Rural Forestry Profiles

DAVID L. BRUTON
District Forester - Northeast District
318 Broadway
Valley Falls, KS 66088-1302

Email: dbruton@ksu.edu
Phone: 785-945-6147
Fax: 785-945-6882

Dave Bruton grew up near Meriden, Kansas. He attended the forestry program at Kansas State University from 1984-1986, then transferred to the University of Missouri-Columbia where he received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Forest Management in 1988. Upon graduation, he moved to Lawrence Kansas where he was employed by Lawrence Landscape, Inc. as an Urban Forester.

Dave began his career with the Kansas Forest Service in 1992 as a District Forester, responsible for the Glacial Hills RC&D Region. His district then expanded to include the entire northeast region of Kansas. Dave became the Utilization and Marketing Forester in July of 2000. In 2003, Dave helped establish the Kansas Forest Products Association that continues to grow and provide an outlet for landowners, loggers, sawmill operators, and forest industry to network and better open lines of communication. He also serves as the liaison with the Kansas Christmas Tree Growers Association.

Dave is a Certified Forester Member of the Society of American Foresters and an active member of the Great Plains Society. He is also a member of the Walnut Council, Mid-America Sawdusters, Northeast U&M Council, Quail Unlimited, and the National Wild Turkey Federation.

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