Rangeland Management Specialist - Fort Collins, United States - Department Of The Interior

Description

Summary

This position located in NPS Regional Office Serving Interior Regions 6,7 and 8, in the Resources Stewardship and Science Division.

Open to the first 50 applicants or until 04/01/2024 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.

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Duties

• Directs an intricate program of livestock grazing, grazing and range management, and related activities that involve sensitive and complex issues that may impact a wide variety of park issues. Knowledge of laws, regulations, and federal government policies and guidelines regarding the management and monitoring of vegetation and fauna, including endangered and exotic species, in order to assure that program goals and objectives reflect national priorities and policies. Knowledge of the characteristics, conditions, and interrelationships of livestock, vegetation, wildlife resources, and ecological systems to define program needs and evaluate results of management programs.
• Serves as a principal advisor to parks in the Region on the management of grazing and rangeland ecology and management. Represents the Region and Superintendent when working with others on livestock, grazing, and range matters. Develops and maintains liaisons and effective working relations with related groups and individuals, agencies, and the public in order to encourage and facilitate cooperative regional management strategies. Attends management and professional conferences and other events for the purpose of exchanging information, presenting technical and policy information, and advancing advocacy for park stewardship. Assists natural resources management staff in parks, centers, and support offices by providing direct professional and programmatic advice and support. Develops and carries out statistically valid data collection protocols. Performs data collection using the appropriate advanced technology. Performs data entry and carries out quality control checks on data collection and entry performed by others. Conducts analysis of complex data. Determines and documents the significance of findings.
• Develops and prepares major sections of appropriate park management plans dealing with livestock, vegetation, rangeland resources, and wildlife. Develops and prepares major portions of the resources management plan and specific action plans
  
  pertaining to the ecological management of rangelands based on an inventory of the resources by using maps, aerial photography, satellite imagery, and other data to carry out park and agency rangeland ecology and management goals. Prepares specific action plans needed to protect and manage species or populations of special concern such as threatened or endangered species or to control exotic or feral species. Evaluates EAs and environmental impact statements for projects that may affect park resources.
• Develops and implements long range plans for the inventory, evaluation, documentation, preservation, research, and interpretation of the park's natural resources within the appropriate mission, objectives, and resources contexts. Develops guidelines to deal with the more complex or unusual problems, or with novel, undeveloped, or controversial aspects of wildlife biology, livestock and range management, and other natural resources and their management. Coordinates management strategies and programs with those on adjacent lands for the purposes of achieving broad ecosystem protection strategies and preventing human impacts. In cooperation with appropriate staff, researchers, and partners, the incumbent designs, develops, tests, and implements scientific monitoring protocols to identify, evaluate, and do long-term monitoring of vegetation and fauna.
• Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.