Gretta Boley
Margrett L. "Gretta" Boley is the Forest Supervisor of the Kisatchie National Forest in Pineville, Louisiana. She is responsible for all management programs on the 600,000 acres of the Kisatchie National Forest.Early life and education
Boley was born in Winnsboro, Louisiana. Boley graduated from Southern University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agronomy. She did post graduate work in forestry at the University of Arizona.Career and environmental work
Boley began her career with the Forest Service in 1978 as a soil scientist. She was a soil scientist with the Coronado National Forest in Arizona and Shasta National Forest in California. She served at the United States Forest Service headquarters in Washington, DC as the Budget Coordinator and Assistant Program Leader for the soils program on Soil, Water and Air Staff. Boley was Deputy Forest Supervisor on the Daniel Boone National Forest in Winchester, Kentucky. She then became supervisor of Louisiana's Kisatchie National Forest, taking over from Lynn Neff.
As the supervisor of Louisiana's Kisatchie National Forest, she has been instrumental in the building of a biomass power plant. This provides energy from wood chips for the district office, parking lot lighting and other energy needs. She is a leader in the reduction of the carbon footprint. She has started office campaigns for recycling paper, batteries, disposal of tree marking paint, oil and more that can harm the environment.Boley was a 2009 honoree of the National Women's History Project.
