Roger Fickes

Biography

Roger Fickes worked as a field supervisor for the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture just after high school until he attended Pennsylvania State University, where he received a BS in landscape architecture. During his time at Penn State, Roger worked as an intern for the Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks.

Roger earned his BLA from Utah State University in 1973, after which he took a job as a landscape architect for the Bureau of State Parks, where he was heavily involved in recreation planning.

In 1976, Roger was appointed Chief of the State and Local Coordination Section in the Bureau of Resources Programming. Shortly thereafter, he was appointed Chairman of the Pennsylvania Wild and Scenic Rivers Task Force. In 1988, he became Chief of the Division of Rivers and Wetlands Conservation, where he directed the study, designation and implementation of the Wetlands Protection Action Plan.

In 1992, Roger was appointed Director of the Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks, where he continues to manage the parks system for the entire state.