Forestry Technician

You will serve as a Forestry Technician and will plan and implement technical projects and perform duties in support of forestry program activities. This is a term position (more than 1 year) with an initial appointment expecting to last at least 13 months but may be extended up to a total of ten years, or more based on any changes to regulations governing the number of years term appointments may last, without further competition at management's discretion. Major duties: Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Serve as a Project Inspector (e.g., observes contractor progress, observes whether or not compliance specifications are met, provides technical information, ensures quality control, solves logistical or operational problems, and maintains inspection diary) for forest restoration contracts/agreements within the scope of the incumbent's knowledge and authority. Forest restoration contracts/agreements include heavy equipment operations using ground-based and cable yarding methods. Use data Geographic Information (GIS) software to plan forest inventory, monitoring, and restoration prescriptions (marking trees for removal/retention; delineating project boundaries, riparian management zones, wetlands, and equipment exclusion zones). Implement forest vegetation sampling to characterize and monitor ecosystem response to restoration treatments including timber cruising using variable radius plots, establishing new and remeasuring pre-established vegetation plots, transects and photo points. Use database management systems and GIS to store and conduct advanced analysis of large data sets, create reports and maps. Conduct hazard tree survey and mitigation, mark trees for retention or removal with industrial timber marking paint while checking for stand density retention targets. Lead/oversee lower-graded technicians, interns, and volunteers in performing ecological field studies, vegetation, or restoration projects. Redwood National and State Parks is located in northern California along the Pacific Northwest coastline. It is recognized as both a World Heritage Site and an International Biosphere Reserve. These designations reflect worldwide awareness of the parks' resources as "irreplaceable." Under the Redwood National Park Expansion Act of 1978, congress expanded the national park and directed the National Park Service to rehabilitate the previously logged lands within the park. Forty years of restoration efforts have culminated in formation of the Redwoods Rising Collaborative. Formalized in 2018, Redwoods Rising is a collaborative, landscape-scale restoration initiative among the National Park Service, Save the Redwoods League, and California State Parks. Together, we are implementing a massive restoration effort to improve forest and watershed conditions across the 120,000 acres of forests in Redwood National and State Parks. This position serves as technician and project inspector for restoration work under the Redwoods Rising banner. For more information visit: https://www.nps.gov/redw/index.htm https://www.nps.gov/redw/redwoodsrisingmain.htm Qualifications: All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-11/18/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected. Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position at the GS-9 grade level: Specialized Experience Requirement: you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-08 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience meeting 4 of the following: 1) Conducting variable plot sampling for assessing forest resources; 2) serving as a Project Inspector, (e.g., contract monitoring) on construction projects and heavy equipment operations specific to silvicultural forest management; 3) delineating riparian areas, wetlands, and equipment exclusion zones; 4) marking trees for removal ahead of forest management operations; 5) Managing, analyzing, and creating project maps using large data sets with GIS; 6) collecting monitoring data including vegetation plots, transects and photo points; 7) leading field crews and training lower-graded employees and interns in forest management activities. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- Education: Successful completion of at least 2 full academic years of progressively higher level graduate education or master's or equivalent graduate degree related to the occupation, such as, forestry, range management, agriculture, or a subject-matter field directly related to the position, or that included at least 24 semester hours in any combination of courses such as forestry, agriculture, crop or plant science, range management or conservation, wildlife management, watershed management, soil science, natural resources (except marine fisheries and oceanography), outdoor recreation management, civil or forest engineering, or wildland fire science. No more than 6 semester hours in mathematics is creditable. You must include transcripts. -OR- Combination of education and experience: Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. To combine education and experience, first take the number of semester hours (or equivalent) earned towards a graduate degree, in excess of 18 semester hours, and divide by 18 semester hours (or equivalent). Then take the number of months of full-time experience and divide by 12 months. Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include transcripts and hours per week worked on resume. Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.