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
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
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.
Manager, Restoration Ecology & Forest Resilience
The Ecological Restoration Institute (ERI) Restoration Ecology & Forest Resilience Program Manager is a lead scientist that manages and coordinates delivery of ERI’s Restoration Ecology & Forest Resilience portfolio in support of ERI and SWERI goals. The position applies subject-matter expertise in frequent-fire forest restoration, forest and fire ecology, and wildfire risk reduction to advance proactive, landscape-scale restoration treatments, fuels management, and conservation in forests and woodland ecosystems of the Intermountain West.
Finance Director
The West Region Wildfire Council’s Finance Director is responsible for ensuring sound financial management as well as grant and agreement oversight for the organization. The position manages the administrative/ finance functions of the organization’s grants and financial agreements and oversees the organization’s day-to-day bookkeeping/finance needs.
Southwest Prescribed Fire Project Coordinator
The Prescribed Fire Project Coordinator will coordinate projects within the Forest Stewards Guild’s fire management program in New Mexico, which seeks to find innovative ways to build fire adapted communities and landscapes by increasing implementation of prescribed fire on private and public land, creating training and education opportunities, increasing collaboration, and broadening the definition of fire management. This position supports programs including the All Hands All Lands Burn Network and the Forest Stewards Youth Corps Fire and Fuels Crews, in addition to other existing programs and landscapes across the region.
Fuels Reduction Technician
Western Iowa Assistant Land Steward
The Western Iowa Assistant Land Steward performs and participates in preserve operations, maintenance and management, under the direction of the Western Iowa Land Steward. Tasks include maintenance of preserve infrastructure, tools, and power equipment, invasive species control, preserve and easement monitoring, prescribed fire, and assisting with the bison herd at Broken Kettle Grasslands Preserve in Westfield, Iowa.
Longleaf Forester
The Longleaf Alliance (TLA) is seeking a skilled and motivated forester to advance longleaf pine habitat conservation and outreach strategies in the northern range of the longleaf pine ecosystem. The Longleaf Alliance is a non-profit organization that works throughout the Southeastern U.S. to guide longleaf restoration, stewardship, and conservation using science-based outreach, partnership engagement, and on-the-ground assistance.
Fire, Fuels, and Forestry Program Assistant
The Fire, Fuels and Forestry Program Assistant helps coordinate a dynamic program, with duties changing by the season and opportunities to work in the field. The Assistant will help manage forestry contracts and contractors, develop environmental compliance documents, utilize GIS to create project maps, and participate in regional collaborative efforts. This position is a good fit for someone adept at working in both the office and field, who can apply local knowledge of forest and fire ecology to funding proposals, grant reports, and collaborative regional efforts.
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.
