Working collaboratively with the BLM in Redding, CA, the Great Basin Institute is recruiting one (1) technician to assist the BLM forester(s) and/or forest ecologist with a wide variety of field and office tasks that will prepare the AmeriCorps member for success with future academic endeavors and/or a career in forestry. The member will aid BLM Forestry program staff with timber sale layout and preparation, timber cruising and appraising, sales administration, survey and monitoring activities, and the preparation of vegetative permits. Additionally, the member will support National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance, with particular focus on assisting to prepare sections of report documents and working with the BLM’s geographical information system (GIS).
More specifically, monitoring and inventory activities will encompass both project design and on-the-ground implementation. Additional implementation activities, such as marking forest timber sale boundaries and reserve trees within units will be a component of this position. The member will also assist with compiling and interpreting collected data utilizing GIS and other software programs, as well as researching reference materials. All activities will eventually serve to better inform the development of maps and reports related to NEPA compliance, forestry project design, and other BLM actions. This position will require physical exertion, including operating common hand tools (e.g.pulaskis, axes, or shovels). This is an eleven-month position, so the member must be prepared to serve in a variety of weather conditions and recognize that they will be confronted by environmental hazards, such as rainstorms, poison oak, insects, cattle and other livestock, and other potential hazards commensurate with land management activities.