Botany Technician – Kaibab National Forest

Botany Technician — Ameri Corps (2 openings) Conservation Legacy Program Arizona Conservation Corps Site Location

North Kaibab Ranger District, Kaibab National Forest, 430 Main St., Fredonia, AZ 86022

• Start Date:
  
  3/2/2026
• End Date: 8/28/2026
• 26 weeks
• Ameri Corps Slot Classification: 900 Hours

This is an Ameri Corps position with Arizona Conservation Corps (AZCC), which is an Ameri Corps program of Conservation Legacy. The member selected for this position will be serving at the North Kaibab Ranger District as an Ameri Corps member with Arizona Conservation Corps, and completing service projects for Kaibab National Forest.

AZCC aims to continue the legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps of the 1930’s, and is focused on connecting youth, young adults, and recent era military veterans with communities and conservation service projects on public lands. AZCC operates programs across Arizona that engage individuals and strengthen communities through service and conservation. AZCC has program offices in Flagstaff, Phoenix, and Tucson.

The Kaibab National Forest is one of six national forests in Arizona. It covers 1.6 million acres and is broken into three geographically separate ranger districts: the North Kaibab Ranger District lies north of Grand Canyon National Park, the Tusayan Ranger District is south of Grand Canyon National Park, and the Williams Ranger District is southernmost, separated from the Tusayan Ranger District by private and Arizona State lands.

From the high-elevation lands of the Kaibab Plateau on the North Kaibab Ranger District to the rolling hills and open country of the Tusayan Ranger District, to the scattered cinder cones and canyons of the Williams Ranger District, the Kaibab NF includes wide variations in landscape, vegetation, and wildlife. Because of this, the Kaibab provides unique resources and recreation opportunities that attract a wide spectrum of forest users.

The North Kaibab Ranger District’s Botany Program is focused on managing plant communities on the forest. A diverse group of volunteers, youth corps, partner groups, and forest staff help to achieve this goal, by inventorying plant populations, communities, managing invasive plant species and monitoring rare plant species.

In 2025, two large wildfires—the White Sage and Dragon Bravo Fires– impacted the North Kaibab Ranger District, burning over 140,000 acres of National Forest land. This project allows the forest to maintain healthy ecosystems by reducing the presence of invasive species in vulnerable areas, promoting native plant populations, and supporting post-disaster recovery. These positions will focus on reducing the presence of invasive species in areas affected by fire and fire suppression, promoting healthy native plant communities, recording post-fire effects to vegetation, and monitoring vegetation recovery to inform future management decisions.

Two Botany Technicians will work closely with the District Botanist, youth crews, and independently as needed. They will help with early detection and rapid response tasks targeting invasive species, including inventorying and monitoring invasive plant infestations in the fire footprints and areas where fire suppression activities occurred; conducting chemical and manual treatments on invasive plants; mapping infestations and treatments on mobile devices.

They will also work to inventory and monitor rare native plants, collect native seed, and seed disturbed sites.

Additionally, the Botany Technicians will support other aspects of the project, such as researching and analyzing information and data regarding local native or invasive plants; assisting in maintaining and repairing equipment needed to complete project work; conducting administrative work such as GIS mapping of field data and in support of project planning, pesticide use compliance documentation, and plant inventory control and record maintenance.

Other tasks may include participating in interpretive and educational outreach and conducting other natural resource program work in support of Disaster…