Forestry Intern-Grangeville

The position will serve as part of a two person forest resource inventory crew.  The position involves contacting land owners for access; locating study plots using aerial photo baseline and GPS techniques; conducting extensive resource and health inventories including tree measurements and foliage evaluations, understory vegetation composition and structure estimates, site characteristics and soils evaluations, etc; using various measurement instruments and electronic data recorders.  Fieldwork regularly includes extensive hiking and backpacking in remote and rugged areas, in all weather conditions, and carrying heavy backpacks.  Depending on location, a variety of other methods are used to access plots including ATV’s, horses, aircraft, and boats; please contact us for specifics of each location.  In all locations, overnight travel away from the duty station is frequent, and may include periods of extended and continuous travel.  The abilities to work productively as part of a team, meet the physical demands of this challenging outdoor work, and to quickly learn a complex set of field protocols are all very important in this position!More information about the US Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Program can be found at: http://www.fia.fs.fed.us/ [1], and the Rocky Mountain Research Station FIA Program at: http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/ogden/ [2].