Charles Houghton

Biography

Charles “Chuck” Houghten received his MLA in ‘84 from Utah State. He began his career working as a refuge planner for the US Fish and Wildlife Service at Soda Springs, Idaho. Since 2000, Chuck has been the Refuge Planning Division Chief, Region 1 in Portland, Oregon for the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Refuge Planning. As the director he is responsible for comprehensive conservation planning, land protection planning and National Wildlife Refuge System GIS mapping. In 2001, he received a Special Recognition Award for developing and guiding conservation planning efforts in Region 1 and in 2003, was recognized by the Chief of the National Wildlife Refuge System for work as one of the lead authors of “Refuge Planning for the NWRS.”