FUL Forester

US-Bureau-of-Land-Management; California (MO); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

US Bureau of Land Management in Sacramento, CA seeks a FUL Forester for a GS-7 level position. The job involves on-call rotations, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime, and shift work with pay varying by grade level. First-time federal hires typically start at step 1.

Applicants must meet basic educational requirements in forestry or equivalent combination of education/experience, and time-in-grade rules apply. Transcripts may be required to verify coursework and hours worked.

Qualifications

• Degree in Forestry or related field with 30 sem hrs in sciences/engineering, including at least 24 sem hrs in forestry; coursework diversified across management of renewable resources, forest biology, and forest resource measurements.

Education

Forestry degree or related field (30 semester hours in biological/physical/mathematical sciences or engineering, with at least 24 forestry hours)

Job description

You will serve as a FUL Forester which is located in Sacramento, CA. Information about Sacramento and the surrounding areas can be found here.

You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work.
Pay will vary based on grade level for which you're selected.
First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate.

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-10/19/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. All candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements.

To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected.

Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications:

Basic Educational Requirements: In addition to the specialized experience requirements for this position, you must meet at least one of the following:

• A. Degree: Forestry; or a related subject-matter field that included a total of at least 30 semester hours in any combination of biological, physical, or mathematical sciences or engineering, of which at least 24 semester hours of course work were in forestry. The curriculum must have been sufficiently diversified to include courses in each of the following areas:
  • Management of Renewable Resources -- study of the science and art of managing renewable resources to attain desired results. Examples of creditable courses in this area include silviculture, forest management operations, timber management, wildland fire science or fire management, utilization of forest resources, forest regulation, recreational land management, watershed management, and wildlife or range habitat management.
  • Forest Biology -- study of the classification, distribution, characteristics, and identification of forest vegetation, and the interrelationships of living organisms to the forest environment. Examples of creditable courses in this area include dendrology, forest ecology, silvics, forest genetics, wood structure and properties, forest soils, forest entomology, and forest pathology.
  • Forest Resource Measurements and Inventory-- sampling, inventory, measurement, and analysis techniques as applied to a variety of forest resources. Examples of creditable courses include forest biometrics, forest mensuration, forest valuation, statistical analysis of forest resource data, renewable natural resources inventories and analysis, and photogrammetry or remote sensing. You must submit transcripts.
• OR
• B. Combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major in Forestry, or at least 30 semester hours in any combination of biological, physical, or mathematical sciences or engineering, of which at least 24 semester hours were in forestry. The requirements for diversification of the 24 semester hours in forestry are the same as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

To qualify for this position at the GS-7 grade level:

• Specialized Experience Requirement: you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-5 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience:

1. Assisted with the development or implementation of forest management plans such as timber sale planning, logging system, reforestation, timber stand improvement, or landscape forestry.
2. Prepared/Analyzed logging and harvest plans, silvicultural treatments, or timber sale contracts to ensure compliance.
3. Interacted with various groups of people to investigate, exchange, or report information related to forest programs.
   You must include hours per week worked.

• Education: Successful completion of at least 1 full year of graduate level education. This education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. You must include transcripts.
• Combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major in Forestry, or at least 30 semester hours in any combination of biological, physical, or mathematical sciences or engineering, of which at least 24 semester hours were in forestry. The requirements for diversification of the 24 semester hours in forestry are the same as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. You must include transcripts.
• Superior Academic Achievement (SAA): Successfully completed a bachelor's degree in a directly related field AND meet one of the following: (1) Class Standing: rank in the upper 3rd of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, based on the completed courses; OR (2) Grade-Point Average (GPA):