Land Resource Specialist – GNA

Posted 2 days ago | Apply before October 13, 2026

The Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) is seeking a full time Lands Resource Specialist – GNA. This position will be located at the Sawtooth National Recreation Area Office in Ketchum, .

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

The Lands Resource Specialist position is used for recruitment and training purposes for the Lands Resource Specialist, Senior. Through various types of on-the-job training, the employee will learn to carry out the duties of a Lands Resource Specialist, Senior. Typically, the Senior level requires 2-5 years of experience as a Lands Resource Specialist or equivalent work experience. Incumbents are expected to apply his/her technical knowledge and training while learning the state laws and department policies and procedures necessary to achieve the expertise and independence of the journeyman level Lands Resource Specialist, Senior.

This position will support the GNA program performing technical, operational and administrative duties in execution of forest and watershed restoration projects occurring primarily on the Sawtooth National Forest and Bureau of Land Management Lands in the South-Central Idaho Region. This position may also assist with restoration projects on the Salmon-Challis National Forest. Successful candidate will work remote while maintaining a team environment to Plan, implement and administer vegetation management and fuels reduction projects including both commercial and non-commercial harvest and thinning projects as well as post fire rehabilitation and reforestation projects.

Prepares timber sale projects in the field to include:

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

Prepares forest improvement projects in the field to include:

• Planting
• Broadcast burning
• Pre-commercial thinning
• Road maintenance
• Land Surveying

Prepares timber sale and forest improvement project documentation to include:

• Writing project descriptions and task orders
• Building GIS project maps
• Compiling timber cruise data
• Determining logging and road construction costs
• Timber sale appraisal
• Preparing contract packages and contract terms
• Developing a hazard management plan
• Acts as primary outreach to GNA partners (Sawtooth NF) and fosters collaboration to achieve Agreement objectives
• Administers timber sale, non-commercial thinning, planting projects, road maintenance & construction, timber sale layout and timber cruising contracts and other service contracts for compliance with management objectives, contract terms, Department policy and applicable laws
• May supervise seasonal personnel
• May participate in fire suppression and prescribed burn programs

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

• 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.

• Dendrology, Systemic Botany, or Plant Identification
• Forest entomology and Pathology
• Soils, Physical Geology or…