Deadline: Fri, 12/01/2023 - 12:00pm Employer: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Job Field: Forestry Job Type: Seasonal, Temporary, Internship Location: Regional/Multiple Job Description: These are temporary positions (not to exceed 1039 hours), and the duration of work is expected to be ~6 months in length. Targeted start date is flexible from April 7th, 2024 – June 2, 2024, and the positions are likely to run through the end of October. The positions are with the Data Collection Team of the PNW Research Station’s Resource Monitoring and Assessment (RMA) Program, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) unit. The FIA unit is part of a nationwide program which collects, processes, analyzes, evaluates, and publishes comprehensive information on forest and other related renewable resources. Administration for this Data Collection team is located in Portland, Oregon and field crews are remotely stationed throughout Washington, Oregon and California. These positions will support work sampling field plots located on a systematic grid across all landownerships and will be almost entirely field based. A wide variety of information is collected in the inventory including tree measurements; forest pathogens, understory vegetation composition and structure, stand treatments and disturbances, down woody material measurements, and land ownership. Crew members work under the direction of a local crew leader and work alongside one to three people. Crews will use maps, aerial photos, and GPS units to navigate to permanent plot locations. Measurements taken by crews include tree/sapling/seedling data (species, diameter, height, defect, insect & disease, damage, etc.); understory vegetation (shrub, herb, grass species and percent cover, etc.); down woody material (line transects, litter depth, and fuels measurement, etc.); and site index and site attributes (site tree selection, slope, aspect, topographic position, distance to water, etc.). Crews use portable, handheld computers to collect data in the field and then process the data later using laptop computers to address any inconsistencies or errors. Miscellaneous: Please visit our team’s website, including an information page on how to join our team! http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/rma/fia-topics/data-collection/ For more information on the Urban FIA program, please visit: https://www.fia.fs.fed.us/program-features/urban/ How to Apply: If you are interested in these positions please complete this form and email to: SM.FS.pnw_fia_jobs@usda.gov using subject line “1039”. Alternatively, submit by regular mail to: FIA Program Assistant, 1220 SW 3rd Ave, Suite 1410, Portland, OR 97204. These positions will be advertised on the OPM USAJobs website www.usajobs.gov.
