Allan K. Fitzsimmons is the Wildlands Fuel Coordinator at the

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. This is a newly created position where he will coordinate and implement fuels treatment on lands managed by the

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, Fish and Wildlife Service and the

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Career

Fitzsimmons has 25 years of experience working with natural resource issues previous to this position, including previous service at the Interior Department. From 1983 to 1985 he served as a special assistant to the Deputy Director of the National Park Service. From 1985 to 1989 he was the special assistant to the assistant

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and from 1989 to 1992 the special assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary for Policy, Planning and Development at the Department of Energy.

Personal

Fitzsimmons and his wife reside in

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. They have three daughters.

Philosophical and political views

Fitzsimmons’ views regarding

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management, specifically endangered species, have created some controversy among environmentalists, such as

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. In his 1999 book ''Defending Illusions: Federal Protection of Ecosystems'', he renounces the existence of ecosystems, claiming they are merely “mental constructs.” Interior Secretary Gale Norton, who appointed Fitzsimmons to the Fuel Coordinator position, feels confident that Fitzsimmons has a “wide range” of experience with environmental issues.

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*https://web.archive.org/web/20071025114552/http://www.doi.gov/news/020828.htm * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fitzsimmons, Allan Living people United States Department of the Interior officials United States Fish and Wildlife Service personnel National Park Service personnel Year of birth missing (living people)