Forestry Manager

Overview & Summary

Baltimore Green Space is a registered non-profit that serves as Baltimore’s environmental land trust. We promote vibrant neighborhoods and a healthy environment through land preservation, research, and community advocacy. Our vision is to be a leader and partner in ensuring that community managed open spaces and forest patches are considered priority assets in the growth and redevelopment of Baltimore.

Baltimore Green Space is a registered non-profit that serves as Baltimore’s environmental land trust. We promote vibrant neighborhoods and a healthy environment through land preservation, research, and community advocacy. Our vision is to be a leader and partner in ensuring that community managed open spaces and forest patches are considered priority assets in the growth and redevelopment of Baltimore.

The Forestry Manager reports to the Executive Director and oversees all aspects of the BGS Community Forestry Program. This manager supports individual communities with startup assessments, stewardship planning, environmental education, and community activation for forest care, with special emphasis on under resourced areas and communities of color. They work with scientific partners to perform annual forest health assessments and research projects, create effective reports, and leverage the results across the community.

In addition, this manager oversees the Forest Network, a vibrant and diverse coalition of residents, community associations, scientists, students, and conservation organizations that care for the forest patches around Baltimore City. The Forest Manager takes a proactive role in community outreach, training stewards to engage neighbors in forest care and outdoor events. As needed and available, the Forest Manager facilitates expert services such as hazard tree removal and chemical herbicide treatments, as well as occasional grant‑funded improvement projects.

• Manage all aspects of the Forest Network including but not limited to:
• Facilitating site startup analysis and creating annual stewardship plans
• Providing ongoing technical assistance
• Engaging professional services as needed such as herbicide application or tree maintenance
• Partnering with interested neighbors to engage the community around a forest patch for advocacy and forest care, with the goal of empowered and skilled stewards
• Hosting regular stewards meetings for mutual support, continuing education, and inspiration
• Research and reporting:
• Using Salesforce to maintain current and comprehensive records of people and activities in the forest patches in the network
• Tracking and analyzing key measures for grants, city requirements, and internal goals
• Writing clear and professional narrative reports
• Managing an ongoing annual forest health assessment analysis program using seasonal fellows and a rigorous scientific protocol
• Maintaining a network of scientists, foresters, and environmental organizations for the support and study of urban forests
• Supporting finite grant‑funded research projects
• Leadership:
• Recruiting, training, and supervising a small team of paid interns (Forest Fellows) to implement the annual forest health assessments and prepare the reports
• Maintaining a variety of physical resources including scientific equipment, hospitality supplies, educational materials, walkie talkies, etc.
• Cultivating a community of support for Baltimore green spaces among local schools, businesses, neighborhood associations, and other constituencies for advocacy, financial support, event participation, and hands‑on care
• Prioritizing the needs of various sites and assigning resources to uplift the communities that need help the most, including communities of color
• Mentoring the Forest Assistant to provide meaningful support to all Forest Network activities
• Education and events:
• Hosting volunteer service days in the forests featuring a mission‑driven informational component, with the goal of training stewards to master this presentation to host their own events
• Delivering a series of core educational workshops each year on topics such as Tree  Vine
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