Los Padres National Forest Santa Barbara District Projects: District Ranger Updates

Daryl Hodges is the current District Ranger for the Santa Barbara Ranger District, Los Padres National Forest. Before arriving as the District Ranger for the Santa Barbara Ranger District. he was the Forest Fisheries Biologist on the Angeles National Forest in Region 5 since 2018. His responsibilities on the forest consisted of management and conservation of various fish and amphibian species that are threatened and endangered consisting of Santa Ana suckers, unarmored three spine stickleback, and mountain yellow legged frogs just to name a few. He was engaged with our partners and volunteers that assist with various aquatic programs. He was very active in our fire program as a lead and fireline resource advisor.