AmeriCorps Timber Crew: Field Forestry & Conservation

Conservation Legacy; Mount Crawford (VA); On-site; USD 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

AmeriCorps Education Award

Student loan forbearance

Counseling sessions

Professional development opportunities

Food provided in field

Job summary

Conservation Legacy’s Appalachian Conservation Corps seeks a Spring & Summer Timber Crew Member based in Virginia. Work includes field-based silvicultural tasks, marking trees, laying out cutting areas, and recording boundary locations as part of timber sale contracts.

Crew travels to project sites across the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, 9 days in the field followed by 5 days off, with 10-hour days. Compensation is $600 per week plus a living stipend and benefits.

Qualifications

• Be between the ages of 18 and 30 (veterans up to 35).
• US citizenship or legal permanent residency.
• Have a high school diploma or GED.
• Agrees to provide information to establish eligibility and to complete a National Service Criminal History Check.
• Be comfortable working independently in remote locations and adverse weather conditions.
• Preference for applicants with experience with timber cruising and marking, forest ecology and silviculture, and/or timber stand inventory.

Responsibilities

• Select and mark trees to be harvested or left uncut.
• Lay out boundaries of cutting areas as outlined in the environmental planning documents and silvicultural prescriptions, considering accessibility, steep slopes, stream protection, nesting tree protection, wildlife impacts, fuels management and regeneration requirements.
• Mark or otherwise identify trees using marking rules in locations with additional consideration of species composition, tree timber defect, site quality, age, form class, etc.
• Mark unit boundaries and occasionally utilize GPS to record boundary locations.
• Assist in other aspects of natural resource management, such as performing non-commercial silvicultural activities to promote the growth and vitality of desired tree species.

Skills

Outdoor/field work experience

Independent work in remote locations

Willingness to learn and build a crew

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Timber marking and cruising

Job description

Conservation Legacy’s Appalachian Conservation Corps seeks a Spring & Summer Timber Crew Member based in Virginia. Work includes field-based silvicultural tasks, marking trees, laying out cutting areas, and recording boundary locations as part of timber sale contracts.

Crew travels to project sites across the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, 9 days in the field followed by 5 days off, with 10-hour days. Compensation is $600 per week plus a living stipend and benefits.