Forestry Technician

Forestry Technician

Department: Department of Agriculture

Location(s): Juneau, Alaska

Salary Range: $27.34 - $27.34 Per Hour

Job Summary: These positions are located on the Tongass National Forest / Juneau Ranger District in Juneau, Alaska. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact at Jessica.Debartolo@usda.gov or at 907-209-1348. The salary of the position will be adjusted to include a Cost of Living Allowance (COLA). See the Additional Information section for more information.

Major Duties:

• This position is established to perform a variety of routine and frequently complex tasks involving techniques and practices relating to natural resources management programs.
• The unit's natural resource management programs include timber/silviculture, recreation, wildlife, fisheries, watershed, range and vegetation management.
• Accomplishment of the following assignments supports field projects and program planning activities for the unit.
• Prepares, develops, and executes timber cruises and sample surveys for resource information and estimate quality and quantity of timber for purpose of appraisal, sales administration, management planning, and logging plans.
• Lays outs sales in accordance with EAR and other instructions, considering variables such as accessibility, steep slopes, stream protection, nesting tree protection, wildlife impacts, fuels management and regeneration requirements.
• Lays out the boundary of areas designated for planting, site preparation, and timber stand improvement contracts. Checks planted areas for seedling survival rate and stocking and records information.
• Gathers, compiles, and recommends improvements for developed and dispersed recreation sites on the unit. Recruits and trains volunteers.
• Serves as inspector and contracting officer’s representative on service contracts ensuring work is completed properly.
• Inspect recreation areas, areas of concentrated public use, and special use permits for compliance with the permit and management plans, public health regulations, and safety plans.
• Functions as Collection Officer for recreation sites. Collects fees, count, reconciles money collected, and ensures deposits are made appropriately.
• Assists with putting together project proposals and with conducting studies for providing input in National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) project analysis. Collects, compiles, and summarizes recreation data as required for data systems.
• Monitors and leads crews maintaining existing trails, facilities, etc. to ensure they are in operable condition.
• Conducts a variety of field studies of sensitive wildlife and fish species to determine numbers, environmental conditions, and the condition of the species and its habitat, and factor affecting the health and welfare of the species and its habitat.
• Conducts water resource inventories, implements water resource improvement project plans, and evaluates impacts of Forest management on the aquatic resources. Collects field data on streams and lakes for preparation of survey reports.
• Participates in the development of plans and programs for range management by collecting data for grazing allotment plans and advising management as to what improvements are needed and what management practices can be affected.
• Participates in noxious plant control, seeding, or similar projects by flagging boundaries, operating equipment, and carrying out studies.

Qualifications: You must meet the ANILCA eligibility requirements to be referred for this position. Eligibility Requirements: You must have lived and or worked in or near the geographic boundaries of the Tongass National Forest and have special knowledge or expertise concerning the natural and cultural resources in the Southeast Alaska area to participate in forestry technician activities. Your responses to the questions in the assessment for this announcement must clearly show that you meet the eligibility requirements.

How to Apply: Please view Tips for Applicants - a guide to the Forest Service application process. Please read the entire announcement and all instructions before you begin. You must complete this application process and submit all required documents electronically by 11:59p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement. Applying online is highly encouraged. We are available to assist you during business hours (7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Mountain Time Zone, Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, contact the Agency Contact listed below well before the closing date for an alternate method. All hardship application packages must be complete and submitted no later than noon ET on the closing date of the announcement to be entered into the system prior to its closing. Resumes must not exceed two pages. This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis; contact the Agency Contact to request this. To begin, click "Apply" and follow the instructions to complete the Assessment Questionnaire and attach your resume and all required documents.. Please verify that documents you are uploading from USAJOBs transfer into the Agency's staffing system as there is a limitation to the number of documents that can be transferred. However, once in the Agency's staffing system, you will have the opportunity to upload additional documents. Uploaded documents must be less than 5MB and in one of the following document formats: GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, PDF, TXT or Word (DOC or DOCX). Do not upload Adobe Portfolio documents because they are not viewable. Encrypted documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of consideration. Please ensure your resume does not exceed two pages. Applicants who submit a resume that exceeds two pages will be removed from consideration. Our office cannot be responsible for incompatible software, your system failure, etc.

Application Deadline: 2026-01-26