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  • Summer and Year Internships, Mt. Cuba Center (Hockessin, DE)

    Jan 19, 2017 9:00 am0 views

    Internships are Mt. Cuba Center’s greatest investment in the future. Our goal is to inspire students to have an appreciation for the beauty and value of native plants and a desire to protect the environments that sustain them.

    We offer two types of programs: a summer program that runs for 12 weeks for college undergraduates or recent college graduates and a one year program for recent college graduates.

  • 2016 Seasonal Timber Positions

    Dec 10, 2015 10:45 am1 views

    The Bridger-Teton National Forest will be hiring seasonal positions for the 2016 summer season starting in January of 2016.  The Forest will be filling up to 4 seasonal positions in timber. Government housing will be available for these positions.  The jobs will be posted starting January 8th   thru January 27th based on the grade of the position.

  • Forestry Assistance Program Forester, Clare Conservation District (Harrison, MI) due 2/24

    Jan 24, 2017 8:45 am4 views

    The Michigan Forestry Assistance Program (FAP) provides private forestland owners with technical assistance and information regarding forestry, wildlife habitat, and related natural resource concerns, so that they may make informed decisions about the use and management of their forestlands. (“Landowners” include non-industrial private forestland owners, schools, local units of government, rural, and urban residents.) The Forester position is primarily a field position.

  • Tecnicians, Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment (Bloomington, IN) due 2/28

    Jan 28, 2017 12:15 am4 views

  • Numerous US Forest Service Summer Jobs close tomorrow

    Feb 5, 2018 2:45 pm4 views

    Individuals interested in these positions need to create an applicant profile and build their resume in www.usajobs.gov to apply for these jobs. Now through midnight EST February 6, 2018:

    Engineering & surveying technicians, forestry technicians, hydrologic technicians, biological science technicians, archaeological technicians, equipment operators, motor vehicle operators, laborers, maintenance workers, visitor information/guides, office services, recreation, &  Youth Conservation Corps aids/leaders

    The linked notice also includes Pathways Internship opportunities.

  • Forestry Technician

    Aug 30, 2016 11:45 am4 views

    The Six Rivers National Forest will soon be advertising for a GS-0462-10/11 Forestry Technician (Timber Sale Administration) position.  This position is permanent full time. The duty station for this position is Eureka, California.

  • Colorado State Forest Service Program Manager

    Nov 25, 2015 9:00 am4 views

    The Colorado State Forest Service is hiring for a Program Manager in the Forest Management Division.  

    Required Job Qualifications: 

    A degree in forestry, another natural resources program, or a related degree will be considered. Four years of combined field forestry and Forest Management program administration experience. Successful applicants must have a valid Colorado driver’s license or ability to acquire one upon employment.  

  • Supervisory Forestry Technician

    Nov 20, 2015 11:30 am5 views

    The Grangeville Smoke Jumper Base is planning on filling a permanent  Smokejumper Foreman position at the GS-10/11 levels. The job is now posted in USA JOBS with this announcment number 16-FIRE-179048G-MAS. This position will be open to apply to from November 16, 2015 till closing.

  • Professional Outdoor Instructor

    Dec 10, 2015 10:15 am6 views

    PROFESSIONAL OUTDOOR INSTRUCTOR: Eleven (11) Temporary, Full-time Positions. Pay: $275/week plus room and partial board (meals while working with programs), Dates: March 6 - May 28, 2016.

    Bradford Woods, Indiana University’s Outdoor Center, is located in the American Heartland in South Central Indiana. We are surrounded by rolling hills, limestone bluffs, deciduous forests and miles of waterways.

  • Pre-Announcment of Forest Service Temporary Positions in N Idaho, MT, and the Dakotas

    Dec 10, 2015 8:45 am6 views

  • Missouri Forestry Field Programs Missouri Department of Conservation (Jefferson City, MO) due 2/10

    Jan 25, 2016 10:15 am7 views

    Forestry Field Programs Supervisor – Community Forestry Program

    https://mdc6.mdc.mo.gov/applications/recruitment/JobDetail.aspx?intPstID=1801

    Application deadline:  Feb 10, 2016

  • Assistant or Associate Professor of Silviculture (Virginia Tech)

    Oct 12, 2017 9:15 am7 views

  • Wood Promotion & Biomass Utilization Program Coordinator (Montana) Due 10/28

    Oct 13, 2017 3:30 pm7 views

  • Contracting Officer US Forest Service

    Nov 20, 2015 11:15 am7 views

    This position is part of the R1 AQM Staff, and will be located in Bozeman, Montana.

  • Urban Forestry Fellowship for Graduate and Advanced Undergraduate Students

    Jan 24, 2017 2:45 pm8 views

    Applications being accepted for the Garden Club of America's Urban Forestry Fellowship ($5,000)

    Application Deadline: January 31, 2017

  • Forestry Technician (Various locations statewide, Wisconsin) (Due 2/18)

    Feb 6, 2018 3:00 pm8 views

  • Assistant Chief, Forest Resources Division, State of Michigan (Lansing, MI) due 11/7

    Oct 17, 2017 4:45 pm8 views

    The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is currently recruiting a State Division Administrator 17, Assistant Chief in the Forest Resources Division.  The position is located in Lansing, Michigan. 

  • Natural Resources Lab Coordinator and Collections Curator

    Jan 21, 2016 1:30 pm9 views

    Purdue University’s Department of Forestry and Natural Resources solicits applicants to fill a full-time, fiscal-year position as Natural Resources Lab Coordinator and Collections Curator. The incumbent will: coordinate and participate in activities related to field and laboratory instruction of undergraduate natural resources courses that involve identification of plants and wildlife; develop and maintain the departmental collections of vertebrate and herbarium/arboretum specimens upon which these courses rely; organize equipment, vehicles and schedules, hire Teaching Assistants, provide orientations, and coordinate daily operations on behalf of faculty and staff as Director of the department's natural resources practicum; offer, on an annual basis, an undergraduate course in natural resources.

  • Forester, Plains and Community Forestry, Colorado State University

    Jul 29, 2015 3:30 pm9 views

    Colorado State University seeks an individual to serve as the primary local Colorado State Forestry representative.

  • USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region Forester

    Sep 13, 2016 10:15 am10 views

    The Klamath National Forest is currently seeking a candidate for a permanent full-time Forester (Genetics), GS-0460-5/7/9 position located at the Klamath National Forest Headquarters in Yreka, California.  The purpose of this Outreach Notice is to inform prospective applicants of this upcoming opportunity and make decisions on how this position will be filled.  Be sure to check the boxes for the hiring authorities that you plan to apply under. 

  • anuary 6th Advertisement of Forest Service Fire Temporary Positions in N Idaho, MT, and the Dakotas

    Jan 4, 2016 1:15 pm11 views

    The Northern Region of the Forest Service will soon be announcing and advertising all of our temporary positions throughout North Idaho, Montana, and parts of the Dakotas in January 2016.

  • Forestry/Habitat Restoration Technician, Copperhead Environmental Consulting (Paint Lick, KY; due June 30)

    Jun 11, 2020 3:45 pm11 views

  • Weekly Jobs Update from the US Forest Service Northern Region

    Jul 20, 2016 9:00 am11 views

  • Group Leader, Forest Health GS-13

    Oct 7, 2016 10:00 am11 views

    This outreach is an early alert to inform potential applicants that the USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Area, State and Private Forestry will soon be advertising a permanent, full-time GS-0414 (Entomologist) or 0434 (Pathologist) -13 Group Leader, Forest Health position. The position is located at the St. Paul Field Office in St. Paul, MN.  If you are interested in this position please respond, since the responses to this outreach notice will help managers decide how to advertise this position. 

  • Forestry Jobs in America Newsletter

    Jan 22, 2016 9:15 am12 views

  • Forestry Technician, Bureau of Land Management (Cottonwood, ID or Pocatello, ID) Due 2/15

    Feb 12, 2019 2:15 pm12 views

  • Production Forestry Technology Manager

    Apr 21, 2016 8:45 am12 views

    The Production Forestry Technology Manager at Weyerhaeuser will be responsible for developing and implementing new technology, as well as, supporting existing technology for growing pine and hardwood plantations. You will utilize your teamwork, collaboration and consultative skills to lead a team of research foresters overseeing study installation, maintenance and measurement, data handling and analysis, developing operational recommendations and providing technical support to operational foresters.  You will be challenged to use your professional experience to collaborate with university research cooperatives and company scientists to develop innovative solutions. You will have the opportunity to work in a unique environment and establish yourself as a subject matter consultant to all levels of the organization.

  • Forestry and Parks Technician, Douglas County (Superior, WI; due 2/2)

    Jan 10, 2020 11:15 am13 views

  • Research Biologist

    Oct 7, 2016 10:00 am13 views

    The scientist is a Research Biologist in the Southern Research Station’s Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center (SRS-4854). The mission of the Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center (EFETAC) is to generate knowledge and tools needed to anticipate and respond to environmental threats. The most serious threats to forests and the benefits they provide inevitably involve complex factors interacting across multiple spatial and temporal scales. The Center’s challenge is to maintain a comprehensive and integrated research program to tackle these complex issues, while delivering knowledge to forest landowners, managers, decision-makers, scientists, and other interested audiences in a timely, useful, and user-friendly manner.

  • Staff Forester I, Texas A&M Forest Service (Kirbyville, TX)

    Oct 25, 2019 9:45 am13 views

  • Procurement Forester in Central WI

    Nov 11, 2015 11:15 am13 views

    Seeking a professional forester with a bachelors degree or higher in Forest Administration or Forest Management that will procure and set up timber for a master logger in central Wisconsin. 

  • Forestry Jobs in America NewsLetter

    Dec 11, 2015 4:15 pm13 views

  • SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST CREW MEMBER/LEADER

    Jan 25, 2016 3:45 pm14 views

    AmeriCorps Superior National Forest Crews (ages 18-25) receive on-the-job training to learn natural resources management skills and put those skills into practice working on projects throughout Superior National Forest. Superior National Forest seasonal crews are part of the Superior National Forest’s “Faces of Tomorrow” initiative, an effort to improve the diversity of their future workforce. Leader and member positions involve physically challenging, team-oriented outdoor work on conservation projects such as invasive species management, fuels reduction, campsite maintenance, timber stand improvement, trail maintenance, tree planting, timber marking, and wildfire suppression/prescribed burning. The Crew Leader works directly with Crew Members to complete all forest improvement projects, monitoring member performance and safety and providing on-site education and training. --valuable job skills applicable to any career -- Earn an AmeriCorps education award for school expenses or to pay off qualified student loans -- Learn about current environmental issues and network with natural resource professionals -- Get field experience and gain natural resource management skills.

  • Illinois Landscape Contractors Association Scholarship Application (due 3/16)

    Feb 26, 2020 10:30 am14 views

  • Environmental Inspector - Forestry, Business and Neighborhood Services (Indianapolis, IN) Due 5/14

    May 3, 2019 3:15 pm14 views

  • Forestry Technician (Recreation), U.S. Forest Service (multiple positions in AZ, NM & OK; due 1/14)

    Jul 21, 2020 8:00 am14 views

  • Forestry Jobs in America Newsletter

    Jul 26, 2016 10:45 am14 views

  • Botanist Field Technicians, Prairie Research Institute (Champaign, IL) Due 3/15

    Feb 25, 2019 3:30 pm15 views

  • Geospatial Systems Specialist

    Jul 26, 2016 8:00 am15 views

    The position is located at a Forest Service unit with responsibility for supporting managers and resource specialists in the use of geospatial technology and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for land, natural resources and ecosystem management.

  • Colorado State Forest Service Seasonal Positions

    Nov 12, 2015 3:15 pm15 views

    Colorado State Forest Service is hiring for Seasonal Foresters (4 positions).

  • Forest Inventory and Analysis Seasonal Crew Leader

    Feb 10, 2016 9:30 am16 views

    Full-time seasonal positions are with the Colorado State Forest Service and will generally not exceed six months, with a possibility to extend to nine months. Expected range of employment will be from April 2016 thru the end of October 2016. Actual length of employment is dependent upon workload, weather, and other factors.

  • Seasonal Forester, Douglas County, WI

    May 15, 2018 10:30 am16 views

    Seasonal Foresters perform forest reconnaissance, regeneration surveys and take part in special inventory projects as needed. This position is also responslble for assisting foresters in timber sale establlshment, scaling and administration, detection of invasive species, forest insect and disease monitoring and general forest sign and equipment maintenance. This Is a Seasonal Non-Represented Position for Douglas County Forestry Department located In Solon Springs, WI. Two openings anticipated to be filled for late May or early June and extending through August or December 2018, depending on avallablllty.

  • Pathways Position (Forester/Silviculture/Timber Management)

    Sep 8, 2016 2:45 pm16 views

    The Klamath National Forest is currently seeking a candidate for a permanent full-time Student Trainee (Forester/Silviculture/Timber Management) GS-0499- 04/05 convertible to a GS- 0460- 05/07/09 position located at the Goosenest Ranger District in Macdoel, California.

  • Job Vacancy with the Colorado State Forest Service

    Nov 11, 2015 10:45 am16 views

    The Colorado State Forest Service is hiring for four Forester (2 –year) positions located in Boulder, Golden, Gunnison (2 positions), and Gunnison.

  • Assistant Conservation Forester (3 positions), Nebraska Forest Service (Ord, Concord, and North Platte, NE; due Feb. 7)

    Jan 15, 2021 1:00 pm17 views

  • Permanent Jobs with the Forest Service-August 10th

    Aug 11, 2015 12:00 pm17 views

    A weekly e-mail of permanent jobs with the Forest Service, many of which have not yet been posted on USAjobs.gov.

  • Forestry Assistance Program Forester

    Dec 21, 2015 11:45 am17 views

    The Alcona and Iosco Conservation Districts (CD) are seeking a Forestry Assistance Program Forester.

  • Forestry Jobs in America Newsletter

    Feb 17, 2016 1:00 pm18 views

  • Forestry Jobs in America Newsletter

    Apr 14, 2016 10:15 am18 views

  • Forester, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (Statewide) Due 8/13/17

    Aug 8, 2017 9:45 am18 views