What are the responsibilities and job description for the Rangeland Management Specialist position at USDA Forest Service - Dakota Prairie Grasslands?
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GS 9/11 https://www.usajobs.gov/job/878801400
GS 7/9: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/878798400
Locations: Dickinson and Watford City, ND and Lemmon, SD
Duties
- Duties are listed at the GS-09 grade level.
- Monitor, gather, analyze, interpret, and evaluate data to determine if land management, economic, and social goals and objectives identified are being achieved.
- Gather and assemble rangeland health, trends, ecological status of vegetation communities, site potential and desired plant community data.
- Prepare portions of environmental assessments as an interdisciplinary team member or team leader.
- Coordinate range and wildlife ecological management with other functional activities with the concept of multiple use management.
- Assist in the administration of grazing permits by consulting, coordinating, and collaborating with permittees.
- Compile material and supply estimates for facilities, construction, and maintenance of rangeland projects.
- Duties are listed at the GS-11 grade level.
- Consults, coordinates, and cooperates with all affected users, interested publics, and private interests including various environmental groups.
- Advises landowners and land lessees on principles of rangeland management and the laws, regulations, and policies governing management of range resources.
- Prepares long and short-range plans based on rangeland resource needs/health/capability, available work force, equipment and budget, and public demands for rangeland resource uses.
- Budgets funds for current fiscal year and plans for out-year funding needs within assigned area of responsibility.
- Conducts complete inventories and annual monitoring of rangeland resource and activities to document degree of impacts occurring, plant community changes and trend of ecological status or diversity that results.
- Prepares and reviews ecological assessments for inclusion in the environmental documentation record as a basis for rangeland project decisions.
- Prepares and reviews Environmental Analysis Reports and reviews applications for rangeland use permits or other rangeland use agreements.
- Reviews rangeland conditions with rangeland users/permittees to identify and resolve rangeland management problems.
- Inspects grazing allotments for compliance to livestock grazing strategies and management practices that are part of the grazing permit.
- Performs supervisory duties 20% or less of the time.
Pay: $50,460.00 - $97,087.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
Salary : $50,460 - $97,087