Forester I

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs in all aspects of forestry related fieldwork, office work, analysis, and reporting to supervisor, landowner/client.
• Design and implementation of timber harvesting plan programs to assure continuous production of timber or to assist clients to achieve other timber or wildlife habitat management objectives.
• Performs all aspects of timber sale development, including timber inventory, boundary establishment, preparing timber sale bid notices, marketing, and reviewing timber sale contracts. Ability to inventory the type, amount, and location of standing timber, appraise the timber’s worth, and negotiate and close purchase and sale agreements.
• Assists in managing all aspects of logging operations including final sale layout and boundary marking, harvest set up, harvest inspections, ensure compliance with the sale contract, the supervising merchandising of harvested timber into various forest products, and organize and audit timber sale settlements.
• Assists in planning, administration, and inspection of other forestry-related activities such as road construction and maintenance, timber marking, silviculture activities, surveys, tract inspections, boundary establishment, and other land management projects as assigned.
• Assists in budget development and administering AFM and Client budgets
• Identify and mark Streamside or Riparian Management Zones (SMZ’s or RPZ’s). Monitors Best Management Practices (BMP’s) and Environment Management Systems (EMS) Compliance to ensure third party SFI, FSC or Tree Farm Certification.
• Able to plan, design and participates in forest inventory projects individually or with a team.

• Creates management plans that capture landowner objectives and offer solutions to achieve those goals.

• Supervises third party contracted services, including certifying completion of work for payment.
• Meeting with landowner/client to review management activities, answer questions and make proposals regarding their timberland.