Silviculture Forester
Hiring Organization:
Coeur d'Alene Tribe
Employment type: Full-Time
Application Due Date: August 11, 2025
Summary of Duties and Responsibilities
The Silviculture Forester is responsible for planning, scheduling, directing and managing the “Forest Development” program, which includes forestation and early silvicultural activities on Tribal and allotted forest lands. This position focus on developing, implementing, and monitoring silvicultural practices that promote forest resilience, biodiversity, and sustainability. The incumbent also works with timber sale foresters on silviculture for timber sales. Preparation, advertisement and administration of contracts is an integral part of this position. Major duties include:
The Silviculture Forester is responsible for planning, scheduling, directing and managing the “Forest Development” program, which includes forestation and early silvicultural activities on Tribal and allotted forest lands. This position focus on developing, implementing, and monitoring silvicultural practices that promote forest resilience, biodiversity, and sustainability. The incumbent also works with timber sale foresters on silviculture for timber sales. Preparation, advertisement and administration of contracts is an integral part of this position. Major duties include:
- Acquire and maintain adequate inventories of conifer seed used for reforestation
- Coordinate site preparation and tree planting, including contract administration
- Coordinate and administer reforestation, precommercial thinning, pruning and other intermediate treatments
- Control or suppress damaging agents, such as insects, disease, animals and competing vegetation
- Plan and supervise regeneration surveys to monitor tree planting and natural regeneration success
- Coordinate across the department and with research partners to integrate best practices, emerging threats, and research recommendations into forest health adaptive management strategies
- Maintain GIS layers of reforestation and timber stand improvement needs and accomplishments
- Prepares annual Accomplishments, Planned Activities and Inventory of Need report and shapefile
- Coordinate quality control monitoring of silvicultural prescriptions and goals on timber sales
- Provide silvicultural input on interdisciplinary teams for National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) analysis
- Represents the Tribe in the Inland Empire Tree Improvement Cooperative (IETIC) and Inland Empire Reforestation Council
- As qualified, assists in fire suppression and prescribed burning
- Other duties as assigned
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Knowledge of stand conditions, environmental considerations, forest ecology, silviculture and growth characteristics of the major forest cover types found on the Coeur d’Alene Reservation
- Ability to interact tactfully and diplomatically with other disciplines, Tribal members, Tribal leadership, other employees and contractors
- Ability to write technical reports, prepare maps, graphs and technical narratives, to compile and analyze data, and to summarize and evaluate results, reports and findings
- Knowledge of forest resource survey sampling techniques and procedures, fixed and variable radius plot cruising theory and techniques to plan and design cruise methods
- Ability to use Microsoft Word, Microsoft Access, Excel, Forest Projection and Planning System (FPS) and ArcGIS or ArcPro
- Ability to use GIS to create maps associated for contract exhibits, cruise design and field use
- Experience with Forest Projection and Planning System (FPS) or Forest Vegetation Simulator growth model.
- Knowledge and experience in firefighting and/or prescribed burning
Desired Qualifications
- A Bachelor's Degree in Forest Management or a closely related field of study
- A minimum of five years of experience in forest development/silviculture, forest management and/or forest inventory. Preferably, at least 2 years of the required experience must have been served in the inland northwest with Tribal natural resource management
- Advanced silvicultural training is highly desirable
- Must be in good physical condition and be able to ascend and descend steep slopes and traverse hillsides in rough forest terrain under a wide range of weather conditions
- Must possess a valid State driver's license and maintain a good driving record, capable of being insured by the Tribe
- Must not have been convicted of a felony involving dishonesty within the past five years
Guidelines
Guidelines are provided by the Coeur d'Alene Policies and Procedures Manual, Forest Management Plan, federal laws and regulations, Bureau of Indian Affairs manuals and handbooks and technical publications. Other guidance includes scientific literature, environmental assessments, silvicultural prescriptions, written and oral communication from the Forest Manager and other employees of the Natural Resources Department. Professional judgement within those guidelines is necessary to meet landowner objectives, field conditions and special situations.
An applicant may be asked to participate in an interview to establish whether he/she meets the minimum qualifications. Interviews do not create a right to employment and provide no promise or guarantee of employment with the Tribe.
The Coeur d’Alene Tribe reserves the right to hire according to its Indian Preference Policy. Applicants are subject to a pre-employment drug test and at-random testing following employment. Positions with the Coeur d’Alene Tribe are subject to a 6-month orientation period.
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