Pennsylvania Game News - May 2021 - 46

Farabaugh appointed Southwest Region director

Former Fayette County Game Warden, SW Region CAS takes helm.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission
has appointed a new director at the
Southwest Region Office in Bolivar.
Jason D. Farabaugh, who has spent
his 13 years with the Game Commission
working in the Southwest Region, started
in the position Feb. 20.
Farabaugh fills the vacancy created
when former region director Thomas
Fazi retired.
Farabaugh graduated from the Game
Commission's Ross Leffler School of
Conservation in 2008, as a member of the
27th class. He was immediately assigned
to northern Fayette County. In 2011 he
transferred to a neighboring warden
district and remained there until 2015,
when he became the Southwest Region
Office's Conservation Administration
Supervisor.
Game Commission Executive Director
Bryan Burhans said Farabaugh, given
his strong conservation background and
education, and his ability to advance
through the ranks within the agency, has
demonstrated he is more than qualified to
fulfill his new leadership position.
" It's not hard to see that Jason has the
talent and experience to serve as a region
director in one of the Commonwealth's
busiest, most populated regions, " Burhans
said. " Having spent so much of his life in
this region, Jason is intimately familiar
with the region's sprawling urban areas
as well as its rugged areas west of the
Allegheny Front. Such diverse landscapes
are rare in the Game Commission's six
administrative regions, but I believe
Jason's abilities, schooling and regional
experience have tempered him for
this leadership position. I'm proud to
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announce him as region director. "
Farabaugh grew up in
Carrolltown in Cambria
County. After graduating
from West Virginia
University in 1996 with
a bachelor's degree in
wildlife management,
FARABAUGH he worked for the
Cambria County Conservation District
as a Resource Specialist until 2000.
From 2000 to 2007, he served as an
environmental scientist for an engineering
firm in Altoona. Additionally, he served
as a Deputy Waterways Conservation
Officer for the Pennsylvania Fish and
Boat Commission from 1998 through
2007.
In Farabaugh's previous position as a
region office Conservation Administration
Supervisor, he supervised state game
wardens in 10 counties, as well as
the region's five dispatchers. He also
managed the region's vehicle fleet and
buildings, and coordinated pheasant
releases and the Hunter Access landowner
program within the region.
" I am honored and humbled to be
selected as the Southwest Region's
new director and to continue serving
Pennsylvanians and protecting our
wildlife, " Farabaugh said. " I look forward
to continuing my Game Commission
career working alongside the dedicated
and hard-working personnel of the
Southwest Region. Together, we
will continue to manage and protect
Pennsylvania's wildlife and state game
lands, assuring all hunters and outdoor
enthusiasts they have an advocate for the
wild places and wild creatures they enjoy. "
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