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Seasonal Private Forestry Specialist

Posting Begin Date: 2025/12/09

Work Type: Part Time Insurance and Retirement Eligible

Minimum Salary: 27.31

Maximum Salary: 27.31

Pay Rate Type: Hourly

Description

Idaho Department of Lands

Seasonal Private Forestry Specialist

Join the Idaho Department of Lands Timber Team!Forestry seasonal positions support IDL’s mission of sustainably managing Idaho’s Endowment Lands. These positions are integral to timber sales and reforestation efforts, which generate revenue for Idaho’s public schools and other beneficiaries.

Positions last 3 to 8 months, starting as early as April 2026 and ending as late as November 2026, depending on the role and state needs. To learn more about these exciting opportunities, please visit our website: https://www.idl.idaho.gov/

For area contact information, please visit our website: https://www.idl.idaho.gov/about-us/supervisory-areas/

Physical Requirements:

+ The duties of these positions require that the applicant meet prescribed physical requirements as measured by the Work Capacity Fitness Test at the arduous level. To learn more click here:https://www.idl.idaho.gov/fire-management/fire-training-for-loggers-and-industrial-foresters/work-capacity-test/

+ Must have the ability to walk over rough and steep terrain for eight to twelve hours on a daily basis.

+ Failure to meet the required physical qualifications will disqualify you for employment

Private Forestry Specialist:

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 data

Some 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 one

Other: 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

EEO/ADA/Veteran:

The State of Idaho is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, political affiliation or belief, sex, national origin, genetics, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws.

The State of Idaho is committed to access and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities, auxiliary aids and services are available upon request. If you require an accommodation at any step in our recruitment process, you are encouraged to contact (208) 334-2263 (TTY/TTD: 711), or email [email protected] .

Preference may be given to veterans who qualify under state and federal laws and regulations.