The Department of Forest Management (DFM) in the W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation at the University of Montana invites applications for a full-time academic year tenure-track Assistant Professor of Silviculture. The candidate will advance the DFM’s mission to provide innovation and leadership in the use of active forest management to achieve beneficial ecological and socioeconomic outcomes.
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.
Regional Liaison (2 openings)
We seek (2) engaging connectors and partnership builders to join the Western Fire and Forest Resilience Collaborative (WFFRC) as liaisons in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region. WFFRC is engaging 10 science teams to create and implement a research program that will ensure the science of fire ecology and forest resilience can support effective solutions for the fire crisis in the western US.
Fire Ecology Field Crew Member Summer 2026
Prescribed Fire Coordinator
The Nature Conservancy seeks a Prescribed Fire Coordinator in Missoula, MT who will be a key staff member within the Montana Chapter’s Forest Program focused on increasing the use of ecological fire to increase forest resilience, restore critical habitats and reduce the negative impacts of high severity wildfire.
