The National Park Service Great Lakes Fire Management Zone is hiring fire positions, including permanent positions, to be based at Indiana Dunes National Park. All positions close Friday, December 18.
Job: Fisheries and Wildlife Biological Scientist III, Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission
The FWC’s Northeast Region is seeking a highly motivated candidate to serve as the Lead Area Biologist on the 65,333 acre Three Lakes Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Osceola County, Florida. This position is in the Wildlife and Habitat Management Section and is responsible for habitat management and restoration activities including application of prescribed fire, mechanical treatments, and exotic plant management throughout the area. The position will lead a team of 8 full-time employees as well as several seasonal positions to accomplish FWC objectives on the WMA. The successful candidate will lead an active prescribed burn team that burns approximately 18,000-20,000 acres per year to maintain and restore a variety of natural communities including mesic and wet flatwoods and dry and wet prairie to benefit game, non-game and imperiled wildlife and plant species. This position will coordinate with other sections within FWC and partner agencies to assist with recovery efforts of the critically endangered Florida grasshopper sparrow. This position leads active monitoring programs for threatened and locally important species including Bachman’s sparrow, northern bobwhite, bats, and red-cockaded woodpecker. Job duties will also include planning, development and maintenance of projects facilitating public recreational opportunities including public hunt management, infrastructure establishment and maintenance, and other land management tasks as needed.
This position is responsible for assisting with the development and periodic revision of long-range, comprehensive management plans, annual work plans, budget proposals, project specifications, area regulations, and reports. In addition, the applicant will interact professionally with the public and partners providing accurate information concerning wildlife, area conditions, rules and regulations. Occasional travel is required to attend regional and divisional meetings and trainings.
Posting closes December 9, 2020.
More information and application portal here.
Continue ReadingJob: Restoration Technician, The Nature Conservancy
The Restoration Technician will coordinate with staff from the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, private landowners, and other partners to implement controlled burns and pre- and post-burn ecological monitoring. Responsibilities will include fire line construction and maintenance, monitoring fuel conditions, burn implementation and mop up, equipment maintenance, vegetation and avian monitoring, and data entry and compilation. As such, the Restoration Technician participates as a member of the Conservancy’s statewide fire management team, with assignments primarily limited to the western mountains. Accomplishing most of these duties requires the Restoration Technician to effectively communicate between, work with, and often lead diverse teams of other Conservancy or partner agency staff, volunteers, and interns. Other responsibilities may include routine preserve management such as, road and trail maintenance, gate construction and repair, sign installation, land-asset monitoring, field station maintenance, and other related stewardship activities. The Restoration Technician may also lead or assist with preserve and project field trips, public workshops, development of interpretive materials, and outreach initiatives.
This is a one-year full time position with benefits.
For more information or to apply visit https://careers.nature.org, search job ID # is 49165.
Continue ReadingJobs: Resource Management Crew Tech & Burn Crew Tech, NC State Parks
The North Carolina State Parks Resource Management Program is hiring for two positions, Resource Management Crew Technician and Burn Crew Technician. Links to detailed application information are below.
View Resource Management Crew Technician information here.
View Burn Crew Technician information here.
Continue ReadingRecording Available: 2020 Florida Statewide Prescribed Fire Council Meetings
Recorded presentations are now available from the 2020 All Florida Virtual Prescribed Fire Council Meeting hosted by the Southern Fire Exchange, University of Florida, North Florida Prescribed Fire Council, Central Florida Prescribed Fire Council, and the South Florida Interagency Fire Management Council. The three Florida prescribed fire councils normally meet separately in the fall of the year, but due to the COVID19 pandemic, a joint virtual meeting was held.
Presentations addressed topics including wildland fire smoke and COVID-19 and lessons learned from Hurricane Michael. Dr. Stephen Pyne also gave a presentation titled Fire – The Other Contagion. The One Without a Vaccine.
Continue ReadingHeadwaters Economics: Structures Destroyed by Wildfires Data Visualization
Headwaters Economics has developed a free data visualization tool that shows state and national structure losses by wildfires over time. The accompanying article argues that structure losses are a more useful metric for understanding wildfire impacts than ‘acres burned.’ Measuring wildfires by assessing ‘acres burned’ does not discern the positive impacts of wildfires in terms of fuel reduction, ecosystem restoration and wildlife habitat from the negative impacts of wildfire. In comparison, tracking structures lost, while imperfect due to reporting processes, can provide a more nuanced measure of the human and economic toll of wildfires.
Continue ReadingSFE Webinar Recording: Importance of Management for Stabilizing Long-Term Carbon Under Extreme Fire Weather
The recording of the SFE webinar on Importance of Management for Stabilizing Long-Term Carbon Under Extreme Fire Weather is now available on the SFE YouTube channel. Originally recorded on November 5, 2020, the webinar addresses how future extreme fire weather may alter future fire conditions, and how to spatially optimize prescribed fire and timber harvest to manage wildfire risk.
Continue ReadingJob: Wildfire Magazine Managing Editor
The International Association of Wildland Fire is seeking a Managing Editor for our quarterly magazine, Wildfire.
This is a part-time contract position to produce four issues in 2021. This position is anticipated to continue.
More information can be found here.
Continue ReadingJob: Florida Restoration Technician, TNC Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve
This position is shared with the US Forest Service Apalachicola National Forest. Duties include rare species survey work (flatwoods salamanders and red-cockaded woodpeckers), spraying weeds, groundcover restoration, contractor oversight, and assisting with prescribed fire. This position is full time with benefits, and includes housing.
View full information by searching for Job ID number 49131 on nature.org or in PeopleSoft.
Continue ReadingSGSF and USFS Release Fire Safety Package
The Southern Group of State Foresters Fire Committee and US Forest Service Region 8 have developed a tire safety package. Their goal is to get this information to fire departments and other partners throughout the region in an attempt to reduce the risk of tire failure causing accidents, so please share it widely!
Tire Safety is as Easy as 1-2-3
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