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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",serif"><img width="624" height="147" style="width:6.5in;height:1.5277in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D706D7.111F2CB0"></span><span class="xeop"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",serif">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",serif">February 19, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif">Susan Buxton to lead Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",serif">Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little announced today Susan Buxton accepted the position of director of the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation (IDPR).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",serif">“Susan’s passion for outdoor recreation and her strong background in lands issues and management make her an excellent fit to lead the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation,” Governor Little
said. “Abundant opportunities to recreate outdoors is what makes Idaho special, and I appreciate Susan for stepping up to lead in this important aspect of Idahoans’ lives.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",serif">In her new role, Buxton will oversee management of 30 state parks, the registration programs for boats, snowmobiles, and other off-highway vehicles, and a number of outdoor recreation grant
programs that support facilities and services to a variety of recreationists and the local organizations that serve them.
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",serif">“I am proud to give back to Idaho in my new role and will work hard alongside the outstanding team at the Department of Parks and Recreation to help improve Idahoans’ quality of life through
the great work we do in supporting outdoor recreation and resource stewardship,” Buxton said.
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",serif">Buxton has served as the department’s interim director since September, and she served on the Parks and Recreation Board from 2012 to 2016. She has been the administrator of the Idaho Division
of Human Resources (DHR) since 2016 after working extensively as an attorney representing local governments and a variety of other clients in the areas of water rights, land use, public finance, employment and government relations. Buxton graduated from Whitman
College and the University of Idaho College of Law.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",serif">Buxton’s last day at DHR will be April 16. David Fulkerson, longtime State Financial Officer and Deputy Administrator for the Division of Financial Management, will serve as interim DHR Administrator
until a replacement is named. Fulkerson also previously served as interim DHR Administrator from 2014 to 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",serif">NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: Marissa Morrison, Press Secretary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",serif">208-943-1686 or
</span><a href="mailto:marissa.morrison@gov.idaho.gov"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",serif">marissa.morrison@gov.idaho.gov</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",serif">
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