Western Natural Resource Conservation Services Conservation Planner, Environmental Planner 3 (EP3)

Western Natural Resource Conservation Services Conservation Planner, Environmental Planner 3 (EP3)

• Develop new, long-lasting partnerships and connections with landowners within the assigned service area who are interested in NRCS technical and financial assistance programs.
• Provide consultation, program guidance, and expertise to division and region staff on federal NRCS programs available to Washington’s non-industrial forest landowners, including recommendations on strategies to leverage state and federal resources best to support technical and financial assistance specific to environmental practices necessary to achieve forest health and resilience goals.
• Provide environmental planning consultative services for DNR or other forest landowner financial assistance or incentive programs, such as Service Forestry, NRCS EQIP/CSP, etc.

• Bachelor of Science in natural resource planning, environmental planning, forestry, forestry education, biology, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or closely related field, AND a minimum of three years of professional, operational, field experience in forest management in the Pacific Northwest;
• Experience in typical silvicultural and forest management practices in the Pacific Northwest, including forest road design and construction, timber management planning, silviculture techniques, reforestation methods, and timber harvest boundaries.

• Benefits
• Relocation Compensation may be available and considered
• Work Hours and Partial Telework flexibility may be available and considered

The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has an exciting opportunity within our Forest Resilience Division as an NRCS Conservation Planner in Olympia.