The superintendent of the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest will leave this week after two years on the job.

Virigina Dautreuil steps down Sept. 2, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Division of Conservation and Recreation confirmed late last week. No time frame has been announced for filling the position.

Ms. Dautreuil was hired in the summer of 2014, six months after sudden death of John Varkonda who had been the forest superintendent for 26 years.

She is only the third person to hold the job and the first woman. Her duties included supervision of the state forest on Nantucket. She has been commuting to the Islands from Woods Hole.

The first superintendent, Manuel Correllus, for whom the forest is named, served for 40 years.

Established in 1908, the forest covers 5,343 acres of undeveloped land in the center of the Island. and includes 14 miles of biking and hiking trails. Its geologically diverse grasslands, heathlands and woodlands are home to a large number of rare flora and fauna, including migratory birds such as warblers.