Natural Resource Specialist I or II

The Natural Resource Specialist assists with all aspects of natural resource and land management in order to execute the District’s land management plan and corresponding management goals and objectives. This includes timber management, timber sales, conservation easement monitoring, prescribed fire management, chemical vegetation control, mechanical vegetation control, invasive species monitoring/control, rare species monitoring, natural community restoration, hydrologic restoration, natural resource inventories, specialized resource studies projects, planning and coordinating public use infrastructure development, maintenance, and management of District fee-owned lands, risk assessment and monitoring, recreation management, road management, boundary line management, hydrologic system management, and cultural resource management.

• Assist with the implementation and oversight of the natural resources and land management of District lands, including restoration projects.
• Assist in the development, implementation and monitoring of work plans, contracts, budgets, invoices, procedures, presentations, reports, processes and standards needed to effectively and efficiently manage timber resources, prescribed fire, mechanical treatments, herbicide treatments, public use infrastructure, public use information, recreation, roads, hydrologic systems, boundary lines, exotic/invasives species, cultural resources, rare plant and animal species, and risk assessment on District lands.
• Utilize District GIS resources to collect accurate data for maps, exhibits, and reports; plan new or improved projects; and maintain data spatially.
• Perform field work activities such as, not limited to, equipment operations, use of hand tools, hang gates, hang signs, and paint boundary lines.
• Assist with monitoring and evaluating contractors who perform natural resource and land management work.
• Assist with and gather data for resource studies/inventories to support natural resource management projects.
• Considered mission critical and serves as part of the Incident Command Team.
• Perform other duties as needed.

• Provide implementation and assist with oversight of the natural resources and land management of District lands, including restoration projects.
• Develop, implement and monitor work plans, contracts, budgets, invoices, procedures, presentations, reports, processes and standards needed to effectively and efficiently manage timber resources, prescribed fire, mechanical treatments, herbicide treatments, public use infrastructure, public use information, recreation, roads, hydrologic systems, boundary lines, exotic/invasives species, cultural resources, rare plant and animal species, and risk assessment on District lands.
• Utilize District GIS resources to collect accurate data for maps, exhibits, and reports; plan new or improved projects; and maintain data spatially.
• Perform field work activities such as, not limited to, equipment operations, use of hand tools, hang gates, hang signs, and paint boundary lines.
• Supervise, monitor and evaluate contractors who perform natural resource and land management work.
• Conduct special resource studies/inventories to support natural resource management projects.

• Bachelor’s degree in forestry, wildlife management, ecology, natural resources, natural sciences or a related field. Demonstrated experience in land management, forest management, ecology, natural sciences or similar work may substitute for a degree on a year-by-year basis.
• Minimum of two (2) years’ professional experience working on similar land management or natural…