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Welcome to the Great Outdoors! We offer a variety of employment
opportunities (both paid and unpaid) ranging from student programs
to volunteer programs, and full time employment for men and women
with skills in several hundred areas. It's all here, starting with
who we are and what we do.
For almost a century, since 1905, USDA
Forest Service employees have been on the front line of conservation,
intelligent resource utilization, and wildland management. Today,
there is more excitement, greater challenge, and more career variety
than ever before available to people who join the Nation's premier
forest management agency. Managing 51 thousand square miles of the
most magnificent lands in our nation is a great responsibility. Managing
it in ways that are most effective for the land, water, air, wildlife,
and people of America is our mission.
The USDA Forest Service is constantly moving forward. Our fundamental
responsibility is still sound and scientific focus on stewardship
and sustainability of the land, water and communities, but how that
is delivered to the public is changing. Exciting advances in science
and technology, communications, national and global priorities, and
public expectations are opening new vistas for Forest Service employees.
Much of our work today involves collaboration with other Federal and
State agencies, local communities, private and tribal landowners,
university research centers, and international organizations.
We are a nationwide organization of more than 30,000 people engaged
in hundreds of specific occupations, including Foresters, Biologists,
Engineers, Teachers, Firefighters, Accountants, Computer Specialists,
Law Enforcement, Public Affairs Specialists, Recreation Specialists,
Geographic Information Specialists, and more. Most Forest Service
employees focus on managing and improving our Nation's forests and
grasslands. Some employees focus on Forest and Range research, others
focus on human resource development in Job Corps Centers, and others
focus on state and private forestry coordination. This may sound simple,
but it's not. It takes men and women in several hundred disciplines
working in coordinated teamwork nationwide.
To keep our employees at the top of their profession, we provide world-class
training supported by the latest technologies. Career development
is ensured through continuing training and career-related education
opportunities, both within our organization and through external educational
institutions.
As you explore this employment site, you'll discover not only currently
available permanent and temporary positions, but also major Forest
Service career fields and what it means to be part of our organization
and our ongoing efforts to Care for the Land and Serve People.
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