Employer Idaho Department of Lands Job Description, Responsibilities and Required Qualifications or Skills This position will perform technical, operational, and administrative duties to plan, design, and administer programs or projects associated with land management and/or natural resource protection; perform related work.Example of Duties:+ Provide technical assistance to non-industrial and industrial landowners, logging contractors, and agencies in all aspects of forestry.+ Conduct inspections on state and private logging operations for compliance with the Idaho Forest Practices Act (FPA).+ Prescribe corrective actions to address non-compliant logging operations.+ Provide information and technical assistance to landowners on all aspects of private management.+ Conduct formal and informal presentations, lectures and discussions with loggers, landowners, and students.+ Represent IDL on committees and at public meetings.+ Participate in wildfire suppression response as needed. Minimum Qualifications:Experience:+ Communicating effectively both verbally and in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience through technical reports, business correspondence, and oral presentations+ Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to produce maps and analyze spatial dataSome Knowledge of:+ State and federal laws, rules and regulations in relation to natural resource management activities+ Methods used to evaluate projects and/or data, analyzing alternatives, and making recommendations+ Public land survey legal descriptions, aerial photos and topographic and property ownership maps+ Financial analysis methods used to consider the relative costs and benefits of potential actions or proposals to choose the most appropriate oneOther: Possession of a valid driver’s license.Desired Qualifications:+ Possession of: Associate degree or higher in Forestry or a Natural Resource field. Excellent communication skills. Ability to work as a productive member of a group.+ Experience in: Timber sale layout and administration. Timber harvesting systems. Identification and management of forest pathogens. Delivery of technical forestry assistance to a variety of audiences. ESRI ArcPro GIS program. Implementation of forestry Best Management Practices (BMP’s).Some knowledge of:+ Idaho Forest Practices Act.+ Interpreting and understanding timber markets.+ Using and managing databases. Timber cruising.+ Forest management principles+ Silviculture principles+ Forest mensuration+ Dendrology+ Forest harvest methods+ Soils+ Forest engineering principles (road design and construction)+ Writing and reviewing forest management plans+ Forestry best management practices (BMPs) and processes for conducting field inspections, compliance reporting, and implementing corrective action+ Idaho Forest Practices Act and associated administrative rules+ Forest entomology and forest pathology Job Field: Forestry Job Type: Seasonal, Temporary, Internship Location Detail: Idaho Application Deadline: Tue, 03/31/2026 - 12:00pm Link to Full Job Posting: https://idahoworks.gov/jobs/2484117
