Lands Resource Specialist - Timber Management

Lands Resource Specialist - Timber Management - 24950

USA:l | Full Time

27.31 - 27.31 USD per hour

Posted 5 days ago | Apply before August 7, 2026

Idaho Department of Lands

The Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) is seeking a full-time time Lands Resource Specialist – Timber Management position. This position will be located in McCall, Idaho.

Applications will be accepted through 11:59 PM MST on the posting end date.

Responsibilities:

Prepares timber sale projects in the field to include:

• Developing silvicultural prescriptions
• Determining logging systems
• Designing /maintaining road systems
• Timber marking and cruising

Idaho Department of Lands

The Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) is seeking a full-time time Lands Resource Specialist – Timber Management position. This position will be located in McCall, Idaho.

Applications will be accepted through 11:59 PM MST on the posting end date.

Responsibilities:

Prepares timber sale projects in the field to include:

• Establishing project boundaries
• Developing silvicultural prescriptions
• Determining logging systems
• Designing /maintaining road systems
• Timber marking and cruising

Prepares forest improvement projects in the field to include:

• Planting
• Herbicide site preparation
• Broadcast burning
• Pre-commercial thinning
• Road maintenance
• Land surveying
• Cone collection

Prepares timber sale and forest improvement project documentation to include:

• Writing project descriptions
• Building GIS project maps
• Compiling timber cruise data
• Determining logging and road construction costs
• Timber sale appraisal
• Preparing contract terms
• Developing a hazard management plan
• Administers timber sale and forest improvement projects for compliance with management objectives, contract terms, Department policy, and applicable laws
• Supervising others

Minimum Qualifications

Experience:

• Communicating effectively both verbally and in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience through technical reports, business correspondence, and oral presentations
• Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to produce maps and analyze spatial data

Some Knowledge of:

• State and federal laws, rules and regulations in relation to natural resource management activities
• Methods used to evaluate projects and/or data, analyzing alternatives, and making recommendations
• Public land survey legal descriptions, aerial photos and topographic and property ownership maps
• Financial analysis methods used to consider the relative costs and benefits of potential actions or proposals to choose the most appropriate one

Other:
Possession of a valid driver's license.

Nature and Scope

The Lands Resource Specialist is expected to develop the competencies and knowledge necessary to operate at a fully competent Land Resource Specialist, Senior level. The Lands Resource Specialist is required to develop familiarity with scientific theories and a broadening comprehension of involved practices, precedents, facts and conditions to perform routine duties involving standard practices and procedures, working within defined guidelines. Although duties performed are well-defined and follow prescribed procedures, the Lands Resource Specialist independently applies scientific techniques and/or a knowledge or understanding of involved practices and precedents to evaluate cause and effect relationships.

In situations not covered by standard practice or guidelines, the Lands Resource Specialist analyzes rules or policies, develops options, and makes recommendations to the supervisor for appropriate action. Decision-making affects the work group and/or project and the impact the project has on long-range or overall program goals and implementation. Lands Resource Specialists may spend a majority of their time performing outdoor work alone or with other people in a variety of conditions including, but not limited to: frequent travel to and from the work site;

working in remote geographic locations; operating full size 4x4 vehicles, ATV's or snow machines; walking and climbing over rugged terrain, to include very steep, wet, muddy, rough, uneven or rocky surfaces; lifting and carrying equipment weighing up to 50 pounds without assistance and up to 150 pounds with assistance; other…