Rene Casteran

Rene Casteran is a retired Forest Service employee who worked in Wilderness, Trails and Dispersed Recreation. He backpacked the Kalmiopsis Wilderness for twenty years. He performed additional duties as a Heritage Resource Technician. While attending Southern Oregon State College (SOSC), he wrote an undergraduate history paper titled “Historic Overview of Chrome Mining, Siskiyou National Forest, Southwestern Oregon.” As part of his research he conducted oral histories with Len Ramp, retired State Geologist, and Bill Ford, former Josephine County Commissioner. He has a BS degree from SOSC in Interdisciplinary Studies, majoring in Biology and Geography.