Nicolas Granum will be joining the US Forest Service Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area as its new Deputy Forest Supervisor.  Granum will start on the job Monday, assisting Forest Supervisor Donna Mickley in managing the 83,000-acres of National Forest System lands within the National Scenic Area.  Granum comes to the Scenic Area from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, where he was a Section Chief with Public Assistance Regional Operations in the Seattle area.  During his time at FEMA, he worked with various Federal response and recovery programs for disasters from Alaska to the Caribbean.  Most recently he has been supporting joint state and FEMA preliminary damage assessments as the region begins recovery efforts from last month’s ice storm.  Granum has a master’s degree in public administration and a BS in Geography from Portland State University, and served in the United States Peace Corps in South Africa.  He also managed a unique program for socially complex adults facing homelessness in Portland, and spent just over 10 years as a volunteer firefighter and EMT.