Forestry Summer Interns (Forestry, Logging & Mill Operations)

Internship

  Maryland DNR

  Garrett, Maryland, United States

Seasonal Summer Forestry Worker – Six (6) Vacancies

Savage River State Forest
 Job Type: Seasonal, Temporary, Internship
Job Description:

The Department of Natural Resources, Forest Service/Western Region is currently accepting applications for six (6) seasonal contractual Summer Forestry Worker positions located at Savage River State Forest, Garrett County, Maryland. This position will collect forest inventory data, timber marking, boundary marking, herbicide application to control non-native invasives, etc. The incumbents should be proficiently skilled with a multitude of technical forestry equipment including GPS, compass, clinometer, range finders, 10 and 20 BAF prisms, increment corers, as well as able to accurately read and interpret topographic maps.

Please note, the selected candidates will work in inclement weather and traverse rugged terrain.

Job Qualifications:

Education: Completion of 30 credit hours from an accredited college or university, including dendrology or tree identification or herbaceous plant identification; 15 credits which should be in environmental science, forest technology, arboriculture, natural resource management, or a natural resource management related field of study.  

Experience: None.  

Note: Additional experience performing technical biological work in the field of forestry, arboriculture or natural resource management, may be substituted on a year-for-year basis for the required education.

Compensation

$13.00/hour