These positions will be temporary, not to exceed 1039 hours. All positions will be advertised on USA

The Bridger-Teton National Forest will be hiring seasonal positions for the 2014 summer season on or after February 17 of 2014. The Forest may fill up to 33 positions, including: timber, wildlife, fisheries, hydrology, range, and engineering technicians. Government housing may be available for some positions.
These positions will be temporary, not to exceed 1039 hours. car rental reservations cheap discount All positions will be advertised on USAJOBS , www.usajobs.gov. The contacts for the individual positions will have the announcement numbers once they are available.
The 3.4 million acre Bridger-Teton National Forest is the second largest National Forest in the United States outside Alaska. It lies in Western Wyoming, adjoining Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and within the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the largest remaining area of undeveloped land in the 48 conterminous United States. It is noted for its scenery and natural features, large and diverse wildlife populations, and habitat for threatened and endangered species. There are six districts on the Forest: Kemmerer, Afton, Big Piney, Pinedale, Jackson and Buffalo. The Supervisor’s Office is in Jackson.
The Bridger-Teton National Forest is outreaching for up to 6 Biological Science Technicians (Fisheries). These positions will serve on fisheries car rental reservations cheap discount crews with duties that may include: surveys for amphibians; electro-fishing to determine fish populations; aquatic habitat condition surveys; sediment sampling; and stream and lake improvement activities. Fieldwork requires camping in remote locations for multiple days. Applicants should have experience in a “wilderness” car rental reservations cheap discount type setting. Applicants should be capable of hiking and wading mountain streams, carrying a backpack, car rental reservations cheap discount as the work requires physical exertion.
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GS-5 Individually, or as a crewmember, the employee conducts fisheries projects requiring adaptation of procedural guides. The employee measures amount and quantity of stream habitat, keeps records of all data and develops these into statistical reports, schedules, services, calibrate repairs, and installs sampling instrumentation, collects data from field recording instruments and makes on-site measurements of study area conditions, runs routine computer programs and checks resulting data for inconsistencies, and provides results to professional personnel for refinement, adjustment, and analysis and may assist in the preparation of reports.
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The Pinedale Ranger District, Bridger-Teton National Forest, is outreaching for up to 2 Range Technicians.  Primary duties include: inspection of range allotments for compliance with management plans and annual car rental reservations cheap discount operating instructions which includes monitoring numbers of livestock, forage utilization standards, and range improvement maintenance. car rental reservations cheap discount The incumbent will report non-compliance or other management needs and keep accurate records on the results of allotment inspections. A large emphasis will be placed car rental reservations cheap discount on fieldwork which includes: range readiness inspections, running nested frequency transects, and treating noxious weeds. Duties may include construction and re-construction of fences. Much of the forest is inaccessible via motorized vehicle. car rental reservations cheap discount Fieldwork may require camping in remote locations for multiple days so applicants car rental reservations cheap discount should have experience in a “wilderness” type setting.
The Bridger-Teton National Forest will be hiring a seasonal Hydrologic Technician for the 2014 summer season. This individual will be hired at the GS-7 level and will be based out of Jackson, Wyoming.
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The Bridger-Teton car rental reservations cheap discount National Forest is outreaching for seasonal Biological Science Technicians (Wildlife) to be stationed on districts across car rental reservations cheap discount the Forest, in Afton, Big Piney, Pinedale, or Jackson. These positions will serve on wildlife crews with duties that may include: avian surveys; carnivore monitoring; or amphibian sampling, mapping, forest, range, and riparian habitat assessments, and plant identification.
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