[Pollinator] Job Announcement: Los Padres National Forest - Biological Technician (Plants)

Thu Jan 5 10:05:30 PST 2017

*Posting available at
https://fsoutreach.gdcii.com/?id=03E84A73F9684588A9E12DE067CC0557
<https://fsoutreach.gdcii.com/?id=03E84A73F9684588A9E12DE067CC0557> *

*OUTREACH NOTICE*

*LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST*

*For more information on the Los Padres National Forest, visit the*

*forest**’**s website at **www.fs.fed.us/r5/lospadres
<http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/lospadres>*

*TITLE:*

Biological Technician (Plants) -

Temporary Position (Not-To-Exceed

1039 hours)

*DUTY LOCATION:*

Mt. Pinos Ranger District

Frazier Park, CA

*SERIES:*

GS-0404-05

*GRADE:*

GS-05 ($17.73 per hour)

The Los Padres National Forest is advertising for a not to exceed (NTE
1039) Temporary Biological Technician

(Plants) - GS-0404-05 on our Mt. Pinos Ranger District in Frazier Park, CA.

*DUTIES *: The Mt. Pinos Ranger District is looking for a botanist with
strong taxonomic and horticultural skills as

well as strong team-building skills to manage and expand the district
native plant and pollinator garden program.

Key tasks will focus on assisting with and developing multiple habitat
enhancement projects for monarch

butterflies and other native pollinators. These tasks will include:

• Conducting field surveys to locate and map pollinator host and nectar
plants;

• Estimating the timing of seed availability and collecting and cleaning
seed;

• Proposing, designing, and conducting in consultation with the project
lead (the Mt. Pinos Ranger District

Resource Officer) other routine-to-complex native plant, pollinator, and
phenology surveys;

• Using computer systems and associated software to record, organize,
store, and analyze data related to the

native plant and pollinator garden program, primarily in an office setting
but also in a field setting;

• Field surveys may involve highly physical labor and daily hiking often to
remote locations in rugged terrain

under possible adverse weather conditions. The surveys and mapping will
require the use of global

positioning systems, aerial photographs, topographic maps, GIS, and/or
compass in navigation;

• Planning and tending restoration gardens and conducting the range of
associated horticultural and

restoration duties, such as planting, weeding, irrigating, and carrying out
native plant nursery work,

particularly with our established partner, the Frazier Mountain High School
Future Farmers of America

group, and well as with new, future partners;

• Planning and performing routine-to-complex tasks involving invasive
non-native plant management and

treatment, such as inventory, monitoring, and control by hand-pulling or
using hand tools or the use of

power tools (after meeting any training and certification requirements); and

• Hosting workshops in collaboration with the Mt. Pinos Ranger District
Resource Officer to inform and engage

new cooperators, partners, and volunteers;

Approximate dates of employment for this vacancy are April 2017 thru
October 2017 (or later date, to be

determined by available funding).

*HOUSING: *Space in Forest Service barracks may be available at
approximately $7-$8 per day. These rates may

vary and applicants are encouraged to check with the identified contacts
regarding any changes in barrack rates

and barrack availability for their respective locations.

*APPLICATION PERIOD: *The application announcement is projected to open
beginning January 17, 2017 and close

January 23, 2017 . Please continue to view this outreach for updates on
announcement #, direct link to vacancy

announcement/ application when opens January 17, and possible changes to
scheduled application period.

If you respond to this outreach you still must apply through
www.usajobs.gov once
positions are advertised. This

outreach is only to gage interest. *If you respond to the outreach and
provide your email, you will receive a direct*

12/16/2016

*link to the application when it becomes available. You can respond by
selecting the following link:*

https://fsoutreach.gdcii.com?id=03E84A73F9684588A9E12DE067CC0557

*FOREST: *Los Padres National Forest encompasses approximately 1.75 million
acres of central California's scenic

coastal mountain ranges. The forest stretches across almost 220 miles from
north to south and consists of two

separate land divisions. The northern division is comprised of the very
unique Big Sur coastal range descending

steeply to the ocean on the west and to the Salinas Valley on the east. It
is within Monterey County and northern

San Luis Obispo County. The “main division” is unique in being a transverse
east-west costal range divided by the

Sierra Madre Ridge and draining to the ocean on the south and to the Cuyama
valley to the north. It includes

lands within San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura and Kern Counties.

*Mt. Pinos Ranger District: *The District office is located in the Frazier
Park area approximately 50 miles south of

Bakersfield and 65 miles northwest of Los Angeles along the Interstate 5
corridor. Mt. Pinos employees receive

Los Angeles area locality pay. Most employees live in the local mountain
communities or commute from

Bakersfield, Lancaster, or Santa Clarita. A Government trailer pad may be
available.

The Mt. Pinos Ranger District encompasses 497,064 acres of the Los Padres
National Forest located in the

Western Transverse Range and a portion of the Sierra Madre Coastal Range of
California including portions of

Kern, Ventura, Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara Counties. Elevations range
from 2,000 to 8,830 feet at the summit

of Mount Pinos. This variation in elevation offers some of the most diverse
landscape on the Los Padres National

Forest. Vegetation varies from sagebrush and annual grasses to mixed
coniferous forests. There are numerous

recreational opportunities on the district with campgrounds, three
Wilderness areas, motorized and

non-motorized trails to ride, hike and horseback; and hunting opportunities
for upland birds and big game. The

District has the largest OHV program on the Forest with 220 miles of
designated OHV trails.

Average annual precipitation in Frazier Park is 9-11 inches with most
occurring between December and March.

Snow is common and summers are usually dry and warm.

For community information visit: www.frazmtn.com www.bakersfieldcity.us
www.santa-clarita.com

If you would like more information please contact Ivana Noell, Resource
Officer on the Mt. Pinos Ranger District

of the Los Padres National Forest.

*Phone: 661-245-3731 x. 7232*

*E-Mail : **inoell at fs.fed.us <inoell at fs.fed.us>*

*Address: 34580 Lockwood Valley Rd.*

*Frazier Park, CA 93225*

*Thank you for your interest and response!*

*USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.*

*The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all
its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national*

*origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, parental status,
religion, political beliefs genetic information reprisal, sexual
orientation,*

*marital status, family status, or because all or part of an individual’s
income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all*

*prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who
require alternative means for communication of program information*

*(Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA’s Target
Center at (201) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of*

*discrimination, write USDA Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400
Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington DC 20250-9410 or call (800)*

*795-3272 (voice) or (201) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity
provider and employer.*

*REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION: The USDA Forest Service provides reasonable
accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you*

*need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring
process, please contact the point of contact listed on the*

*Outreach Notice. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be
made on a case-by-case basis.*

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Program and Development Associate

Pollinator Partnership

423 Washington Street, 5th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111

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