Operations Forester

Essential Job Functions and Competencies: 

• Planning and preparation for harvest operations including harvest area reconnaissance and layout of sensitive areas, riparian areas, regulatory, wildlife, and social features.
• Forest road planning, layout, and monitoring road construction and road maintenance activities.
• Timber merchandizing, utilization, and quality control, including completion of service contractor performance inspections.
• Planning, monitoring, and administration of timber stand improvement (TSI) activities such as precommercial thinning, planting, site preparation, and competition control. 
• Forest protection activities such as installation, monitoring, and collection of spruce budworm traps and branch samples. 
• Preparation and filing of appropriate permits, notifications, and other documentation
• Implement silvicultural prescriptions in alignment with our mission and vision, our landowner objectives, and that maximize the future value of the forest.
• Ensure compliance with internal riparian and forest operations policies, state and federal forestry and land use regulations, conservation easements, BMPs, and SFI and FSC principles.