The Peatlands Climate and Restoration Scientist will play a key role in advancing The Nature Conservancy’s (TNC) climate mitigation and ecosystem restoration strategies in North Carolina. This includes directly informing efforts to rehabilitate more than 30,000 acres of ecologically significant wetlands in eastern NC, helping to maximize the climate, environmental and community benefits of restoration investments.

The Landscape-Scale Restoration Manager leads one of the most ambitious forest and fire restoration efforts underway in Washington State's dry forests. This role focuses on advancing equitable, climate-resilient cross-boundary restoration from planning through implementation on federal lands, in close partnership with Tribes, the U.S. Forest Service, WA State and regional partners. 

As the Fire in the Forest Senior Burn Crew Member (SBCM), you will work in a team environment and participate in wildland fire operations overseeing staff and volunteers during fire related activities which include ignition, holding, mop-up, suppression, and post-burn monitoring. You may conduct other land management activities as assigned by a Burn Crew Manager or other command position, which could include burn unit preparation, equipment maintenance, timber stand improvement projects, and invasive species control.

The Southern Indiana Strike Team Member will participate in the implementation of land management plans. Activities include maintaining natural areas; removing exotic species; monitoring species; using and maintaining tools, equipment, and heavy machinery; and serving as part of an extensive state-wide prescribed fire workforce.

The Southwest Prescribed Fire Manager provides fire management leadership in Arizona and New Mexico by directly implementing priority prescribed fire, coordinating and enabling Conservancy fire capacity across programs and Business Units, and focusing prescribed and beneficial fire where it can most effectively advance dry forest restoration objectives.

As a Land Stewards Fire Crew Member, you will work as part of a team that is highly motivated to restore fire processes across Yurok ancestral lands and beyond.  Crew members participate in the implementation of cultural burning aimed at achieving culturally appropriate land management objectives such as habitat restoration, enhancing biodiversity, reducing wildfire risk, restoring and maintaining ecological conditions and processes, and removing invasive and unwanted species.

The incumbent will be part of a four-person team that will conduct habitat management work on cooperating private land and targeted public lands within designated priority geographies in Southwest Georgia as part of GADNR’s Bobwhite Quail Initiative.

This position is part of a partnership between Pheasants and Quail Forever (QF), The Longleaf Alliance, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR), and The Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) and several other agencies. Under the direction of the Quail Forever SC Prescribed Fire Coordinator, incumbents will conduct prescribed fire and habitat management work on cooperating private land as well as targeted public lands within designated priority geographies within South Carolina as part of the state’s Quail management program.

Multiple flexible and on-call temporary positions for NWCG qualified personnel (FFT1+) to provide mentorship and hands-on training to Lake Cal-TREX participants and TERA’s intertribal hand crew.

The Prescribed Fire and Stewardship Technician (PFST) provides technical leadership and support to the Kentucky Business Unit and plans and directs preserve management programs and stewardship.  The PFST addresses critical threats to natural systems and individual species, fosters cross-site learning among the conservation community, and supplies conservation planning teams with site or landscape level information relevant to the planning process.  The PFST assists with developing and implementing conservation strategies related to prescribed fire and preserve stewardship and employs a full range of habitat management tools and strategies

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) Conservation Program Biologist I (AGFC Prescribed Fire Program Coordinator) is responsible for supervising a wildlife or fisheries management area. This position is governed by state and federal laws and agency policy.

Under the supervision of the Conservation Forestry Program Manager, the position helps coordinate a variety of forest management activities on TNC-owned lands and Forest Management Easements included in the 23,000-acre Conservation Forestry Program. The Forest Management Specialist develops and updates management plans and provides oversight of sustainable timber harvesting, stand improvements, and forest restoration activities.

The Community Capacity Program Manager is responsible for implementing the mission of the Community Capacity Program, as well as identifying strategic areas for program growth and expansion. The mission of the Community Capacity Program is to educate and empower communities to use fire as a restoration tool in their local landscapes, through grassroots efforts such as the development of Pile Burn Cooperatives and Prescribed Fire Training Exchanges.

The Western Klamath Restoration Partnership Coordinator supports collaborative wildfire resilience, forestry, and community engagement efforts within the Western Klamath Restoration Partnership (WKRP) and Mid Klamath Watershed Council (MKWC). This position coordinates partner communications, meetings, grant management, outreach activities, and planning efforts that support landscape-scale fire resilience and community preparedness initiatives.

Halifax Regional Municipality is inviting applications for the permanent, full-time position of Wildfire Mitigation Program Manager in Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency. 

The Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force is hiring a State Coordinator to manage and facilitate the work of a broad range of agencies and work groups involved in the Task Force, and to oversee implementation of the Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan. The State Coordinator will also oversee the day-to-day activities of the Task Force, including the activities of more than a dozen work groups and related committees, four regional forums, the interagency Planning and Integration Team, and the Science Advisory Panel. The State Coordinator will lead these efforts in coordination with federal, state, local, tribal, and private interests and regional partnerships throughout the state.

The Forestry and Natural Resources (FNR) and Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society at Oregon State University (OSU) invites applications for a full-time (1.00 FTE), 12-month, combination position as Director of Extension Fire Program & Assistant/Associate Professor of Practice: Extension Specialist, reflecting duties in both academic and administrative areas.

The Fire and Stewardship Crew Member (FSCM) will assist in ecological stewardship practices such as woody encroachment reduction, invasive species control, and other preserve maintenance tasks.  The FSCM will participate in prescribed fire operations which include ignition, control, post ignition operations, suppression, monitoring, and other tasks as assigned.

This role is designed to provide foundational experience in habitat management, maintenance and technical skills, and wildlife surveys. The PF Wildlife Management Specialist will work with other wildlife unit personnel and be under the general direction of the Natural Resource Biologist. The job duties of this position include general wildlife management activities on state and federally owned wildlife areas within the assigned unit counties.

The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has an exciting opportunity within our Forest Resilience Division (FRD) Grants Administration Team as a Pass-Through Grants Analyst, Management Analyst 3 (MA3). FRD is responsible for the assessment, planning, coordination, implementation, and monitoring of forest health-related activities across all lands that work to restore and sustain the ecological functions of Washington’s forested landscapes and support healthy and resilient communities.

The Conservation & Fire Coordinator works in support of the Climate Program’s Forest Strategy and the Land Program’s Stewardship Strategy across the state of California. They provide administrative, research, project management and other general assistance to staff working toward increasing beneficial fire and reducing wildfire risk and impacts to conserved lands in California.

The Virginia Pinelands Burn Boss & Stewardship Manager is responsible for the restoration and management of TNC’s network of nature preserves located in southeastern Virginia.  The position directs prescribed fire operations and develops prescribed burn plans and site fire management plans under the guidance of the Fire Manager for VA.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry is hiring one Assistant Area Forestry Supervisor

This Natural Resource Specialist will work within the Austin Parks and Recreation Department (APR) Land Management Program. The mission of the Program is to restore parkland natural areas to mitigate risk, improve resilience, and provide ecosystem services to Austin residents in perpetuity.

The Lead Open Space Technician position is an excellent career opportunity for a skilled and motivated individual who enjoys working outdoors while building and maintaining trails, working on open space construction projects, and providing technical and functional supervision to assigned staff on open space preserves.

The Southern Oregon Forest Restoration Project Manager will support priority forest restoration and conservation projects in two primary geographies – the Rogue Basin of Southwest Oregon and the Upper Klamath Basin of Southcentral Oregon – collaborating with a range of key partners on this work.

The Wildland Fire Academy is currently seeking backfill candidates for 2026 Fuels Team Member positions.