WA DNR seeking a Landowner Assistance Forester

This position performs the following professional forestry functions for non-industrial forest landowners in Western Washington with specific emphasis on DNR’s Northwest Region, and northern portions of the DNR’s Olympic and South Puget Sound Regions: provides professional expertise and technical assistance, including forest road assessments, to non-industrial forest landowners to help develop and implement Forest Stewardship Plans (which meet USDA Forest Service national plan standards and Washington State Integrated Forest Management Plan guidelines; provides technical review and approval of Forest Stewardship Plans prepared by others; responds to non-industrial forest landowner information and assistance requests. Provides on-site professional forest management advice to support individual landowner objectives, including diagnosis and recommendations regarding forest health problems and fire risk assessments; and coordinates and cooperates with other agencies and entities to support the operational execution of the Washington State Interagency Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Delivery of Services to Non-industrial Forest Landowners.

 

For more information, and to apply, please visit http://agency.governmentjobs.com/dnr/default.cfm?action=viewJob&jobID=555322 .