Forestry Specialist (Timber sale prep and prescribed fire)

The candidate will provide technical support to the Natural Resources Conservation and Endangered Species Act compliance programs at Fort Jackson to include forestry, wildland fire, endangered species conservation, and other wildlife management.

The candidate will preferably have completed NWCG S130/S190 wildland fire training and have experience with wildland fire.

Primary job duties include: 

30% - Timber Marking

• Marking annual timber harvests as prescribed for multiple objectives.
• Painting boundaries and collecting GPS data for the creation of harvest maps.

30% - Prescribed Fire

• Preparing burn areas and equipment for prescribed fire.
• Assisting with the ignition and mop-up of prescribed fire to acreage identified in the annual prescribed fire plan at Fort Jackson, SC.
• Completes post-burn evaluations and collection of fire weather data necessary for reporting requirements.

25% - Timber Inventory

• Conducting pre and post timber harvest inventory.
• Managing data on inventory software for desktop and mobile device for field collection.

15% - Other Duties as Assigned

• Assisting with wildlife management practices including prepping and planting food plot fields, inventorying and maintaining RCW clusters and migratory bird boxes, and conducting other wildlife surveys.