Forestry Aide Steamboat Springs District- Steamboat Springs, CO
Samantha Petago
SEASONAL POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
POSITION TITLE: Forestry Aide Steamboat Springs District
LOCATION: Steamboat Springs, Routt County, CO.
HOURLY PAY RATE: $12.00 - $15.00 per hour (depending on experience)
EMPLOYMENT DATES: June 2015 through February 2016 (start and end date may be variable)
CLOSING DATE: Applications will be considered until the position is filled.
Duties and Responsibilities:
* Assist with forest management and stewardship activities including forest inventory, forest management plans, and timber sale layout, design and administration (depending on experience).
* Assist with sick tree calls and insect and disease outreach.
* Assist with outreach and education activities (ReTree, schools, etc.).
* General labor – slash pile rehabilitation, erosion control fences, facility and equipment maintenance, etc.
Minimum Requirements:
* Valid Driver’s license.
* A 4-year bachelor’s degree or current pursuit of, in the field of Forestry, Natural Resource Management or equivalent field of study.
* Ability and willingness to work long hours with occasional evening and weekend duties (work based on a 40 hour work week)
* Demonstrated ability to work as a team
* Ability to work in steep/rough terrain and adverse weather conditions.
* Forest inventory and forest mensuration techniques.
* Western silviculture, tree and plant identification.
* Working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite.
* Excellent communication and public speaking skills.
Preferred Experience:
* Working knowledge of ArcMap, GIS, and GPS/Trimble software.
* Insect and Disease identification and management.
* ATV and 4-wheel drive truck operation.
* National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) S130/190 Wildfire Training is preferred, but not required
* S-212 certification preferred, but not required
Steamboat Springs District – General Description: The Steamboat Springs District serves Jackson, Routt, and Moffat counties in the northwest part of Colorado, an area of about 8,680 square miles. The District office is located in the town of Steamboat Springs. There are six professional foresters on staff. The District provides wildfire grant assistance to local fire departments and communities, forest management assistance to private landowners and local governments, and forestry education and information outreach. The District is also responsible for forest management on most state lands throughout the district. The largest of these state lands is the Colorado State Forest covering 72,000 acres. There is an onsite management staff at the Forest. The District contains a wide variety of ecosystems, ranging from high mountain forests to deserts and canyons. During the winter months the resort town of Steamboat Springs thrives due to a world‐class ski resort. Ranching, agriculture, forestry, mining and power generation provide a year‐round economy in the surrounding areas. The area offers a variety of cultural events, outdoor activities and educational facilities, including two community colleges, several public and private schools and a performing arts academy. Mountain temperatures range from a low of minus 20 degrees or colder in the wintertime to the upper 80’s, in the summertime. High temperatures in the desert are often in the nineties. The District experienced a significant mountain pine beetle epidemic. Other forest health concerns include aspen decline and a spruce bark beetle infestation.
General Information about the Colorado State Forest Service: The Colorado State Forest Service is an agency of Colorado State University, Colorado's land grant institution of higher education, and is housed, organizationally, in the Warner College of Natural Resources. The CSFS also staffs the Division of Forestry for the Colorado Department of Natural Resources. The CSFS has 16 field offices throughout the state, with a State Office located in Fort Collins on one of the foothills campuses of CSU. Colorado's elevations range from 3,500 feet to over 14,000 feet. Colorado’s ecosystems vary from shortgrass prairie to alpine tundra, with many forest ecosystems between these treeless extremes. State forestry in Colorado covers a wide diversity of natural environments and human communities. State forestry personnel work with landowners, community representatives, youth, cooperators, and other agencies and disciplines to establish, manage, protect, and restore tree and forest resources. The CSFS utilizes an educational, incentives-based, and customer-service oriented approach, rather than a regulatory approach in working with landowners, cooperators, and partners to implement CSFS programs.
To Apply:
Please send electronic versions of the application materials to the email address below: csfs_st...@mail.colostate.edu
Resume and cover letter, college transcript, 3 professional references.
For questions regarding the position, please contact:
Carolina Manriquez
Colorado State Forest Service
Steamboat Springs District
E-mail: carolina....@colostate.edu
Phone: 970-879-0475
This announcement is also posted on our website at: http://csfs.colostate.edu/employment
CSU is an EO/EA/AA employer. Colorado State University conducts background checks on all final candidates.