The state Division of Forestry office isn’t closed yet.
The Alaska Legislature this year axed most of the funding for the office, which laid off area forester Roy Josephson, a 30-year veteran, on June 30. But Greg Palmieri, a fire and resource forester whose pay largely comes from a separate pot of statewide fire suppression funds, has been told to stay on.
Palmieri said he has been told by superiors only to stay on the…
