Idaho Panhandle National Forest – Forestry Technician; Recreation AmeriCorps Member; Avery

Idaho Conservation Corps

Address:
5657 Warm Springs Ave
Boise, Idaho
83716

Actively Recruiting
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No
Position title
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Idaho Panhandle National Forest - Forestry Technician (Recreation) Ameri Corps Member (Avery)
Type of Position
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Corps member / Intern
Town, City, Park, etc
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Avery
State / Territory
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Idaho
Benefits
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Education Award
Project/Program Focus
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Forestry
Attachments/Supplemental Materials
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Idaho Conservation Corps (ICC) provides opportunities for youth and young adults to learn, grow, and experience success through conservation—regardless of experience or background. ICC, a statewide program of Northwest Youth Corps (NYC), applies a combination of service, education, and career coaching to help youth and young adults protect, restore, and enhance public lands and waterways in the Gem State and our Northwest neighbor states.

Annually, NYC crews carry out 180,000 hours of projects such as wildfire fuels reduction, invasive plant removal, riparian planting, stream restoration, tree planting, and trail maintenance for a variety of federal, state, and local partners.

Participants leave Idaho Conservation Corps knowing that they can overcome obstacles, make friends, and succeed in their chosen career path.

The Idaho Panhandle National Forest, St. Joe Ranger District is recruiting one 480 Hour (12 weeks) Forestry Technician (Recreation) members beginning May through August 2025. Incumbents will perform a variety of work in support of the unit’s recreation program along the St. Joe and St. Maries Rivers. The St. Joe River is classified as a Designated Wild & Scenic River from Avery, Idaho up to St.

Joe Lake. The St. Joe River has 17 campgrounds ranging in size from 2 to 18 sites, and 9 of those campgrounds are within the St. Joe River Corridor.

Duties will include (25%) checking visitor use of recreation facilities, and (25%) monitoring compliance with recreation area rules and regulations of parking, campfires, sanitation, use of picnic sites, and/or boat launch sites. Additional duties include (50%) reporting violations to their supervisor, cleaning recreation areas and maintaining improvements, answering routine questions about recreational activities, constructing and/or maintaining trails, and performing other duties as assigned.

Type of Position
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Corps member / Intern
Town, City, Park, etc
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Lapwai, Idaho
Benefits
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Public Land Corps Hiring Authority