We are seeking a highly qualified and committed applied forest ecologist to help manage and implement a long-term project promoting forest and other resource management strategies to restore fire resilience to an 11,000,000-acre landscape of northern California centered in Siskiyou County, California. This is an exciting opportunity to demonstrate how to drive the implementation and funding of a climate smart approach to forest management which restores forest systems natural functions and abilities to support a landscape dominated by beneficial fire within the next decade. It also targets the restoration of ecosystem function to enhance overall climate stress resilience, promotes adaptation and increases the habitat availability for the globally outstanding biodiversity of the region.
The position requires both a mastery of forest ecology and comfort with forest management, coupled with fluency in relevant modeling and analysis. Additionally, the ideal candidate possesses demonstrated experience in project management. This position is part of a larger project team with an experienced forester and fire manager, climate modeler, and policy analyst as well as government relations and other staff.
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