Forestry Technician
1 month ago
Assures wilderness work projects are completed safely and utilizes minimal tool concept.
Assures wilderness areas and trails are maintained to established trail standards.
Assists in re-establishment of native plants at denuded campsites and abandoned trails by preparing the soil for revegetation, transporting plants to the site, and protecting the site after revegetation takes place.
Implements current NEPA and Limits of Acceptable Change (LAC) processes. Processes and interprets historical and cultural values specific to wilderness areas.
Works with other agencies, interest groups, and partnerships to accomplish wilderness tasks and studies.
Explains established rules and regulations to wilderness campers and can implement wilderness fire suppression techniques.
Directs or leads one or two lower grade employees engaged in trail maintenance and wilderness contacts.
Interacts with a variety of user groups such as backpackers, stock users, fisheries, floaters, rafters, airplane folks, commercial river, and hunting outfitters.
Makes safety checks of wilderness camp areas, outfitter areas and records data for corrective action. Inspects assigned areas to determine compliance with regulations or specifications.
Contacts user groups to provide wilderness philosophy, regulations, and current camp or fire restrictions. Provides standard information on resource management and stock use practices in wilderness areas.
Checks for compliance with regulations, issues notices for common violations, and reports other violations to supervisor.
Collects monies for sale of maps. Issues campfire permits, checks inventory signs and checks for accuracy and maintenance level. Gathers specific data on wilderness conditions.
Educates user groups on "Leave No Trace" camping techniques and packing out garbage.
Responsible for curtailing the improper management of human waste and educating people on the importance of campsites placed away from water sources.
Participates on patrols of off-trail regions of the District or Forest that includes mountaineering routes of technical terrain where ability to travel on snow, glaciers, steep rock, and mountainous terrain is a frequent activity.
Patrols are conducted for the purpose of current route and mountain familiarization, increase interaction with independent and guided climbers.
Patrols also conducted to facilitate the monitoring of guide services, document resource issues and impact, and to monitor public use of climbing routes and cross-country areas for the purposes of resource protection and wilderness management.
A high level of physical fitness is required to perform these duties.
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