Individual Placement-Alaska- Recreation, Wilderness, and Timber Support Technician

Student Conservation Association•Hoonah, AK

18h•Onsite

About The Position

This position will be hosted at the Hoonah Ranger District on the Tongass National Forest based in the town of Hoonah, Alaska. This position is primarily field-going with duties involving working in inclement weather, dealing with bugs, and working in brown bear habitat. Work can be very physically demanding, including off-trail hiking in heavy brush and carrying 40 + pounds for distances of a few miles in steep terrain, being in rainy conditions with low daily temperatures around 60 degrees, living in a remote native community without connections via roads to the outside world. Working around firearms is required but you will not be required to operate firearms. This position will act as a technician, maintaining recreation sites, assisting the timber program, helping with various land stewardship activities, learning new skills, and supporting the Forest Service’s mission of active forest management.

Requirements

Incumbents should be an “outdoorsy” person with some experience of working outside and recreating outside.
Must be physically fit and have some mental fortitude to work in unpleasant environmental conditions in remote places without all the modern convivences.
This is an entry level position and life experience, and individuals’ personality is a large portion of the consideration.
This SCA Position is authorized under the Public Land Corps Authority. All participants must be between the ages of 16 and 30, inclusive, or veterans age 35 or younger.
Participants must also be a citizen or national of the United States or lawful permanent resident alien of the United States.
Hours served can be applied toward the Public Land Corps (PLC) hiring authority.

Nice To Haves

Pursuing education in the field of natural resources or outdoor recreation is a plus.

Responsibilities

assisting HRD Recreation personnel with visitor services, recreation site maintenance, and wilderness monitoring
greeting forest visitors, providing information on amenities, regulations, Leave No Trace principles, and local ecology
maintaining cabins, trails, picnic sites, signs, and restroom facilities
tool and equipment maintenance and general groundskeeping
conducting site inspections, collecting field data, conducting trail surveys, wilderness character monitoring, conducting visitor surveys and some office support
forestry inventory, timber sales layout, along with timber trespass, cruising, traversing, and road layout projects
marking timber, painting/taging boundaries, and traversing boundaries to determine acreage for timber and fuelwood sales