US Forest Service, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area
Forestry Technician
Location: Hood River, OR
Position Summary
The Forestry Technician Position is a great entry level position with the US Forest Service. This field based position provides experience in Trail Maintenance, Visitor Services, Developed Recreation Maintenance and Permit Checking/Enforcement.
Trail Work
Serves as a member of a trails maintenance team to maintain, repair, and build trails throughout the Forest Service unit to ensure protection of wildlife habitat and water quality in addition to improving recreational access to forest lands.
Builds trails using hand tools and power tools, restores impacted areas, and replaces signage as needed.
Prepares construction materials, ensures proper tool maintenance, and reports work completed.
Assists with removal of downed logs with a certified sawyer.
The work requires walking and climbing in steep, uneven terrain, exposure to adverse weather and insects, performing physical labor, bending, lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds or more, and potentially dealing with problem visitors.
Permit Checking
Assists with the yearly implementation of the permit system at the Dog Mountain Trailhead. Enforces and checks permits on location during designated timeframe. Educates visitors on additional locations and resources. Provides top notch customer service and represents the agency professionally.
Works with other staff and volunteers on site in a team oriented way.
May have to deal with angry or frustrated visitors and must handle conflict with respect and grace.
Developed Recreation
Assures recreation sites and areas with one or two major uses are operated and maintained in accordance with operation and maintenance plans. Schedules daily activities, establishes maintenance schedules. Inspects recreation areas, areas of concentrated public use, and special use permits for compliance with the permit and the management plans, public health, and safety. Performs safety hazard analyses of public recreation use areas and takes or recommends corrective action. Collects, compiles and summarizes information for recreation data management systems. Provides input for programming and planning.
Contacts recreational visitors to provide factual information and answers questions about recreation opportunities, rules, regulation, and information on resource management practices on the unit. Patrols recreation areas for compliance by day visitors and campers with established rules and regulations posted in the area. Maintains developed recreation sites as a crew member, performs routine recreation maintenance and cleanup work including repairing minor damage of recreation facilities; i.e., picnic tables, buildings, signs, fire pits, road closure gates, water systems, fire rings, barriers, dumpsters, and other miscellaneous structures. Closes areas of facilities when hazards cannot be promptly eliminated. Cleans restroom facilities as use requires, disposes of trash as needed.
Performs other duties as assigned.
If interested, please email Lily Carey at [email protected]
