Salary Range
Salary Range: $40,548 - $71,532
Beginning Salary: $40,548 - $46,488 depending upon qualification.
Duties and Responsibilities
Works collaboratively with Forestry Division and other land
management staff to assess needs and implement applied research on
silviculture and forest stand dynamics as related to forest-system
management; cooperates and collaborates with other resource division
personnel, designs, budgets, directs and conducts multiple, high
priority research, monitoring and evaluation, and adaptive management
projects; develops and directs components of the long-term,
large-scale, silviculture-related Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem
Project (MOFEP); chairs the MOFEP Steering Committee and coordinates
scientific studies in collaboration with a diversity of principle
investigators from multiple agencies; works collaboratively with
field and research staff on multi-disciplinary ecosystem-based
management projects; designs and implements new research projects;
works closely with Resource Staff Scientist and MOFEP field
coordinator at Ellington, MO and graduate research assistants;
analyzes and interprets data using a wide variety of statistical
methods and prepares scientific manuscripts, reports, forest
management notes, popular articles, and presentations to communicate
research results; provides silvicultural monitoring and evaluation
assistance to Department of Conservation regions statewide; provides
information to field staff regarding new technologies and research
findings to improve efficiency and effectiveness of management
practices; provides silvicultural expertise to managers who would
like to implement new or untried practices (e.g., unevenaged forest
management for oaks, pine savanna creation); develops and conducts
silvicultural training for Conservation Department personnel;
prepares seminars and field activities to effectively train personnel
in the concepts and implementation of ecologically driven
decision-making and subsequent adaptive strategies; develops general
work plans, provides input during research project reviews and
actively participates on project review teams for other research;
maintains the capacity to conduct high-quality research by reading
current applicable scientific literature, attending and participating
in scientific meetings; collaborates with research and management
staff from universities, other state and federal agencies and
non-governmental organizations on regional and inter-regional issues,
and participates in continuing education workshops and training
courses; and performs other duties as required.
Qualifications
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Master's
Degree in Forestry and three (3) years of progressively responsible
professional experience in silviculture, forest management, stand
dynamics, forestry research and/or field forestry work; or an
equivalent combination of education and experience.
Dawn Henderson, PhD.
Missouri Department of Conservation
Forest Systems Field Station Supervisor
Ozark Regional Office
551Joe Jones Blvd.
West Plains, MO 65775
Tele:417-256-7161, ext. 301
Fax: 417-256-0429
Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned
and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat
money. ~Cree Indian Proverb
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