The Wetland Ecosystem Support Team (WEST), consisting of a Senior Team Member and three other Team Members, was developed to support restoration of isolated wetlands in the GCPEP landscape. Priority work by the WEST centers on habitat restoration of wetlands for threatened and endangered species using chainsaws and brush cutters. Additional restoration will include invasive species control and prescribed fire. Priority work areas include Eglin Air Force Base, Escribano Point Wildlife Management Area, Garcon Point Water Management Area, Yellow River Marsh Preserve State Park, and Blackwater River State Forest. The position is a full-time position. Schedules and work locations can change often during a work week. Hourly wage for this position is $15.00/hour plus benefits including paid PTO/Sick/Holiday time, an insurance allowance and participation in a Simple IRA plan.
Interested applicants should submit a resume, cover letter, and contact information
for the applicant’s last three supervisors and references. Applications must be received no later than February 21, 2022, and can be submitted electronically to:
Kaiden Spurlock
[email protected]
863-605-4104
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Jobs: NPS Seasonal Fire Effects Monitors
The combined National Park Service 2022 Fire Effects Monitor job announcement has been posted to USAJOBS (USAJOBS – Job Announcement). Please note the cut-off date of 2/8/2022 (applicants who apply before this cut-off will receive first consideration). There are three positions based in Luray, Virginia.
Continue ReadingJobs: Multiple St John River Water Management District Prescribed Fire Positions
The St. Johns River Water Management district is hiring two Land Manager positions in Palm Bay and Lake Apopka, Florida. They are also advertising an Invasive Plant Technician based in Sunnyhill, Florida. These are all positions that would involve prescribed fire application and use. Job application period closes January 30th. More info here.
Continue ReadingJob: Forestry Technician / Fire, Fort Stewart
The Department of Army at Ft. Stewart, Georgia is seeking qualified applicants for one vacant Forestry Technician, GS-0462-07 position. The vacancy announcement is open through 31 Jan 2022 and is open to all USCitizens.
Details can be found at the following USAJOBS link:https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/631638600
Job: Technical Assistance and Training Specialist, Longleaf Alliance
The Longleaf Alliance (TLA) is seeking an experienced Technical Assistance and Training
Specialist (TA&TS) to advance longleaf restoration in the western portion of the natural range (Mississippi,
Louisiana, and east Texas). The position is Full Time with partial funding already secured for four years, with
abundant opportunities to continue to secure funding to grow and extend the work.
Read the full position description and application instructions here.
Continue ReadingJobs: Wildlife Technician, Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Georgia DNR’s Wildlife Resources Division is hiring two Wildlife techs that will be working on Ceylon WMA and focused on the ecological restoration of the natural communities and to benefit nongame as well as game species. The application deadline is 1/21/22 and postings can be found on the Georgia DNR careers page.
Continue ReadingJob: Supervisory Operations Section Chief, Wildland Fire Branch, San Antonio, TX
The Air Force Wildland Fire Branch (CZOF) has an exciting job opportunity at HQ/ Joint Base San Antonio, TX. This position, Supervisory Operations Section Chief, GS-0401/0460/0819/1301-13, is advertised with PCS costs covered.
This position is primarily responsible for overseeing interagency wildland fire field operations and providing expertise in wildland fire management and mitigation to support the execution of field work across 3 regions at 14 Wildland Support Modules (WSMs) in CONUS and Alaska. There are frequent opportunities to provide strategic program analysis and decision making while maintaining relationships with internal organizations including DAF Corporate structure, MAJCOMs, ISSs, OSD, AFCEC and federal land management agencies. This position requires occasional travel in support of the 14 WSMs and their operations.
This position reports to the Branch Chief of the Wildland Fire Branch in the Environmental Operations Division within the Environmental Directorate of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center.
The Wildland Fire Branch was established in 2012 to supplement wildfire response, provide training, maintain certification, conduct program review, and provide technical assistance to all Air Force installations. The Branch mission is executed in a collaborative, interagency environment with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State University and University of Montana. FY21 Operations achieved over 175,000 acres of prescribed fire and 3,000 acres of mechanical fuel mitigation and environmental projects to promote sustainable environmental management and protection of natural and built infrastructure and ecosystems.
For additional information on the Air Force Civil Engineer Center please see:
If you are interested in this opportunity, forward your resume and college transcripts in Adobe PDF format to [email protected] NLT 20 January 2022.
Continue ReadingJob: Assistant/Associate Specialist – Fire Ecology/Fire Science, UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley is hiring a new full time researcher, potentially a person with a MS degree or somebody with BS and quite a bit of experience.
Work includes projects in forests, woodlands, and shrublands including analyzing historical datasets, measuring the effects of prescribed fire and managed wildfires, and developing remotely sensed fire severity metrics in areas outside of conifer forests.
Applicants can now apply here: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03294.
The initial review date is 12/30/2021 but there will be an additional review date of 1/18/2022 since we are in the holiday season.
Continue ReadingJob: Assistant Professor of Indigenous Forestry, Northern Arizona University
The position description for Assistant Professor of Indigenous Forestry has been posted at nau.jobs (follow the ‘Faculty and Administrator Openings’ link, locate vacancy 605923). Review of applications will begin January 22.
Continue ReadingJob: Sandhills Stewardship and Fire Program Manager, Nature Conservancy North Carolina
The Sandhills Stewardship and Fire Program Manager develops, manages and advances conservation programs for the restoration and management of large-scale areas within the Sandhills region of North Carolina. This position has three major focal areas:
1) leading the restoration, management and monitoring of Longleaf pine savanna (and associated communities) in the Sandhills, especially on TNC lands, to help meet the organization’s goal of creating resilient and connected habitats;
2) leading the Sandhills prescribed burn program, including planning, implementing, and evaluating all aspects of the program, to enable the safe and long-term management of natural communities in the region; and,
3) interacting with direct reports, colleagues, partners and others in a way that fosters information sharing and learning, collaboration that leads to positive and strategic conservation actions, and leveraging of resources to increase the impact and influence of the Sandhills stewardship and fire management programs within the region.
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