Dombeck is an American conservationist, educator, scientist, and outdoorsman.
He served as Acting Director of the Bureau of Land Management from 1994–1997 and was the 14th Chief of the United States Forest Service from 1997 to 2001.
Dombeck also served as UW System Fellow and Professor of Global conservation at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point from 2001 to 2010.
He has been the Executive Director of the David Smith Post-Doctoral Conservation Research Fellowship since 2005