MONTICELLO, Ark. - The University of Arkansas at Monticello is welcoming Daniel DeArmond, a faculty member with roots as deep as the redwoods he once logged.DeArmond joins the College of Forestry, Agriculture, and Natural Resources as the new assistant professor of wood procurement/marketing.With more than 20 years' experience in both industrial forestry and international forest research, DeArmond brings a global perspective and hands-on expertise to the classroom.A native of Humboldt County, California, DeArmond holds a Bachelor of Science in Forestry from Humboldt State University, and both a master's and doctorate in Tropical Forest Science from the National Institute of Amazonian Research in Brazil.DeArmond's journey into forestry began in an unexpected place behind a sound and lightboard. In 1990, he moved to northern California to study theater but found himself drawn to the forests that surrounded him. He soon took a job at a sawmill with the Pacific Lumber Company and in 1994 was called out to his first logging site in the region's iconic old-growth redwood forests."The logs were so big I had to have two chokers to place around 8- to 10-foot diameter trees," recalled DeArmond. "That first experience in the redwoods, along with the movie 'Sometimes a Great Notion,' sparked something in me. I realized forestry wasn't just a job; it was a calling." That calling led him to transfer to Humboldt State to formally study forestry. After graduation, he began work with the USDA Forest Service in Southeast Alaska....
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