiana/Illinois, Refuge Manager at Midway Atoll NWR in Hawaii, Refuge Manager at Ridgefield NWR Complex in Washington and as the Assistant Refuge Supervisor for the Pacific Region in Portland. For the past two years, Bodeen served as the Administrative Officer for Peace Corps in Gambia, West Africa.

“I am thrilled to have the opportunity to manage Malheur NWR with its diverse fish and wildlife resources and pleased to have such an experienced and welcoming refuge team to help meet the refuge’s land management opportunities and challenges,” Bodeen said.
Bodeen promotes an open-door policy and encourages folks to stop by to share their thoughts. “I look forward to meeting and working with our refuge constituents.”

His appointment to the refuge manager position at Malheur NWR began in October and filled the position vacated by Donna Stovall in June.