Rob Lionberger, ACF

Rob was born and raised in North Idaho and began his forestry career thinning, marking timber and fighting fire for the Idaho Department of Lands and IFM. After college, he worked for the U.S. Forest Service and the state forestry agencies of Oregon, Montana and Washington on timber sales, road design, reforestation and silviculture. He spent nine years as Washington DNR’s Eastern Washington Stewardship Forester, helping private landowners with forest health and wildfire risk, then ran his own consulting firm before working in prescribed fire for The Nature Conservancy and Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife. Rob rejoined IFM in 2026 with 38 years of forestry and fire experience in Idaho, Washington, Montana and Oregon. He recently returned home to Rathdrum, where his North Idaho roots run deep.