State Forester in Tennessee

Hiring Organization: US Department of Agriculture
Employment type: Full-Time
Job Location: Nashville, TN
Application Due Date: August 14, 2023

Provides technical leadership to members of the easements staff, area office staff, and district conservationists for conducting resource assessments and the development of conservation planning alternatives on woodlands.
Monitors programs and policies of Federal and state agencies relative to forestland use and management, including applicable Federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
Participates in area wide planning activities, and attends partner meetings of watershed teams, district, county, regional and state planning groups or agencies as assigned.
Work closely with area office and local field offices to coordinate technology transfer among partners and other public and private entities in the assigned region.
Develops and implements training needed by NRCS field personnel and partners for woodland related resource assessment, generation of conservation planning alternatives and implementation of best management practices.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including specialized experience and/or education, as defined below.

Basic Education Requirement:
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; OR

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.

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