Senior Forester: Forest Management & Community Education

Florida; Inverness (AL); On-site; USD 56,000 - 67,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Boot Allotment

Annual Uniform Allotment

Job summary

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Florida Forest Service, seeks a Senior Forester to manage forest resources, provide technical assistance, and support urban and private landowners. Candidates must hold a SAF-accredited degree with required experience or international degree with equivalent coursework; a valid driver license is required.

The position offers opportunities to contribute to wildfire response, conservation planning, and environmental programs while working

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree with a major in Forestry or related field from a SAF-accredited college or university and two years of professional forestry or natural resource experience.
• A master’s degree with a major in Forestry or related field from a SAF-accredited college or university and one year of professional forestry or natural resource experience.
• A bachelor’s and/or master’s degree in Forestry or a related field obtained outside the United States must either: 1) be obtained from a SAF-accredited college or university in addition to the applicable required experience above; or 2) curriculum must include at least two of the courses: Silviculture, Dendrology, Forest Mensuration or Forest Management.
• NOTE: Applicants will provide an academic equivalency evaluation obtained in the United States showing the required courses.
• NOTE: ALL POSITIONS WITHIN THIS CLASS REQUIRE POSSESSION OF A VALID DRIVER LICENSE.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes mass media systems such as newspapers, radio and television to keep the public informed of developments in traditional forestry, urban forestry and conservation fields.
• Conducts forest management technical information and education workshops for private forest landowners.
• Provides local schools with information and assistance pertinent to environmental education through teacher workshops and instruction at environmental education centers.
• Provides technical assistance to urban communities and homeowners to best meet their needs including proper tree selection and tree planting procedures, UCF grants, Tree City USA and Champion Tree designation.
• This also includes analysis of shade tree and ornamental tree insect and disease problems; provides information on methods of prevention and control.
• Provides forest management technical assistance to private forest landowners to achieve goals of the landowner, including timber revenue, sustained yield, ecological management, wildlife management; provides advice on timber marking and volume estimation and the sale of forest products; provides technical assistance in implementation of federal cost-share programs, site preparation and tree planting procedures, investment analysis, timber stand improvement methods, diagnosis of forest insect and disease outbreaks; prepares Stewardship and other management plans, and other related forest factors.
• Provides wildfire and emergency response support as directed; assists in the development of smoke management, wildfire prevention, prescribed fire, pre-suppression burning plans and hazardous fuels mitigation.
• Assists in the enforcement of Florida’s open burning laws and regulations.
• Provides technical assistance to county commissions, municipalities, and other county and city agencies in the development and implementation of effective environmental studies and practices relating to land use planning, zoning, and development; this includes conservation and environmental planning, recreation, and open space planning, zoning variances relating to vegetation, drafting of ordinance relative to tree protection, landscaping, reclamation and preservation of natural areas, and the establishment of conservation and scenic easements to preserve natural amenities.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Forestry or related field (SAF-accredited)

Master’s degree in Forestry or related field (SAF-accredited)

Foreign degree in Forestry requires SAF accreditation or two of Silviculture, Dendrology, Forest Mensuration, Forest Management

Job description

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Florida Forest Service, seeks a Senior Forester to manage forest resources, provide technical assistance, and support urban and private landowners. Candidates must hold a SAF-accredited degree with required experience or international degree with equivalent coursework; a valid driver license is required.

The position offers opportunities to contribute to wildfire response, conservation planning, and environmental programs while working