Description

Example of Duties

Responsibilities:

• Provides technical assistance to private landowners, logging contractors, and agencies in all aspects of forestry
• Conducts inspections on logging operations for compliance with the Idaho Forest Practices Act (FPA)
• Prescribes corrective action to be taken to bring non-compliance logging operations into compliance
• Provides information and technical assistance to private landowners on cost share programs
• Conducts presentations, lectures and discussions with loggers, landowners and students
• Represents IDL on committees and at public meetings
• Participates in wildfire suppression response as needed

Minimum Qualifications

These qualifications are mandatory requirements.

Experience:

• Communicating effectively both verbally and in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience through technical reports, business correspondence, and oral presentations
• Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to produce maps and analyze spatial data

Some Knowledge of:

• Administration of Idaho Forest Practices act or similar State and federal laws, rules and regulations in relation to natural resource management activities
• Methods used to evaluate projects and/or data, analyzing alternatives, and making recommendations
• Public land survey legal descriptions, aerial photos and topographic and property ownership maps
• Financial analysis methods used to consider the relative costs and benefits of potential actions or proposals to choose the most appropriate one.
• Forest management principles:
  • Silviculture principles
  • Forest mensuration
  • Dendrology
  • Forest harvest methods
  • Soils
  • Forest engineering principles (road design and construction)
• Writing and reviewing forest management plans
• Forestry best management practices (BMPs) and processes for conducting field inspections, compliance reporting, and implementing corrective action
• Forest entomology and forest pathology

Other:

• Possession of a valid driver's license

Supplemental Information

Desirable Qualifications:

Experience:

• Experience as a forester overseeing timber sale layout and administration
• Experience with a variety of timber harvesting systems
• Experience identifying and determining best management options to address forest insect and disease outbreaks
• Experience providing technical forestry information to a wide variety of audiences
• Experience using ESRI, ArcPro GIS programs
• Implementation of best management practices (BMP's)

Some Knowledge:

• Idaho Forest Practices Act
• Interpreting and understanding timber markets
• Using and managing databases
• Timber cruising

Possession of:

• Associate's degree or higher in Forestry or a Natural Resource field
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work as a productive member of a group

Equal Employment Opportunity:
The State of Idaho is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, political affiliation or belief, sex, national origin, genetics, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws.

The State of Idaho is committed to access and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities, auxiliary aids and services are available upon request. If you require an accommodation at any step in our recruitment process, you are encouraged to contact (208) 334-2263 (TTY/TTD: 711), or email ada.coordinator@dhr.idaho.gov.

Veterans' Preference:
Preference may be given to veterans who qualify under state and federal laws and regulations.

Supplemental Questions Instructions:
Per IDAPA 15.04.01, (Download PDF reader)only the top 25 applicants will be provided to the hiring manager.

The top 25 will be determined by the answers applicants provide in the supplemental questions. A subject matter expert (SME) will review each answer and determine if the applicant meets the qualifications described in each question.

Work experience must include: positions held, dates of employment, and responsibilities/duties performed. Education and/or training must include: field of course work, degree title, and additional applicable coursework.

Please contact the IDL careers at careers@idl.idaho.gov for questions regarding the application process.

Overtime/Vacation Accrual/FLSA:
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) code for this position is Professional (P) Based on the FLSA code for this position, compensatory time will accrue at a rate of 1 hour for every 1 hour of overtime worked. Vacation accrual is based on the FLSA code and accrual rates can be found at: https://dhr.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/Section2Vacation-1.pdf (Download PDF reader) (Exception: Employees engaged in Fire Suppression activities for which overtime hours are earned will be paid at the rate of 1.5 times the hourly rate for each one hour of overtime worked. Payment will be made on the regular pay date corresponding to the pay period in which the overtime work occurred.)

About IDL
Become part of an organization where you will work with dedicated people who are committed and skilled in managing and protecting Idaho's natural resources.

The Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) believes in its employees and values stewardship, service, accountability and cohesiveness. Our goals emphasize our people and processes, financial stewardship, and customer focus. We strive for a culture in which leadership equips, entrusts and expects employees to make decisions in fulfillment of our mission. View our Strategic Plan here (Download PDF reader) .

Under the direction of the Idaho State Board of Land Commissioners, IDL manages more than 2.4 million acres of state endowment trust land under a constitutional mandate to produce maximum long-term financial returns for public schools and several other State of Idaho institutions. Leases and other contracts are used to authorize revenue generating activities such as timber harvest, grazing, farming, mining, commercial use, residential use, and conservation in a prudent and sustainable manner.

Managing endowment trust lands is only part of our story. We also protect public resources such as water quality, fish, wildlife habitat, and recreation on public trust lands, and ensure the protection of water quality and other resources by overseeing forestry and mining practices across all ownerships in the state. We also work to reclaim abandoned mines in Idaho. One of our most important resource protection responsibilities is fire prevention and suppression. We also provide assistance to landowners to manage their forest lands, work with communities to plant trees in urban settings, help keep working forests working through the Forest Legacy Program, and work with many partners to promote healthy forests on a landscape level. IDL also is the administrative arm of the Idaho Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.