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King County's Agriculture, Forestry and Incentive (AFI) Unit within in the Department of Natural Resources and Parks (DNRP), Water and Land Resources Division (WLRD) is currently seeking highly qualified candidates for the position of Project Program Manager III. Approximately two-thirds of King County is forested. King County owns and manages 28,000 acres of forestland and an additional 110,000 acres are owned by private, non-industrial forest landowners. The Senior Forester will primarily focus on those two landscapes. The Senior Forester is responsible for promoting the growth and development of resilient forests by assisting forest landowners in meeting their land management goals and objectives.

DNRP is looking for a resourceful, technically-skilled, and field-savvy team player who can support multi-disciplinary teams to advance high priority forestry management work. The ideal candidate is someone who can provide high-level technical forestry support for both WLRD and DNRP Parks Division (PD), with time spent approximately equally between the two divisions. WLRD responsibilities will include technical support for private forest landowners, staff liaison to the Rural Forest Commission and general forestry support for the Division. Responsibilities within PD will include development and implementation of forest stewardship plans and general forestry support to staff responsible for management of the PD portfolio. The Senior Forester will report directly to the AFI Program Manager and initially will have no direct reports but may supervise temporary staff and interns; indirect supervision will also be provided by the PD Open Space and Natural Lands Program Manager.

The Sierra Institute for Community and Environment is looking for two motivated individuals to fill the positions of Forest Management and Rural Communities apprentices. The selected applicants will work at the intersection of community and natural resources on collaborative forest and watershed restoration. Work will include both applied research and capacity-building work to promote resilient forest ecosystems and rural communities. Occasional travel to rural communities throughout the state to conduct related work and research will be required.

Job duties:

• Collaborative restoration planning and forest management
• Disadvantaged community and tribal involvement
• Collaborative natural resource management
• Community capacity building and biomass utilization support
• General organizational support

Apprenticeships will last a minimum of six months, but may be extended up to nine months. Positions are open until filled, review of applications will begin on December 13, 2019.

The Land Stewardship Coordinator is responsible for leading the Aldo Leopold Foundation’s Stewardship Fellows to implement land management plans on the foundation’s and partnering private lands.

Critical duties include:

• Invasive species management (e.g., garlic mustard, buckthorn, etc.)
• Prescribed burning, including large and complex units
• Timber management practices
• Project monitoring and record-keeping for adaptive planning and management
• Initiate and administercost-share agreements and grants
• Equipment care and maintenance

The Forestry & Natural Resource (FNR) Extension Fire Program is seeking a Manager of the FNR Extension Fire Program. This is a full-time (1.0 FTE), 12-month, fixed term professional faculty position. Reappointment is at the discretion of the Department Head.

The Manager of the Forestry & Natural Resource (FNR) Extension Fire Program will manage the day-to-day operations of the FNR Extension Fire Program. The position will be responsible for activities such as website development and maintenance, communications and marketing, planning and reporting, employee training and development, partnership relations and more. The incumbent will represent the Program on various committees and task forces, and be a spokesperson for the Program to the media. This position is located in Corvallis with statewide responsibilities, and is housed within the Forestry & Natural Resources Extension Program and the College of Forestry at Oregon State University.

Posting will close on January 30, 2020, with a full consideration date of Januray 17, 2020.