Lynell Schalk to speak on her forthcoming book "Plunder on the Plateau: A Ranger's Fight to Save the Past"

The Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College will host a program by Lynell Schalk, “Plunder on the Plateau: A Ranger’s Fight to Save the Past”, on Wednesday, October 24th.

Lynell Schalk worked for the Department of the Interior for 28 years, spending all but one of those years with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). She was the only woman in the first group of 13 uniformed rangers who were delegated with federal law enforcement authority within the BLM. She later became the Special Agent-in-Charge, administering a federal law enforcement program on 16.5 million acres in Oregon and Washington. Her investigations across the Western U.S. included timber theft, archaeological theft and trafficking, and instances of wild lands arson, among other crimes. Lynell is finishing her book, “Plunder on the Plateau: A Ranger’s Fight to Save the Past”

Refreshments will be offered beginning at 5:30pm, with the program to begin at 6:00pm. This event is free and open to the public.