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Specific Responsibilites:

• Serves as the lead for the TRPA Forest and Ecosystem Health program and works with land management agencies to accomplish the basin’s forest health goals.
• Leads the update of Chapter 61 of the TRPA Code of Ordinances to reflect current forestry best management practices.
• EnsuresTRPA policy and regulation are continuously reviewed and updated as needed to meet the needs and goals of the Lake Tahoe Basin.
• Serves as the staff lead for the TRPA Governing Board Forest Health and Wildfire Committee.
• Supports the TRPA Environmental Threshold Update strategic initiative to update the basin-wide standards and goals for vegetation management.
• Plays an active role in the multi-agency Tahoe Fire and Fuels team.
• Represents TRPA and leads interagency teams in the Lake Tahoe West Restoration Partnership.
• Facilitates implementation of the Lake Tahoe Basin Multi-Jurisdictional Fuel Reduction and Wildfire Prevention 10-Year Strategy.
• Serves on the Sierra and Eastside Regional Prioritization Groupand interfaces with the California Forest Management Task Force.
• Assists in environmental review and permitting of forest fuels reductionand ecosystem health projects.
• Seeks funding sources that supports the Forest and Ecosystem Health Program, works collaboratively to submit multi-agency funding application packages and provides grant administration as needed.
• Manages and tracks all EIP performance measure data related to forestry and ecosystem health.
• Works with partners to achieve TRPA regulatory compliance and “thinks outside of the box”on how to streamline processes and meet mutual project goals.
• Proactively looks for collaborative solutions to project implementation challenges and leads strategic program improvements.
• Prepares and presents staff reports to the TRPA Governing Board and a variety of work groups and committees.
• Produces high quality reports for program partners, the public and elected officials.
• Manages and oversees special projects pertaining to the Environmental Improvement Program.

The Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Forest Health Division is looking to add to its growing team of natural resource professionals committed to restoring and managing the health of Washington's forests. This position will play a critical role analyzing and monitoring forest health conditions that will inform large forest landscape restoration efforts such as the 20-Year Forest Health Strategic Plan. In this role you will interact with a wide variety of scientists, land managers and stakeholders to help them understand complex scientific concepts and apply them in landscape restoration efforts.

If you are a scientist that has proven experience managing natural resources, analyzing landscape level forest health conditions and risk using remotely sensed datasets, developing forest health treatment plans and prescriptions, communicating complex scientific topics to technical and non-technical audiences, publishing research findings in refereed publications, and a passion and commitment to working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to create healthy, resilient forested landscapes, the DNR wants to hear from you!

Job duties include:

• Develop cutting-edge tools to analyze forest conditions and accelerate pace and scale of treatments
• Partner with DNR scientists and other researchers to analyze and monitor forest health conditions
• Perform landscape evaluations to develop forest health treatment prescriptions for priority watersheds
• Working with land managers to translate science into practical applications
• Build and maintain statewide forest health datasets
• Develop and implement monitoring and research projects  
• Conduct fieldwork to inform landscape evaluations and monitoring studies.

You are invited to participate in an important regional survey to improve the understanding of wildfire risk assessment and planning in the 20 Northeast-Midwest states. The goal for this work is to improve the quality of the data that is available to calculate wildfire risk and to better support community and landscape planning work. Whether you are a land manager, local or regional planner, wildfire response or outreach professional, or an emergency manager, your experience with wildfire risk or fire needs is valuable.

This survey is a Northeast-Midwest regional project of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy, a collaborative effort to manage growing wildland fire challenges across all lands, regardless of ownership. This survey is expected to take approximately 15 minutes, and responses will be combined with those of others in the region and be reported in summary form only.

Proposals for special sessions, workshops and trainings, oral and poster presentations, fire circles, and attached meetings are now being accepted.

Call for Special Sessions ~ Deadline April 1, 2019
Call for Workshops, Trainings, and Courses ~ Deadline April 1, 2019
Call for Oral and Poster Presentations ~ Deadline August 1, 2019 for Oral Presentations and August 30, 2019 for Poster Presentations
Call for Fire Circles ~ Deadline August 1, 2019
Call for Attached Meetings ~ Deadline August 30, 2019