Expired Announcements and Jobs

Hispanic Access Foundation (HAF) programs establish bridges of access between the Latino community and trustworthy, socially responsible partners.

The core purpose for the MANO Project (My Access to Network Opportunities) is to connect, build and develop thoughtful Latino leaders who share a passion for serving and strengthening their communities. HAF internship and fellowship programs offer unique work experiences and competitive packages for candidates. Programs provide extensive training, mentoring and professional development support to ensure that students have the tools, tips and knowledge to be outstanding contributors, navigate challenges and make the most of their experience. Through site visits, webinars, mentorship connections and links to the HAF network, participants are strongly positioned for success and high impact.

All programs are paid and many offer transportation stipends, free on-site housing or housing stipends.

Internship and fellowship programs currently serve diverse career fields related to:

• Cultural and Heritage Preservation (i.e. Museum Studies, Architecture, Ethnographic research, etc.)
• Natural and/or Cultural Resources
• Environmental Education / Conservation
• Engineering
• Communication/Media/Public Affairs
• Business related fields – Accounting, Finance, Operations

Basic Eligibility

• Current college students or graduates ages 18 -30
• Possess U.S. citizenship or permanent residency
• Bilingual skills (Spanish/English) are preferred but not required for all positions

Partner agencies currently hosting HAF summer internships or fellowships (6 mos +):

• National Park Service
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
• National Credit Union Administration
• U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
• U.S. Forest Service

The Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests (FM&S), in South Carolina, will soon advertise a Forestry Technician position on the Andrew Pickens Ranger District in Mountain Rest, South Carolina. This position is a federal government job. The primary timber responsibilities are to prepare timber harvest units (mark, cruise, etc), and inspect logging operations. The primary recreation responsibilities are to maintain recreation areas and trails through contracts, force account labor and volunteers. Examples of other work expected of the incumbent include, but are not limited to, helping with prescribed burning, fish stocking, and road maintenance (clearing fallen trees, checking culverts, etc).

Anyone interested in receiving a vacancy announcement for this position should complete the Outreach Response Form and return it to Victor Wyant, Timber Management Assistant.

The interagency Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) intends to request proposals through one or more formal Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA) beginning approximately July 2020 and remaining open 60 days. The intent of this announcement is to provide an early alert to investigators interested in the topics listed below so that they can begin considering responsive ideas with potential partners and collaborators.

Investigators should recognize that final decisions regarding topic selection will not be made until Spring of 2020 and that final topic selection may differ from that posted here. One or more topics could be dropped or added, and the specific focus of individual topics may be altered. Investigators should recognize this uncertainty and not invest substantial time or resources working on proposals until the FOAs and their associated topics are formally posted.

Primary FOA

A. Relative impacts of prescribed and wildland fire

Although the documented benefits of prescribed fire are numerous including habitat improvement and hazardous fuel reduction, there are drawbacks as well, such as reductions in air quality, which may impact human health. Prescribed fire is often implemented with the assumption that it will mitigate the effects of uncontrolled wildfire, because prescribed fire has been shown to reduce the intensity of subsequent wildfire under certain conditions. This is desirable because the impacts of wildfire are usually of a higher magnitude, larger in size and intensity, and pose a risk to public safety. To fully evaluate the trade-offs between prescribed fire programs and current wildfire impacts, an assessment framework is vital. Currently, there is little information on the spatial scale, frequency and spatial pattern at which prescribed fire begins to have an impact on subsequent wildfire extent, intensity and severity. As a result, JFSP is interested in proposals that improve our understanding of the relationship between prescribed fire programs and subsequent wildfire characteristics and this information is needed across a variety of vegetation types and regions.

B. Types and distribution of ignitions and their relation to fire size and impacts

One approach to reducing the negative impacts of wildfire to social and ecological values is to reduce the occurrence of human-caused wildfire ignitions with targeted wildfire prevention strategies. Planning and implementing effective fire prevention strategies requires detailed knowledge of the temporal and spatial distribution of different wildfire ignition sources (e.g., arson, accidental, lightning) and factors that influence whether different ignition sources lead to development of large wildfires. As a result, JFSP is interested in proposals that evaluate driving factors for the spatial and temporal distribution of ignitions and the effectiveness of different fire prevention actions as they relate to different human-caused ignitions.

C. Science in support of fuel treatment performance metrics

While it is relatively easy to document changes in fuels conditions following treatments at finer spatial scales, there is currently no objective framework to link fuel conditions to desired outcomes (e.g., reducing fire intensity and severity, improving fire suppression efficacy, reducing resource loss) at the landscape level. Such information is critical for developing cost-effective strategies to address the threats of wildfire. One possible strategy is to consider the evaluation of fuels treatment programs using a risk framework, where the probability and intensity of wildfire is considered in conjunction with valued resources. The development of a risk framework should assist agencies in measuring the extent and duration of risk reduction that could be achieved from a given fuel treatment. As a result, JFSP is interested in proposals that improve our understanding of the impacts of fuels treatments on fire suppression efficiency and protection of valued resources including the development of fuel treatment performance metrics at landscape scales.

GRIN FOA - Graduate Research Innovation (GRIN) Award

In partnership with the Association for Fire Ecology, the Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) will likely continue the Graduate Research Innovation (GRIN) program for current master and doctoral students in the field of wildland fire and related physical, biological, and social sciences. The purpose of these awards is to enhance student exposure to the management and policy relevance of their research. As a result, these awards will enable graduate students to conduct research that will supplement and enhance the quality, scope, or applicability of their thesis or dissertation to develop information and products useful to managers and decision-makers.

Proposals must describe new, unfunded work that extends ongoing or planned research that is the subject of a thesis or dissertation that has been approved by the graduate student’s advisory committee. Proposals must be directly related to the mission and goals of JFSP to be considered, and they must address management- or policy-related questions related to one or more of the following general topic areas: fuels management and fire behavior, emissions and air quality, fire effects and post-fire recovery, relative impacts of prescribed fire versus wildfire, or human dimensions of fire.

AFE remains steadfast in its commitment to serving the wildland fire community in the best way possible. They have a webpage dedicated to COVID-19 information for wildland fire that you may find helpful, and they welcome your suggestions for additional articles or papers as new information becomes available. In addition, they invite you to take a short survey to share how the virus has impacted you professionally and how they can assist during this time.

The Coastal Plain Stewardship and Fire Program Manager develops, manages and advances conservation programs for the restoration and management of large-scale areas within the Coastal Plain 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 Coastal Plain, especially on TNC lands, to help meet the organization’s goal of creating resilient and connected habitats; 2) leading the Coastal Plain 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 Coastal Plain stewardship and fire management programs within the region.

The Kankakee Sands Field Technician has three core functions: help conduct prescribed fire, control invasive species, and collect/ process native seed.  High-quality implementation of each of these tasks is critical to the success of the Kankakee Sands projects.  These three functions will account for approximately 94% of the Field Technician’s time.  In an average year the Field Technician crew will help put fire on roughly 2,300 acres, spend 3,800 hours treating invasive species, and help harvest or process upwards of 400 pounds of seed.

This position may require irregular work hours and long days, particularly during spring and fall fire seasons.  While the position will work primarily on the Kankakee Sands macrosite, there may be infrequent travel requiring overnight stays to other locations.

The New Mexico Highlands University Forestry Program invites applicants to fill multiple nine-month, tenure-track faculty positions beginning in August, 2020. Of the multiple positions, at least one position is intended to focus on forest health and general forestry subjects, while another is intended to focus on wildlife management and ecology, with other areas of interest to include forest ecology, mensuration, biometrics, and forest soils.

The successful candidates will be responsible for teaching a range of natural resources management courses per academic year; conducting research and scholarship that engage both undergraduate and graduate students; serving the University, professional organizations, and the broader community of natural resources stakeholders; advising Forestry and Conservation Management students; contributing to the modernization and improvement of the Forestry curricula; participating in Forestry Program outcomes assessment; aiding in the maintenance of Society of American Foresters (SAF) accreditation; and establishing and maintaining relationships with industry, tribal, governmental, and non-governmental partners. The preferred areas of specialization to be covered by these positions include forest health, forest entomology, wildlife management, quantitative ecology, but potential areas of specialization for these positions could also include applied forest ecology, forest soils, social sciences, silviculture, and ecosystem services. The positions are not intended be duplicative and diversity in expertise is encouraged. The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to participate and receive funding as a researcher embedded within a multi-million dollar National Science Foundation Center for Research Excellence in Science and Technology housed at NMHU which focuses on involving undergraduate and graduate students in forest restoration research across spatial scales in collaboration with our partners.

These positions are part of the NMHU College of Arts and Sciences’ initiative to strengthen its Forestry teaching and research capabilities. The College of Arts and Sciences, housed within a Hispanic Serving Institution, is dedicated to creating a climate of engagement, diversity and inclusion, and providing pathways for students from under-represented groups to pursue STEM careers. All applicants should have a demonstrated willingness to work collaboratively with faculty from a wide range of disciplines, cultures, and academic backgrounds and to advise and teach an undergraduate and graduate student body that is diverse with respect to socio-economic status, culture, and career path.

The New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute, which is housed on NMHU’s main campus, utilizes NMHU faculty members and students in projects throughout the state. NMHU Forestry faculty also regularly collaborate with the faculty and staff of New Mexico State University’s John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center located in Mora, NM. Building upon our current strengths, the incumbent will be expected to contribute to the development of a nationally recognized education, research, and outreach program focused on forest or wildland fire management and/or forest or wildland ecosystem health. Preference will be given to candidates with a demonstrated ability or willingness to concentrate on these themes in relation to the Southern Rocky Mountains and Southwestern ecosystems. NMHU has strong ties with the USDA Forest Service, USDI Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, NM EMNRD Forestry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and other private and non-governmental organizations and is growing its international footprint.

The Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region is hiring a vegetation and fire ecologist (GS-408-11) for posting on the Cleveland National Forest. Duty station will be near San Diego, California. The position will join the Pacific SW Region Ecology Program and act as the associate province ecologist for the Southern California Province, which serves the Angeles, Cleveland, Los Padres, and San Bernardino National Forests. This is a term position of 2 years with a potential life-span of up to 4 years assuming continuation of funding and sufficient annual accomplishment and progress. The ecologist will focus primarily on development of a conservation strategy for montane forests in southern California and northern Baja California (~85% of effort), the remaining ~15% will be spent working with the lead Province Ecologist in southern California in providing ecological support to resource management on Forest Service lands in southern California, with a focus on the Cleveland and San Bernardino National Forests. The position will be directly supervised by the resource officer of the Cleveland National Forest, program of work will be developed in close cooperation with the province and regional ecologists and important stakeholders. Competitive candidates will have an advanced degree in ecology, up-to-date statistical and analytical skills, experience in vegetation and fire monitoring, excellent writing and oral communication skills, practice in working in team settings and supervising field crews, a track record in raising funds, and familiarity with the operations and business practices of the federal resource management agencies.

If you are qualified and have interest, please use the link below to access the USAJobs outreach notice for the position and send the outreach response form to Jeff Heys. Submitting the outreach form guarantees that you will be contacted when the position is advertised.

Closing Info: Open until filled

Salary: $3500-4000 per month, 40 hours per week (Overtime Eligible)

Duration: 6 months, with potential to extend. Start date in early June 2020

Position: The incumbent leads a small crew in the collection and processing of data for scientific research conducted by the Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team at the USFS Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Lab. There are multiple existing projects for field data collection. Projects include, but are not limited to, characterization of wildland fuels in multiple locations throughoutthe United States (including the southeastern and western US); evaluation of fuel consumption during prescribed burns, and post-fire tree damage inventory. This data will be used to assess fuels modeling methods, and evaluate the overall predictive capability of fuels and fire behavior models. Data collection includes identification and physical measurements of trees, shrubs, understory plants, downed woody debris, litter, and ground fuels, and collection of fuel samples for laboratory processing.

This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Superintendent, Northern Pueblos Agency in San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico. The incumbent of this position serves in a key fire management position in a field fire management organization as a Prescribed Fire/Fuels Technician.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in planning, implementing, and coordinating all aspects of the prescribed fire and fuels management program.
• Develops and recommends plans and schedules for prescribed fire, wildfire response, and fuels treatment projects.
• Reviews project plans and make recommendations on appropriate levels of monitoring.
• Utilizes fire model applications to analyze fire behavior and fire effects observation data.
• Identifies and provides for training needs to support prescribed fire and fuels management programs.

Forestry technician for land exams/forest inventory and various silvicultural projects.

Key Responsibilites:

• Perform land exams and prepare reports
• Fixed and variable plot forest inventory
• Unit layout for silvicultural projects
• Roadside and unit herbicide application
• Perform animal damage control
• Assist with fire suppression
• Assist Foresters with various projects

Dates of Employment: June 2020 through September 2020 (dates can be flexible to accommodate school schedules)