Area Forester - MTT

• Job Category FORESTRY
• Employee Type Full Time

• Name Ursula Walters
• Phone

This is an in-person role based out of our office located in Libby or Kalispell, MT

You’re an operational forester who likes seeing plans turn into well-run work in the field. You understand harvest and silviculture operations, can balance productivity with safety and environmental responsibility, and take pride in work that meets a high professional and ethical standard.

You’re comfortable working independently in remote areas, making sound decisions, and building strong relationships with contractors, agencies, and community members. You’re safety-minded, practical, organized, and willing to step in wherever needed—from unit layout and road assessments to overseeing planting, pile burning, or responding during a wildfire.

This position supports the planning and execution of harvest and silviculture operations in northwest Montana, based in either Libby or Kalispell. You’ll work in a beautiful forest alongside a close-knit group of experienced team members who care deeply about safe, responsible forest management and natural resource use.

The work centers on identifying harvest and investment opportunities; laying out harvest units, pre-commercial thinning units, haul roads, and related infrastructure; administering contracts; and ensuring operations comply with company standards, regulations, the Native Fish Habitat Conservation Plan, Best Management Practices, and Sustainable Forestry Initiative requirements. A portion of the job will be working with rock pit and grazing leases.

This is primarily a field-based role. You’ll spend most of your time on the ground supporting active forestry operations, checking work performed by contractors, assessing roads and stream crossings, and helping ensure projects are completed safely, efficiently, and responsibly.

You’ll be part of a forestry team responsible for managing almost 300,0000 acres of working forest lands with a focus on safe, productive, and sustainable operations. The work is collaborative, but it also calls for someone who can take ownership of projects, manage competing priorities, and work independently without immediate supervision.

You’ll work regularly with foresters, logging and road contractors, regulatory agencies, leaseholders, and members of the community. Some days will involve planning and administration; others will have you traveling woods roads, walking units, inspecting operations, or working in rugged terrain and changing weather conditions.

• Actively support a safe workplace and participate in the company safety program.
• Identify timber harvest opportunities and silvicultural investment areas.
• Assist with the layout of harvest units and haul roads to support productive operations while minimizing environmental impacts.
• Help plan harvest operations to reduce moves, maximize capacity, and provide accurate production information and log sales forecasts.
• Administer and oversee contract logging, road construction, and road maintenance work; conduct timely field checks to confirm compliance with contracts and harvest plans.
• Oversee site preparation, planting, and other silviculture projects.
• Serve as the primary contact for rock pit leases, permitting, and compliance, and help manage grazing leases and other minor forest product agreements.
• Conduct ownership-wide road and stream-crossing assessments.
• Plan, coordinate, and implement pile burning and hazard-abatement activities with attention to smoke, public concerns, and operational impacts.
• Ensure operations comply with SFI policies, Forest Practices requirements, local ordinances, and applicable state and federal…