This is a professional conservation land management position in the Environmental Protection Department - Land Conservation and Management Program. The position will conduct land stewardship activities on Alachua County preserves and natural areas under higher-level supervision, including: invasive plant control, prescribed burning, forestry, data collection, site development, maintenance and security, and other duties.
Technician - Private Lands Burn Team
Assistant Fire Team Lead - Private Lands Fire Initiative
Seasonal Field Research Technician/Crew Leads (multiple openings)
The Utah Forest Restoration Institute (UFRI) is hiring 8-12 seasonal positions, including research technicians (crew) and crew leads, to assist with forest & fire ecology research projects across the state of Utah. Based out of Utah State University, UFRI seeks to collaboratively develop and deliver objective science to managers, policymakers, and communities to inform the management of healthy, fire-resilient, and climate-adapted forests and woodlands.
Community Organizing Manager
The Community Organizing Manager at FireGeneration Collaborative (a program of FUSEE) is funded to help facilitate and carry out the new pilot program called the Changemakers Cohort. The cohort itself will be composed of six (6) young (18-30), BIPOC participants who are invested in advocating for a cultural and socioecological change in fire management.
Prescribed Fire Practitoner
The Nature Conservancy Prescribed Fire Practitioner works on the North Idaho Fire Module in a team environment while participating with prescribed fire assignments, wildland fire operations (short term Administratively Determined hire through USFS), and other land stewardship activities as assigned.
Research Technician III: Fire Research
Tall Timbers is recruiting a Research Technician III to coordinate field research for the Fire
Research lab at sites across the southern United States. The research will investigate the patterns and mechanisms of post-fire tree mortality and fire-vegetation feedbacks in forests, savanna, and grasslands.
Biologist I: Fire Research (Exempt)
Post Doctoral Research Scientist: Fire and Forest Ecology
Assistant Professor or Associate Professor in Forests, Nature and Human Health
The University of British Columbia (UBC) Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship invites candidates for a tenure-stream position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor for the newly established George Richards Professorship in Forests, Nature and Human Health. The appointment will be in one of the three departments (Forest Resources Management, Forest and Conservation Sciences, Wood Science) in the Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship, depending on the successful candidate’s specific topical interests.
Senior Government Relations Specialist
Alliance for Wildfire Resilience is seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Government Relations Specialist to play a key role in advancing AWR’s federal policy and advocacy priorities. This position focuses on monitoring and influencing federal legislation, engaging directly with federal agencies, administration officials, congressional offices, and partner organizations. Other duties include preparing policy recommendations and representing AWR in federal-level forums.
Fire Ecology Field Crew Member Summer 2026
Wiregrass Prescribed Burn Association Coordinator
Graduate Research Experience in Transdisciplinary Eastern Wildland Fire Science
The Eastern Fire Network (EFNet) is a collaborative research and training network to advance understanding of wildfire dynamics and risk in eastern U.S. landscapes, helping to inform fire management and decision-making. As part of a structured program in transdisciplinary science, students will work in interdisciplinary teams and practitioners to co-design solutions to local wildland fire science challenges, linking research to implementation.
2026 Fire Research Field Assistant (multiple openings)
2026 Fire Lab Field and Lab Manager
Fuels Monitoring Assistant Module Leader
The Assistant Module Leader will support the supervision of a team with the primary responsibility of data collection using a terrestrial-based LIDAR system as well as traditional vegetation sampling methods. They will work with cooperators to post process data that gets integrated into Forestry and Fire Management plans. The module will assist with project work, training implementation, or other duties and projects as assigned by the project manager, when not participating in data collection work.
Fuels Monitoring Module Leader
The Module Leader will supervise a team with the primary responsibility of data collection using a terrestrial-based LIDAR system as well as traditional vegetation sampling methods. They will work with cooperators to post process data that gets integrated into Forestry and Fire Management plans. The module will assist with project work, training implementation, or other duties and projects as assigned by the project manager, when not participating in data collection work
Wildfire Resilience Director
National Forest Foundation (NFF) is pleased to offer a regular, full-time position that will lead the national wildfire resilience enterprise program. The Wildfire Resilience Director will spearhead innovation, manage complex funding mechanisms, supervise program staff, and advance NFF’s program of work focused on making every acre of National Forests resilient to wildfire.
