Summary: 

We’re hiring two seasonal, full-time Refuge Forestry Technicians in the Northeast. These positions will support the monitoring and tracking of forest vegetation, habitat, and health by installing long-term monitoring plots and completing forest management related tasks across Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge. 

This program is made possible through the Northern Forest National Wildlife Refuge Stewardship Partnership, a collaboration between the Guild and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). 

The key responsibilities include: 

• Installing long-term monitoring plots while navigating off-trail to sampling sites 
• Collecting field data across diverse forest ecosystems, including tree identification, diameter measurements, seedling abundance, and the volume of coarse woody material. 
• Implementing other forestry-related tasks as assigned, such as cruising, boundary marking, mechanical removal of invasive species, trail maintenance, forest road repair, and pre-commercial thinning. 

Collaborating with team members to ensure data integrity, quality assurance, and timely reporting.