The Prescribed Fire Practitioner plays a key role in advancing the mission of a dynamic conservation organization that stewards over 5,000 acres of protected land and works closely with private landowners, government agencies, other organizations, and the community to bring “good fire” to the landscape. Working as part of the collaborative and highly motivated Fire Forward program, this work is performed in service of ecological health and community safety and is rooted in healing our relationship with the land and each other.
Fire Ecology Field Technician
The Fire Ecology Field Technicians performs a variety of routine tasks that assists the implementation of fire monitoring work plans within the Forest Program. The Technicians will work from the Flagstaff office and field sites throughout the Flagstaff area. This a short-term, temporary, non-exempt, position expected to be funded through December 2026 and could change based on business needs.
Applied Forest & Fire Strategy Manager
The Western Dry Forests Program is working to transform the pace, scale, and effectiveness of forest stewardship across the western United States. The program focuses on dry, frequent‑fire forest systems where proactive restoration, strong partnerships, and sustained investment can deliver meaningful ecological and community benefits.
Southern Wisconsin Burn Crew Member
Program Director
Program Coordinator
MS and PhD Student Opportunities
Utah State University’s Quinney College of Agriculture & Natural Resources seeks an MS student and a PhD student to join our cohort of National Needs Fellows (NNF), in support of United Stated Department of Agriculture project funded to facilitate management of Forest Service, Region 4 Disaster Recovery.
Postdoctoral Scholar
The Postdoctoral Scholar will join a highly collaborative research team within the Center for Ecosystem Science and Society (ECOSS) at NAU and will work closely with Dr. Michelle Mack, Dr. Xanthe Walker, and Dr. Ted Schuur. The project integrates field-based measurements, soil biogeochemistry, radiocarbon dating, and quantitative modeling to estimate soil carbon turnover, fluxes, and long-term stability following wildfire and fuel treatments.
Assistant Professor of Range Management
Fire Manager
The Prescribed Fire Manager provides support to the Alabama/Mississippi/Louisiana BU for fire management activities related to prescribed fires, wildfires, fire training and fire qualifications (See TNC’s Fire Management Manual). With prescribed burn qualifications including National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) Prescribed Fire Manager (RXMG) and Prescribed Fire Burn Boss Type 2 (RXB2), the position reviews and approves fire management plans, prescribed burn plans, and contractor qualifications.
Land Conservation Steward
The Land Conservation Steward performs and participates in preserve operations, maintenance and management on TNC’s preserves, located in Central Florida. The Land Conservation Steward is a staff member of the Stewardship and Field Programs Department (SAF) of The Nature Conservancy’s Florida Chapter (TNC).
Communications Coordinator
Dean, Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture
Postdoctoral Scholar: Developing modeling tools
The Ecological Restoration Institute, working in collaboration with the Rocky Mountain Research Station, seek a Postdoctoral Scholar to develop next-generation modeling tools that simulate a predefined range of silvicultural and fuels treatments and serve as the foundation for spatially explicit vegetation dynamics projections over 10–20 year planning horizons.
Postdoctoral Scholar: Spatial analysis of forest treatments
Postdoctoral Scholar: Human dimensions of forest restoration and wildfire
Assistant Land and Environmental Programs Manager
Land and Environmental Programs Manager
Research Associate I, Fire Behavior Assessment Team
Position is a collaboration between the University of Idaho, the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station, and National Forest System Region 5. It coordinates and leads the Fire Behavior Assessment Team (FBAT), which supports National Forest and incident command teams with pre-, active-, and post-fire monitoring on wildfires.
