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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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Wildland Firefighter – Hotshot – BIA – Fort Defiance, AZ (Navajo Regional Office)

Duties The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is looking for temporary employees to work on Hotshot Crews in Fort Defiance, AZ (Navajo Regional Office). For more information on Types of Crews, click here. A Wildland Read more…

Wildland Firefighter – Direct Hire Authority BIA Pacific Regional Office, Branch of Wildland Fire

Summary This Wildland Firefighter position is located with the Pacific Regional Office, Division of Natural Resources, Branch of Wildland Fire, Duty Station TBD from one of the following locations: Sacramento, Redding or Riverside, California. Duties Read more…

Wildland Firefighter – Direct Hire Authority BIA Western Region – Uintah and Ouray Agency

Summary This is a Wildland Firefighter position located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Western Region, Uintah and Ouray Agency, Branch of Fire Management, Duty Station: Ft. Duchesne, UT; and will be filled from SPD Read more…

Wildland Firefighter Department of the Interior Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs – Belcourt, ND – Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

Summary This is a Public Notice for positions being filled under the Direct Hiring Authority (DHA) for Wildland Fire. Under this recruitment procedure applications will be accepted for each location identified in this Public Notice. Read more…

Forestry Tech III (TI-37997) – Colville Tribe, Washington

Job Details Job Location Nespelem – Nespelem, WA Salary Range $24.60 – $28.52 Hourly Description CLOSING DATE: Open Until Filled, With Bi-weekly reviews POSITION: Forestry Technician III SR Read more…

Reserved Treaty Rights Lands (RTRL) Project Coordinator – Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Montana

CONFEDERATED SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES OF THE FLATHEAD NATION PO BOX 278 PABLO MT 59855 (406) 675-2700 PERSONNEL OFFICE FAX: (406) 226-2562 WEBSITE ADDRESS: cskt.org/personnel E-mail: cory.clairmont@cskt.org ****V A C A N C Y A 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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