Forestry Technician (Fire Dispatch) - Direct Hire Authority
Office of the Secretary of the Interior
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Forestry Technician (Recreation)
Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
Location
Alaska
Salary
$22.07 - $22.07
per hour
Type
Closes
March 9, 2026
Job Description
Summary
This job involves supporting forestry activities in Alaska's Tongass National Forest, including marking trees for harvesting, preparing timber surveys, and maintaining recreation sites like trails and picnic areas to ensure safety and compliance.
It's a hands-on role that helps manage natural resources in a remote, rugged environment.
A good fit would be someone with local knowledge of Southeast Alaska's outdoors, who enjoys physical outdoor work and has experience in resource management or maintenance.
Key Requirements
- Lived or worked in or near the Tongass National Forest boundaries in Southeast Alaska
- Special knowledge or expertise in the natural and cultural resources of Southeast Alaska
- Ability to apply silvicultural prescriptions and mark timber according to established guides
- Experience with timber cruising, including traversing, mapping, volume estimation, and defect identification
- Skills in inspecting and maintaining recreation sites, facilities, and special use permits for compliance and safety
- Meet ANILCA eligibility requirements for referral
- Willingness to work in remote outdoor settings in Hyder, Alaska, with potential COLA adjustment
Full Job Description
These positions are located on the Tongass National Forest / Ketchikan Misty Fjord Ranger District in Hyder, Alaska.
For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Denise Wolvin at denise.wolvin@usda.gov.
The salary of the position will be adjusted to include a Cost of Living Allowance (COLA). See the Additional Information section for more information.
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 recreation activities.
Your responses to the questions in the assessment for this announcement must clearly show that you meet the eligibility requirements. Major Duties:
- Positions will perform work in one or more of the following programs. Duties described are at the minimum full performance grade level.
- Timber Program Support:
- Independently applies silvicultural prescriptions and marking guides to designate harvest timber.
- Performs preparatory work for timber cruises, such as traversing and mapping, estimating volumes and quality of timber, measuring and identifying defects of timber, summarizing and reporting data collected, and preparing maps.
- Marks timber using well-defined marking rules, established marking guides, and specific instructions.
- Recreation/Wilderness/Trails Program Support:
- Assists in the implementation of recreation operation and maintenance plans for developed and dispersed recreation sites.
- Inspects recreation areas, and special use permits for compliance with the permit and management plans, public health regulations, and safety plans.
- Assists with performing compliance checks and inspections on existing permits under Special-Use authorization.
- Assists with the maintenance of district recreation facilities such as toilets, picnic tables, fire rings, barriers, dumpsters, and other miscellaneous structures.
- Positions may perform other duties as assigned.
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