Uniting Fire Science and Natural Resource Management
The Southern Fire Exchange is glad to share information about current, fire-related employment opportunities in the Southeast. If you know of any openings in your area, please contact us with the relevant details, and we’ll get the announcement posted for you.
The Nature Conservancy in Bristol, Florida is hiring a North Florida Land Conservation Steward.
Applications will be reviewed in the order they’re received and the position will remain open until filled.
Information and applications directions are available here.
Continue ReadingThe Nature Conservancy is hiring a North Florida Land Conservation Steward based at the Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve. Full-time. Funded through June 2022. For more information check out the posting at www.nature.org/careers Job ID #49483.
Continue ReadingThe Southeast CASC through North Carolina State University is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Data Science that will work on prescribed fire research related to the Southeast. Some details from the listing:
Continue ReadingThe Department of Applied Ecology at North Carolina State University, in collaboration with the Department of Statistics, the North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, and the USGS Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, will be hiring a Postdoctoral Research Scholar in data science to assist with efforts to develop a prototype early warning system for Prescribed Fire Managers (PFMs). The primary research objective of the successful candidate is to characterize short, medium, and long-term climatological-risk for PFMs in the Southeast US, and to build a framework that allows for optimal decision making under uncertainty.
The successful candidate will work with Drs. Brian Reich (Statistics), Jaime Collazo (Applied Ecology), and Adam Terando (USGS) to model environmental conditions conducive to prescribed burning activities over time scales of days to decades in the future. Three major objectives of the position include 1). Define, identify, and model ‘fail-states’, or the sets of conditions that PFMs wish to avoid 2) Model risk exposure of PFMs given existing numerical model simulations of future climate over near-term (days) to long-term (decades) time scales, and 3) develop spatio-temporal models to characterize extreme wildfire risk on decadal time scales.
NC State Parks is hiring one position that has become available on the North Carolina State Parks Burn Crew that is based out of Cliffs of the Neuse State Park in Seven Springs, NC. This crew travels and works statewide for wildland fire operations in NC State Parks.
Applicants can email Andrew Slack (andrew.slack@ncparks.gov) directly with their resumes.
Continue ReadingThe Tennessee Division of Forestry is accepting applications for the following positions:
Application link can be found on the Tennessee Division of Forestry’s Careers page: https://www.tn.gov/agriculture/forests/employment-opportunities.html
Continue ReadingConservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast is currently accepting applications for the position of Land Steward. A successful candidate will be responsible for implementing land management best practices on land owned by Conservation Foundation and for monitoring and enforcing conservation easements. Salary commensurate with experience. Benefits include PTO, medical, 401k, and optional dental, vision, and supplemental insurance.
To apply, please email cover letter and resume to landprotection@conservationfoundation.com by March 15, 2021.
Full application information can be found here.
Continue ReadingThe Land Conservancy, a division within Tall Timbers, was established in 1990. Its ongoing goal is to ensure the conservation of natural and cultural resources, along with rural land use traditions, in the Red Hills region and in other strategic areas that promote Tall Timbers’ mission. To date, Tall Timbers has conserved over 145,000 acres with 121 landowners using donated conservation easements, making it one of the largest regional land trusts in the Southeast.
Position Responsibilities:
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The Prescribed Fire Strike Team carries out on-the-ground forestry vendor services
statewide, based on demand, resources, and weather. Under direct supervision of a Crew
Boss, the crew member‘s primary function is prescribed fire and fuels planning that is
implementation of moderate complexity. Other responsibilities may include forest
management activities of average difficulty, hazard mitigation, fire suppression, and related
work as directed. The Prescribed Fire Strike Team Crew Member will primarily work
throughout the Cumberland Plateau and East TN Districts, and in other areas of the state
as needed. This position will spend time on travel status, away from home base, the Westel
Work Center in Rockwood, TN. Lodging and per diem reimbursement will be provided while
on overnight travel assignment.
The Prescribed Fire Strike Team resides within the Forest Health and Sustainability Unit.
This unit has five major program areas; forest management, forest health, forest
stewardship, water quality, and urban forestry. This strike team is overseen by a
coordinator who reports to the unit leader.
The Forest Stewards Guild seeks students or recent graduates to perform forestry tasks alongside U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff. Experiences will vary based on the season but likely include:
The 12-week position (start date: May 17, 2021) is a supervised work and learning experience based at the Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge, McBee, South Carolina. Additional work occurs at the Pee Dee NWR near Wadesboro, NC.
Stipends: $290 per week stipend, free on-site housing, a $250 travel allowance.
Learn how forestry and wildlife management work together on our public lands. This is a great entry point into careers in forest management and species conservation.
After reviewing the full position description and application instructions at the link above, questions can be directed to Michael Lynch at 608 449-0647 or mike (at) forestguild.org.
Application deadline: March 3, 2021
More information and application instructions here.
Continue ReadingThe Florida Forest Service (FFS) Cooperative Outdoor Burning and Resource Assistance (COBRA) Team has a pair of openings for Other Personnel Services (OPS) Park Rangers to work on the COBRA Team. These are 40 hour per week positions starting at $11.37/hr.
These Park Ranger openings will be the crew members of the COBRA Team and will assist with tasks including; heavy equipment operation, operating a brush truck, participating in prescribed burning and other duties to assist the public and land managers in managing upland sites with prescribed fire.
These positions will report to the Brooksville Forestry Worksite, just south of the FFS Withlacoochee Forestry Center in Brooksville, FL.
If interested please, send your resume to: John.Kern@FDACS.gov no later than March 5, 2021.
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