Type: Full-time, on-site
Location: Nixydawii Governance Center, Mission, Oregon, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Salary: $63,513.96 to $114,166.56 annual
Deadline: Open until filled
Duties
Supervisory Controls: Directly oversees both the technical and administrative aspects of managing the forested areas under the jurisdiction of the CTUIR. This includes comprehensive supervision and management duties covering inventory, planning, coordination, and execution of forest management activities within the Range, Agriculture, and Forestry Program.
Forest Management: Executes the CTUIR Forest Management Plan, ensuring its effective implementation. Takes a leading role in formulating updates and adaptations to the Forest Management Plan as necessary to address evolving needs and circumstances.
Forest Evaluation: Leads the evaluation of the CTUIR Forest throughout NE Oregon and SW Washington through conducting thorough field inspections and assessments of forest stands. Identifies areas requiring short or long-term cultural treatment in alignment with the overarching First Food Mission framework. Reviews and approves project proposals for speciahzed investigations into silvicultural practices, including planting, seeding, timber stand enhancement, and tree and shrub enhancement activities. Collaborates in determination of contributory timber values for land appraisals that support negotiated land sales and probate settlements.
Forest Vegetation Treatment: Plans, coordinates, and evaluates the timber stand improvement program, considering both commercial and pre-commercial aspects. Prescribes cutting practices based on thorough analysis of stand conditions and resource requirements. Provides technical leadership and evaluation for proposed and ongoing timber sale programs to ensure sustainable forest productivity and environmental protection. Conducts inspections throughout all phases of reforestation and forest improvement projects, recommending corrective actions as necessary. Coordinates silvicultural needs with principal resource management assistants and pursues funding for forestry resource conservation.
Forest Regulatory Compliance and Interagency Coordination: Evaluates forestry plans and operations in terms of compliance with the CTUIR Forest Management Plan, 25 CFR and the CTUIR Land Development Code. Maintains liaison with employees of Federal and State governments, local officials, and private organizations or landowners who are affected by, or otherwise have a shared interest in, the forest land management practices and problems in the forest area; provides technical assistance on mutual reforestation problems. Participates in the preparation and review of environmental analysis reports, environmental impact statements and internal or external reports. Insures collection of Trust Funds consistent with regulations and mandates of the Trust Asset and Accounting Management System (TAAMS).
Outreach: Plans, coordinates, and conducts training on forestry principles and practices, including planting and seeding procedures, ground and seedbed preparation techniques, timber stand improvement techniques, effects of silvicultural treatments on other resources and control of animals, insects, or diseases affecting reforestation and regeneration programs.
Collateral Duty: Provides support to staff of the program and other Tribal programs as time and funding allow. Acquire membership and participate in professional organizations that work to maintain and enhance ecosystem function on the Umatilla Indian Reservation and ceded lands where necessary.
Fire/Fuels Program: Provides technical input to Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Fire Program concerning hazardous fuels treatments in terms of silvicultural and Prescribed Fire prescriptions. Participation in the BIA Fire Program is extended to each Range, Agriculture and Forestry Program member. Employees working in forested environments are strongly encouraged to participate in fire suppression and prescribed fire programs. Must be able to meet National Wildland Fire Coordinating Group requirements at the arduous level prior to participation fire suppression and prescribed fire.
This position is estimated to be 50% in the office and 50% in the field reviewing and applying forest management activities.
Service Objectives
Responsibilities to Tribal Community
Responsive to community goals and Tribal treaty rights for natural resource protection and restoration for the purpose of maintaining an active Tribal culture.
Performs job in a professional and ethical manner.
Courteous and respectful to community members.
Supportive Work Environment
Support a positive work environment.
Communications.
Keep others informed of work issues and programs by maintaining quality communications.
Work at the most direct and immediate level to resolve issues of conflicting personalities and needs.
Develop and maintain proactive working relationships with funding agency contract officer technical representatives.
Organization Improvement
Commitment to a philosophy of quality.
Display proactive view initiative and creativity to resolve problems, capitalize on opportunities in the job and assist co-workers when possible.
Cost-effective use of CTUIR's resources.
