Sean C. Morgan
Neil Miller, a former teacher, snow plow driver and an experienced firefighter, has succeeded Jim Basting as an Oregon Department of Forestry Sweet Home Unit’s forest protection supervisor.
Basting, who worked for the ODF for some 42 years, retired earlier this year.
Miller, 45, grew up in Wallowa, graduating from high school there. He attended Eastern Oregon State College at La Grande, earning a degree in education. He taught elementary school from…