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Latest Job Openings in Forestry and Fire

In a career in tribal forest management or fire management, you get to:

1. Support tribes’ unique vision of forest management and stewardship.
2. Improve forest protection, forest health and planning.
3. Develop cross-cultural relationships and landscape-scale management projects.
4. Inform and assist policy reform efforts that increase the self-governance of tribes.

Latest Job Listings

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Whitebark Pine Reforestation Forester – contract position – CONFEDERATED SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES OF THE FLATHEAD NATION

***V A C A N C Y A N N O U N C E M E N T*** Whitebark Pine Reforestation Forester – contract position Forestry Department Ronan, MT $26.01 to $28.62 per hour Read more…

Wildland Firefighter – Direct Hire Authority Department of the Interior Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs Western Region, Fort Apache Agency

Summary This permanent full-time seasonal position serves as a Wildland Firefighter with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Western Region, Fort Apache Agency, Branch of Fire, Fuels Management Section, Duty Station in Whiteriver, Arizona; and will Read more…

Forestry Technician I – contract position (furloughable) – CONFEDERATED SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES OF THE FLATHEAD NATION – $16.95 to $18.64 per hour

SALARY: $16.95 to $18.64 per hour including benefits CLOSING DATE: Monday, May 5, 2025 @ 5:30 p.m. SPECIAL CONDITIONS: This position is not a Testing Designated Position (TDP) within the definition of the CSKT Drug Read more…

NEPA Forester – contract position – CONFEDERATED SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES OF THE FLATHEAD NATION – $28.73 to $31.61 per hour including benefits

NEPA Forester – contract position LOCATION: Forestry Department Ronan, MT SALARY: $28.73 to $31.61 per hour including benefits CLOSING DATE: Monday, May 12, 2025 @ 5:30 p.m. SPECIAL CONDITIONS: This position is not a Testing Read more…

Forestry Technician II – contract position (furloughable) – CONFEDERATED SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES OF THE FLATHEAD NATION

TITLE: Forestry Technician II – contract position (furloughable) LOCATION: Forestry Department Ronan, MT SALARY: $18.96 to $20.86 per hour including benefits CLOSING DATE: Monday, May 5, 2025 @ 5:30 p.m. SPECIAL CONDITIONS: This position is Read more…

Technician (Fire/Fuels) Helitack – 1 or more Contract Positions – CONFEDERATED SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES OF THE FLATHEAD NATION

TITLE: Technician (Fire/Fuels) Helitack – 1 or more Contract Positions LOCATION: Forestry-Division of Fire SALARY: $16.95 per hour including benefits CLOSING DATE: Monday, May 5, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. SPECIAL CONDITIONS: This is a Testing Read more…

Tribal Forests' Steering Committee

Partnership is critical to our work. Tribal Forests is supported by tribal leaders in forestry and by the leadership of federal agencies working on behalf of tribes.

Cody Desautel

Board President, Intertribal Timber Council

Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation

Peter Wakeland

Chief Forester, Bureau of Indian Affairs

Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde

Aaron Baldwin

Wildland Fire Management Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs

Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska

Caleb Cain

Projects Forester, Bureau of Indian Affairs

Cherokee Tribe

Jeff Rupert

Director, Office of Wildland Fire

Department of the Interior

Adrian Leighton, Ph. D.

Director, Center for Tribal Research and Education in Ecosystem Sciences

Salish Kootenai College

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