Location: Quinault Division of Natural Resources – Taholah, WA

Salary and Benefits:  Competitive salary, dependent on qualifications;  moving expense reimbursement; full benefit package that includes full health insurance (no premium for individuals), 401k w/match, generous vacation & sick leave, and 14 paid holidays; Optional participation in wildland fire program.

Employment Status:  Full time, Permanent

Closing Date:  Open until filled

General Description:

The Quinault Indian Reservation (QIR), located on Washington State’s scenic Olympic Peninsula, includes approximately 160k acres of timberland producing 47 million board feet annually.  The Quinault Division of Natural Resources is seeking an experienced professional individual to conduct harvest and environmental management planning activities for all Reservation trust forest lands.

Primary Functions:

• The Forest Environmental Planner is responsible for full and proper implementation of the Quinault Indian Reservation Forest Management Plan (FMP). Major duties include facilitating the Interdisciplinary Team process, managing the submittal of ESA required documents to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Project Consistency Forms (PCF) to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, maintaining the PCF database and tracking all ESA documents, assisting the Inventory and Harvest section with timber sale scheduling and completing all annual reporting requirements related to the FMP.
• Duties also include managing the FMP update process every ten years including coordinating the required environmental/NEPA process and the ESA Section 7 consultation process.
• Coordinating, updating and writing the Forest History Report and the Forest Practice Regulations.