Forester 1 - Good Neighbor Authority

Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservations mission is to help ensure that Montanas land and water resources provide benefits for present and future generations.

The DNRC believes employees are their most important asset. The DNRC empowers employees to exercise professional judgment in carrying out their duties. Employees are provided with the training and tools necessary to achieve the mission. Both team effort and individual employee expertise are supported and sustained.

Core Values:

The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservations Forestry and Trust Land Division recognizes that building a collaborative professional and inclusive work environment is critical to fulfilling our mission of managing protecting and promoting stewardship of Montanas forests and lands for the benefit of current and future generations and our trust beneficiaries. We hold ourselves to these high standards as we are accountable to the people of Montana.

• We value and respect each other.
• We create collaborative work environments.
• We build and maintain strong relationships.
• We practice accountability.
• We celebrate our successes and take pride in our work.

Job Overview:

Forester will perform professional forest management activities under the general supervision of the Good Neighbor Forest Management Supervisor.

The incumbent plans coordinates and implements projects necessary to sell timber or related products from federal lands. These projects are complex and must be designed on a case-by-case basis to conform to numerous constraints and respond to multiple issues. Each project must be implemented in accordance with The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rules and will require the preparation of document(s) disclosing the adequate level of analysis for each project and may require preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement. This position would serve a support role for preparation of complex large-volume forest product sales timber permits and other forest product sales.

Level 1 Forester will handle the less complex issues; coordinate more closely and require more assistance from direct supervisor. They manage their area budget allocations and ensure they meet their assigned annual yields while coordinating efforts with other land offices and foresters within their unit.

Essential Functions (Major Duties or Responsibilities): These job functions are the essential duties of the position and are not all-inclusive of all the duties that may be assigned to the incumbent.

Good Neighbor Authority Forest Management:

Plan coordinate and evaluate activities on federal lands to provide for the sustainable use of the land and associated resources and to ensure adherence to state and federal laws and regulations.

• Conducting fieldwork to verify and update records.
• Implement timber sales by administering contracts.
• Assist in administering permits resource protection plans resource improvement projects or implement compliance actions.
• Establish project boundaries.
• Assist in design specifications for aerial and/or ground-based logging systems.
• Design /maintain road systems stream crossings and bridges or reconstruction specifications for state land and or/adjacent ownership.
• Supervise timber-volume cruise designs and marking with seasonal forestry technicians and supervise and participate in other sale layout activities
• Implement Land Management Plans and ensure compliance with NEPA design features and silvicultural prescriptions. Inventory and monitor land resources to assess conditions trends and concerns.
• Prepare technical written reports concerning the impact of projects and prepare all sale-package documents for Land Office and Good Neighbor Bureau review and distribution. These include the NEPA Design Features Crosswalk Timber Sale Contract Prospectus Notice of Sale Summary of Actions and other summaries of timber values cruise documentation forest improvement appraisal road and logging costs and specifications.
• Work within assigned allocation of budget and capital while ensuring harvest goals are met.
• Respond to inquiries or requests for technical assistance regarding the development interpretation or implementation of rules regulations and department programs.
• Participate in public hearings monitor input from industry affected groups and the public obtain data and recommend strategies or actions.
• Mitigate disputes with private landowners contractors or general public escalating when needed.
• Determine and oversee forest restoration treatments on assigned parcels including thinning timber stand improvement hazard and fuels reduction weed spraying road maintenance needs and planting after timber sales or as needed.
• Perform activities in wildland-fire management that relate to the responsibilities of the Unit; coordinate non-complex burns with county and burn plans.

APPLICATION MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION ARE:

• Online State of Montana application
• Resume
• Cover Letter

HELPFUL HINT:You must check the relevant document box to ensure your attachments are uploading correctly to the specific application.

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