[PCA] JOB: Forest Service Biologist/Botanist (Atlanta, GA)
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Tue Oct 3 09:01:39 CDT 2006
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From: Phil Hyatt/R8/USDAFS
Here's the outreach for the vice-Levester Pendergrass position we plan to
advertise soon.
As notice within, the duties have shifted since Levester's first
appearance in the USFS in the 1960s, from regional botanist and range
program manager to:
Biologist: 1) non-native invasive species (NNIS) coordinator; 2)
vegetation ecologist; 3) range program manager; and 4) botany program
manager for the Southern Region.
Please submit outreach responses to my supervisor, Jim Fenwood
<jfenwood at fs.fed.us>. I'd be glad to discuss the duties of the position
with anyone.
The outreach notice is also posted in the USFS Lotus Notes outreach list.
pH
Philip E. Hyatt, Acting Regional Botany and Range Program Manager
Biological and Physical Resources Unit, USDA Forest Service, Southern
Region
1720 Peachtree Rd. NW, Rm. 816N, Atlanta, Georgia 30309
Phone:. 404-347-3908
or 404-347-4083 (I'm at the 3908 number but the 4083 is forwarded to it
for now);
cell: 404-375-2359; fax 404-347-4154; email phyatt at fs.fed.us
pH
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OUTREACH NOTICE
Biologist
NNIS, vegetation ecology, range, botany program manager
GS-401-12/13
Biological & Physical Resources Unit
Natural Resources Team
Southern Region
USDA Forest Service
Atlanta, Georgia
Position summary:
The Biological & Physical Resources Unit of the USDA Forest Service in the
Atlanta Southern Regional Office will be advertising a biologist position.
This GS-0401 . 12/13 serves as Program Manager resources related to
non-native invasive species (NNIS), range, and botany programs and reports
to the Director of Biologist and Physical Resources. The position
involves working collaboratively with personnel on the national forests in
the 13 southern states and Puerto Rico. Specific duties include serving as
a member of the Director's staff on annual and out-year planning and
budget, resource planning, annual reports, manual revisions and program
reviews. Provides program and technical leadership to the Director and
other staff units in the management and development of the vegetation
resource to enhance the use and management of National Forest lands. The
position requires considerable travel and participation on Regional and
National Teams. Interagency collaboration and contact with universities
is expected.
Specific duties include:
1) Management of the NNIS program. The Southern Region NNIS program
includes invasive plants and animals from control of fire ants, woolly
adelgid, and other insects to invasive plants such as blankets of kudzu,
aquatic salvinia, and spine-covered tropical soda apple. The program
manager provides leadership in budget and regional strategy for NNIS.
2) Vegetation ecology. Participation in the development of regional and
national initiatives in vegetation ecology will provide the incumbent with
an opportunity to lead in the development of Landfire models, ecological
classification (potential vegetation classification), and existing
vegetation inventory changes in the Southern Region.
3) Range program management. The Regional program spans over 200,000
acres of rangelands from the National Grasslands in Texas north of Dallas
/ Ft. Worth, to high elevation rangelands on balds in the southern
Appalachian mountains, to the flatlands of Florida.
4) Regional botanist. Southern Region forests and grasslands support an
amazing variety of habitats and a rich diversity of species. Coastal
swamplands, flatwoods, and pitcher plant bogs spring from the longleaf
pine and other pinelands of the outer and inner coastal plains of both the
Atlantic seaboard and the Gulf of Mexico. Sharp spines of the Ouachitas
and the rolling hills of the Ozarks compliment the moderate to high
elevation forests of the southern Appalachians. Add in the Caribbean
National Forest of Puerto Rico and you have perhaps the highest diversity
of flora in the country to manage, from listed mosses, lichens, and
liverworts, to a broad array of herbs, and hundreds of woody species.
Location:
The Atlanta Georgia Regional Office houses this position at 1720 Peachtree
Rd. N.W. . Suite 816N - 30309. While accessible by car many workers use
various MARTA bus routes which connect to the MARTA rail system
http://www.itsmarta.com/. Clayton, Cobb, and Gwinnett counties, along
with several other regional bus lines, also provide express bus transit
linked to the Marta system.
Metropolitan Atlanta:
The Greater Atlanta area spans 20 counties with approximately 4.7 million
people. Individuals of the diverse population speak over 150 languages.
Cable television networks broadcast in Spanish and local stores provide
multi-cultural newspapers. Ethnic specialty stores dot the neighborhoods,
selling an amazing variety of foods from around the globe at various
farmers and world markets located throughout the Atlanta region.
HISTORY
In 1837 a junction of two major railroad served as a starting point for
the founding of Atlanta. Originally called Terminus, the town renamed
itself Atlanta in 1845. In 1864, Union Army General William T. Sherman
reduced the city to ashes on his .March to the Sea.. Determined citizens
rebuilt their homes and businesses. Atlanta grew to become the hub of the
Southeast and an international center.
CLIMATE:
The foothills of the Appalachian Mountains rise on Atlanta's north side.
The piedmont topography forms rolling and hilly terrain. The landscape
slopes downward to the east, west and south. The eastern continental
divide runs through the area. As a result the western and southern
sections of the city drain to the Chattahoochee and other linked river
systems into the Gulf of Mexico. Several river systems flowing southeast
in eastern portions of the city drain into the Atlantic. With a mean
elevation of about 1,060 feet above sea level, Atlanta stands as the
second highest major city in America.
Average annual rainfall of approximately 50 inches keeps the rolling,
wooded terrain a lush green from early spring until late fall. Called
"America.s greenest city", the metro area has an estimated 6 million
trees.
The city has a distinct change of seasons with mild winters (less than 1.5
inches of snow) and warm summers, (approximately 30 days over 92 degrees).
Average relative humidity is approximately 70%. A gardener.s paradise,
the city is blessed with a ten month growing season and to see Atlanta in
April is a visual treat; as nature turns the city and its many paths into
a fairyland of pink and white dogwood and fragrant late spring flowers.
HOUSING:
Plentiful rental apartments dot the city and surrounding metro area with
widely varied prices depending on location. Thousands of homes coming on
the market each week provide abundant opportunities to purchase, with
prices depending on location. Atlanta offers a cost-of-living lower than
many other major metropolitan areas including Washington DC, New York,
Boston, Denver, Portland, Orlando and Charlotte, NC. For more
information, check out the Access Atlanta or Atlanta City Guide Web-site
to gain an overview of what's current in the Atlanta area.
MEDICAL:
A multitude of hospitals and clinics provide an above average selection of
health care options from 24-hour quick care facilities to offices of
thousands of doctors, dentists, specialists, and modern hospitals.
Specialty services of home care, adult day care, nursing homes and mental
health facilities provide many other options.
EDUCATION:
Local area schools offer either public or private educational
opportunities for K-12. Several colleges and universities located within
the metro area include Agnes Scott College, Atlanta College of Art, Clark
Atlanta University, Columbia Theological Seminary, Emory University,
Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia State University, Morehouse
School of Medicine, Morris Brown College, Oglethorpe University, Spelman
College, Kennesaw State University, and numerous vocational and technical
schools.
SHOPPING:
>From Lenox Mall near the center of Atlanta to the Mall of Georgia, the
largest mall in the southeast, sixteen malls provide shopping
opportunities throughout the area. Unique neighborhood shops serve the
area. If you can't find it in Atlanta today, it probably doesn't exist.
CHURCHES:
The Atlanta metropolitan area has an abundance of places of worship
representing the vast spectrum of religions and denominations found across
the United States. Atlanta's hospitality is prominent with some of the
warmest and most historically significant congregations.
TRANSPORTATION:
Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, one of the largest air
transportation centers in the world, connects with the Metropolitan
Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority's (MARTA) rapid rail lines giving Atlanta
national-acclaimed public transportation, with 46 miles of track and 1,541
miles of feeder bus routes. Interstates 20, 75, 85, 285, 675, 985 and
Georgia 400 provide controlled access travel throughout the area. Gas
prices and taxes stay lower than surrounding states most of the time.
THINGS TO DO AND SEE:
HOT-LANTA does not get its nickname from the weather! We've got a world
of arts, culture and history, not to mention renowned restaurants, shops
and malls. Browse at www.accessatlanta.com. Here's just a few:
The Georgia Dome serves as home to Atlanta Falcons football team and
hosted the 1994 and 2000 Super Bowl. The Atlanta Hawks basketball team
and the Atlanta Thrashers NHL hockey team at Philips Arena. The Atlanta
Braves' Turner Field serves for baseball and other events. Atlanta also
supports a women's professional soccer team . the Atlanta Beat.
Piedmont Park - A 188-acre haven for walkers, joggers, roller skaters,
roller bladers, picnickers, dog walkers, tennis, and softball players.
Atlanta Botanical Garden and its $3.5 million Fuqua Conservatory, an oasis
of exotic tropical plants from around the world, lies within Piedmont
Park.
The Atlanta Ballet performs at the Civic Center, adjacent to SciTrek,
where more than 100 hand-on-exhibits illustrate basic principles of
science and their application of everyday life.
Atlanta is becoming a Southern version of off-Broadway. Anchored by the
Woodruff Arts Center, which includes the Atlanta Symphony, the Alliance
and Studio Theaters, and the High Museum of Art, Midtown Atlanta is the
address of at least 10 other live performance theaters. One of them, the
Fabulous Fox, is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Fernbank Museum of Natural History houses an IMAX Theater within the
largest natural history museum in the Southeast and one of the largest
planetariums in the nation.
Chastain Memorial Park Amphitheater. Open-air concert goers dine on
elaborate picnic suppers before tuning in to the Atlanta Symphony and
luminaries from the world of jazz and pop.
The world's largest mass of exposed granite with the world's largest
bas-relief sculpture carved on its side - Georgia's Stone Mountain Park.
The 200-acre park is a wonderland of outdoor recreation and family fun.
Top attractions include 36 holes of championship golf, new 80-passenger
skylife, spectacular summer laser light show, and the Road to Tara Museum,
which has the largest permanent public exhibit of Gone with the Wind
memorabilia.
Atlanta's Cyclorama and Civil War Museum located adjacent to Zoo Atlanta
(come see the pandas!), World of Coca-Cola (adjacent to Underground) - the
largest collection of Coca-Cola memorabilia in existence (moving soon next
to Centennial Olympic Park as well as a new aquarium), the
African-American Panoramic Experience - APEX - offers local history, the
annual PGA BellSouth Classic held at a fantastic golf course designed by
Greg Norman, Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site, White Water,
Six Flags Over Georgia, an abundance of malls all over the city, the
annual Peachtree Road Race, luxurious rental houseboats on Lake Lanier -
less than an hour north of Atlanta - and an hour south of Atlanta is the
beautiful Callaway Gardens, and naturally we can't forget the hundreds of
fairs and festivals every year from the North Georgia Mountains to the
east coast beaches of Jeykl Island and Cumberland Island.
HOW TO APPLY:
You may review this vacancy announcement, when it comes out, on the Office
of Personnel Management website www.usajobs.opm.gov.
On this site go to:
1. Job Openings
2. Agency
3. USDA Forest Service
4. add series 0401
5. Georgia
6. Non-Status = YES (for government employees), NO (if not)
7. All
8. Submit
OUTREACH RESPONSE FORM
(SUBMISSION OF THIS INFORMATION IS VOLUNTARY)
If you are interested in this position and want to receive a copy of the
Vacancy Announcement, please complete this form and send via internet mail
or mail the form or fax the form by November 15, 2006 to:
Jim Fenwood E-mail: jfenwood at fs.fed.us
1720 Peachtree Road, NW FAX: 404-347-4154
Suite 816 North PHONE: 404-347-7397
Atlanta, GA 30309
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN OUR VACANCY
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