Duties. Assists with reviews and analyses of NRCS functions/programs in support of the Management and Strategy activities. Utilizes program plans, operating budgets, and interviews to determine the continued effectiveness of plans, programs, and policies. Participates with higher level specialists in planning sessions and discussions of innovative ways to carry out assigned programs and new programs. Assists with researching and identifying progr...
Duties. Provides guidance and training on cultural resource issues to field office personnel in the assigned area of responsibility. Serves as liaison to other federal, state, tribal and local agencies involved with cultural resource issues. Determine and prioritizes allocation of time and resources to best achieve annual goals of the cultural resource program for the assigned area of responsibility. Serves as liaison to other federal, state, tri...
Duties. Responsible for the collection, quality control (QC), data entry, and annual archive of hydrometeorological data within the boundaries of the NRCS Utah Data Collection Office jurisdiction. Provides technical assistance to the snow survey staff in data collection, data entry, verification, quality control, processing and archival. Analyzes, interprets and communicates relevant snowpack water supply information to end users. Assists in the ...
Duties. Develop, implement, and track a statewide outreach plan each fiscal year. Serve as a specialist for outreach to traditionally underserved audiences and explain NRCS programs and policies for target audiences and underserved populations. Assist in the development of specialized publications, talking points, presentations, and other communication materials to target the needs and priorities of individualized audiences throughout the state. ...
Duties. Provides guidance and training on cultural resource issues to field office personnel in the assigned area of responsibility. Serves as liaison to other federal, state, tribal and local agencies involved with cultural resource issues. Determine and prioritizes allocation of time and resources to best achieve annual goals of the cultural resource program for the assigned area of responsibility. Serves as liaison to other federal, state, tri...
Duties. Provides technical leadership for core Business Tools including Conservation Desktop, Conservation Client Gateway, Customer Service Toolkit (CST) and related extensions, and other related applications. Provides training, coordinates deployment of software and hardware upgrades, and manages access to agency Business Tools. Provides support and guidance to field, area, and state staff for common GIS applications and tasks. Performs activiti...
Duties. Conducts manual snow surveys, performs maintenance on and assists with the installation of Snow Telemetry (SNOTEL) stations. Provides Hydro- meteorological support to the Snow Survey Program. Determines user needs for basic hydro-meteorological data. Assists in training NRCS cooperative personnel from other agencies in snow course, SNOTEL maintenance, accurate data collection techniques. Conducts routine and annual maintenance on climate ...
Duties. Provides leadership in completing conservation easement workload within and across NRCS Organizational Areas. Organizes, facilitates, and executes activities to meet the needs of the states programs for Food Security Act (FSA). Implements policies provided by the conservation provisions of the current Farm Bill. Maintains effective working relationships with partners. Ensures consistency and efficiency in completing conservation easement ...
Duties. Assist in gathering and assembling preliminary data for all resource concerns for use in developing complete basic farm conservation plans, including conducting engineering surveys and preparing drawings for conservation practices common to the area. Assist the District conservationist with coordinating surveys, performs monitoring, compiles/analyzes biological data, and prepares reports using statistical inference where applicable. Assis...
Duties. Provide technical leadership for the Area Soil Resource activities and ensures that quantity and quality of the work performed meets National Cooperative Soil Survey standards. Conduct investigations to determine soil suitability for special crops, highways, structures, etc. Furnishes technical assistance on soils interpretations for urban, industrial, resource maps, and other general interpretive maps for specific land uses. Collect soil...
Duties. Assist in gathering and assembling preliminary data for all resource concerns for use in developing complete basic farm conservation plans, including conducting engineering surveys and preparing drawings for conservation practices common to the area. Utilize Toolkit/Protracts programs in the documentation and management of conservation plans and technical assistance by the service center. Carry out a follow-up schedule for applying soil c...
Duties. Provides technical leadership and assistance in agronomic, precision agriculture, and soil health to individual land users or groups of land users. Assesses and evaluates soil and water resource management problems and farming practices on individual or multiple tracts of land in the assigned area. Evaluates effectiveness of agronomic practices, identify technical problems and/or deficiencies, recommend improvements, and motivate landowne...
