DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST
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DETAIL/TEMPORARY PROMOTION
Soil Scientist
GS-0470-11
Deschutes National Forest
Bend/Ft. Rock Ranger District
Duty Station: Bend, Oregon
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The Bend/Ft. Rock Ranger District on the Deschutes National Forest is seeking
a soil scientist detailer, not to exceed 120 days. This position is located at the
Bend/Ft. Rock Ranger District in Bend, Oregon. Housing is available.
If you are interested in applying for this detail, please provide a resume
describing your experience to Charmane Powers, Acting Natural Resources
Team Leader, via e-mail at cpowers@fs.fed.us by close of business
Tuesday, 3 September 2013.
MAJOR DUTIES
This position provides support services to a wide variety of land management
projects, performing the duties of a professional Soil Scientist with primary
focus and responsibilities involving the integration of soil resource
management in planning and operations on the district. The position serves as
an active member of interdisciplinary teams, providing soils input and
preparing specialist reports as needed for NEPA projects on the district,
including vegetation management, fuels reduction, recreation, watershed
restoration, and special uses. The position works with ID team members to
develop soil and water conservation practices, best management practices,
and site specific mitigation aimed at meeting Land and Resource Management
Plan standards and guidelines, maintaining or enhancing long-term site
productivity, and containing the extent of detrimental soil conditions.
There will be a generous amount of field work needed during the period of the
detail within vegetation management projects currently in the planning stage.
This work includes identifying capabilities, limitations, sensitivity, and
resilience of the ecosystem at multiple scales, and determining the existing
conditions of soil resources.
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