Seasonal Forester
(Forestry, Logging & Mill Operations)
Seasonal
La Veta District, La Veta, Colorado, United States
Minimum Requirements:
- Ability to use and maintain forestry equipment, and to perform strenuous outdoor work in a variety of terrain and weather conditions.
- Possession of or ability to obtain a valid driver’s license.
- Ability and willingness to work long hours with occasional evening and weekend duties (work based on a 40 hour work week)
- Ability to utilize maps to navigate and determine locations.
Preferred Experience:
- Completion of S-212 Power Saws certification
- Proficient with the general Microsoft Suite office software products
- Pursuing bachelor’s degree in forestry or related natural resources field
- One season of field experience is preferred, but not required.
- Good written and oral communications
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Cruising and data collection for forest management plans.
- Assisting with project design, layout and marking.
- Assisting with sale administration.
- Participation in seedling planting, windbreak installation and maintenance, as well as general labor.
- Assisting in drafting and review of reports and documents.
EMPLOYMENT DATES:
May 2015 through October 2015 (Start and End Dates Variable)
La Veta District:
The La Veta District serves Huerfano and Las Animas Counties along Colorado's Southern Front Range. The District Office is located with the Town of La Veta (2013 population: 765) which is roughly an hour from Alamosa, Pueblo and Trinidad.
The District contains a wide variety of forest types including pinon-juniper, ponderosa pine, mixed conifer and spruce-fir in the highest elevations. Most lands within the district are privately-owned, but there is a significant portion of Colorado State Trust Lands and some USFS land along the western edge (Pike-San Isabel NF) and in the grasslands to the east (Comanche National Grasslands).
The La Veta District provides a full complement of Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) programs and services, including private and state land forest management assistance, wildfire hazard mitigation and community wildfire protection plans, grant programs for local communities, organizations, and landowners, and forestry education and outreach. The CSFS is well respected in the area, and has developed a good working relationship with our many landowners, cooperators, and partners.
General Information about the Colorado State Forest Service:
The Colorado State Forest Service is an agency of Colorado State University, Colorado's land grant institution of higher education, and is housed, organizationally, in the Warner College of Natural Resources. The CSFS also staffs the Division of Forestry for the Colorado Department of Natural Resources. The CSFS has 15 field offices throughout the state, with a State Office located in Fort Collins on one of the foothills campuses of CSU.
Colorado's elevations range from 3,500 feet to over 14,000 feet. Colorado’s ecosystems vary from short-grass prairie to alpine tundra, with many forest ecosystems between these treeless extremes. State forestry in Colorado covers a wide diversity of natural environments and human communities. State forestry personnel work with landowners, community representatives, youth, cooperators, and other agencies and disciplines to establish, manage, protect, and restore tree and forest resources. The CSFS utilizes an educational, incentives-based, and customer-service oriented approach, rather than a regulatory approach in working with landowners, cooperators, and partners to implement CSFS programs.
For questions regarding the position, please contact:
Mark Loveall
Colorado State Forest Service
La Veta District
E-mail: Mark.Loveall@Colostate.edu
Phone: 719-742-3588
CSU is an EO/EA/AA employer. Colorado State University conducts background checks on all final candidates.
Compensation
Hourly Pay Rate: $10.75 - $12.00 depending on experience