Overview
The Sierra Institute for Community and Environment (Sierra Institute), in cooperation with the Lassen Volcanic National Park (LAVO) is hiring an eight-person Wilderness Fuels Module to perform fuels management/reduction in LAVO to promote future prescribed and/or managed fire activities in wilderness/non-wilderness areas of the park.
Daily tasks will include safely falling, bucking, and limbing live and dead trees and constructing fireline using predominantly non-mechanized equipment (e.g., crosscut saws, axes, etc.) in undeveloped wilderness areas. Crew members will also use non-mechanized equipment to fall low-complexity, small diameter trees. Mechanical thinning (chainsaws) may be used for project implementation in non-wilderness areas. Fuels are rearranged, either by piling or lopping and scattering depending upon fuel loading, to facilitate future prescribed fire. Hitches will be eight, ten-hour days long, with six days off.
Qualifications:
Field experience in forest or other natural resource management
Experience utilizing non-mechanized equipment to perform fuels reduction
Good physical conditioning to work and walk in the forest all day carrying day-packs with equipment during all types of weather
Ability to live in a campsite setting for eight days at a time
Ability to effectively work with diverse teams or with diverse groups of people
About Sierra Institute for Community and Environment
The Sierra Institute promotes healthy forests, watersheds, and communities by investing in the well-being of
rural communities and strengthening their participation in natural resource management. Our work supports
initiatives that simultaneously benefit the environment, economy, and equity within a given landscape. Sierra
Institute’s P-CREW Youth Corps is an essential pathway to the professional opportunity for diverse youth. Sierra
Institute is located in Taylorsville, CA (population 154), and lies within an area referred to as “Indian Valley”
that includes the communities of Greenville and Crescent Mills. Indian Valley offers uniquely rural community
events and is surrounded by public lands including Plumas National Forest, Lassen National Forest, and Lassen
Volcanic National Park.