This position is located on the Payette National Forest with a duty station of New Meadows, ID. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Dana Harris at dana.harris@usda.gov.
Responsibilities
- Interpret soil data for use in multiple-use land management planning.
- Provide technical expertise for environmental projects that involve complex and conflicting goals and requirements.
- Conduct environmental analyses for proposed projects as part of a team to predict effect of alternatives and recommend alternative management practices.
- Provide written soils input into National Environmental Policy Act and other technical planning documents for various forest program areas where a proposed action may impact soil stability, productivity, and/or soil resources.
- Conduct reconnaissance and detailed soil surveys in areas of moderate complexity to develop and interpret a soil survey legend.
- Conduct field investigations of soil moisture, compaction, disturbance, slope stability and other soil resource values in support of planning and implementation of forest management activities.
- Advise land managers of capabilities and limitations of soils for a variety of contemplated uses and activities (e.g., timber sales, watershed rehabilitation projects, transportation planning, or recreation development).
- Consult with other resource specialists to assess the impact of proposed programs and projects on protection and management of soils.
- Participate in the preparation of a long-range program and budget process by recommending priorities of soil projects.
- Performs supervisory duties less than 20% of the time.
Education
See the Qualifications section for education requirements.
