Gar Abbas has been selected as the Deputy Forest Supervisor for the Mt. Hood National Forest.   He will join the Mt. Hood in early June.  Abbas is currently the Budget Field Service Operations Leader for the Pacific Northwest Region, which includes Oregon and Washington.  Previously, Abbas was the Cowlitz Valley District Ranger on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Southwest Washington for seven years.  Abbas has nearly 25 years of Forest Service experience across the western U.S. in fisheries, wildland fire, forest products, natural resources management, and forest leadership.  Acting Forest Supervisor Duane Bishop says Abbas was raised in Central Oregon and has roots in many of Mt. Hood’s east and west side communities.