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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">*Deadline:</span><span style="color:black;background:white"> OCTOBER 7, 2020</span><span style="background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">*Overview: GS-9/11; Permanent; Full-Time</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">*Position: Forest Botanist</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Serves as a Botanist providing technical expert assistance to the unit in matters dealing with threatened, endangered and sensitive plant species and plant community and vegetation
management. Is responsible for the identification, management and plant ecology. Ensures consistency throughout the unit in developing and implementing programs to manage and protect these plants.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Works with other federal land agencies and state agencies in developing sensitive plant lists and plant species management guidelines for plants found on the unit.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Provides advice to the unit in development of species management guides and in maintenance of the unit’s sensitive plant lists. Prepares biological evaluations for the Endangered Species
Act and Forest Service policy requirements for proposed endangered, threatened, and sensitive species. Makes recommendations concerning which plants should be considered sensitive on the unit, and conducts training in habitat analysis, plant identification,
and documentation procedures for threatened, endangered, and sensitive plant species in accordance with forest management plans and objectives. Maintains a current inventory of all known and proposed endangered, threatened, and sensitive species plant occurrence
records.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Serves as a botanical expert when working on interdisciplinary teams interpreting complex botanical situations involving specialists from several management groups and agencies.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Monitors effects of Forest Plan implementation on plant communities and interprets trends where management emphasis changes, including fire and grazing programs. Prepares scientific
information for environmental assessments or draft and final environmental impact statements for the unit.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Prepares scopes of work and government estimates for contracted services. Monitors contract progress and resolves problems with the contractor. Designs and conducts environmental
data collection field surveys for threatened, endangered, and sensitive plants; prepares schedules and cost estimates for field surveys for plants; and interprets the field data.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Develops and conducts a monitoring program at selected plant sites. Provides professional advice and guidance regarding area responsibility as required. Recommends management strategies
for rare, threatened, and endangered plants. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Coordinates with academic institutions regarding specific research and surveys that are periodically conducted on the unit. Attends seminars and meetings and reviews publications and
documents to keep informed on status of threatened, endangered and sensitive plants. Prepares statistical and narrative reports, correspondence and briefings as required.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Reviews environmental assessments and environmental impact statements and makes recommendations to ensure that botanical resources and ecosystem integrity are adequately addressed and
considered. Maintains communication with, and exchanges sensitive plant and native re-vegetation program information with, other botanists, ecologists, and horticulturists associated with the Forest Service, other Federal and State programs, the scientific
community, arboretums, and botanical gardens. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Prepares botanical reports, biological evaluations, and assessments to provide input for various environmental documents. Makes on-the-ground investigations of complex ecological and
botanical conditions of the effects of specific activities on the long-term survival of rare plant species, providing recommendations for action in specific cases.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">*Location: Modoc National Forest, CA</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">*Who may apply:
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">- Current permanent (career or career conditional) Federal employee</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">- Special authorities:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Person with disabilities
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Veterans Recruitment Act</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Disabled veterans w/30% compensable disability</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Former Peace Corps volunteer</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Pathways Program</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">***<b><u>Full announcement and application form attached</u></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Amanda (Mandie) Carr</span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><i><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Coordinator of Botanical <span style="background:white">Communication
and</span> Outreach</span></i><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Bureau of Land Management (Contractor)</span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">1387 S Vinnell Way<span style="background:white"> | </span>Boise, ID 83709<br>
Tel (208) 373-4087</span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Pronouns: she/her/hers</span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-seed-and-plant-material-development" target="_blank" title="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-seed-and-plant-material-development"><span style="color:#0C64C0">Native
Plant Material Development</span></a></span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0C64C0">National
Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration</span></a></span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0C64C0">Plant
Conservation Alliance</span></a></span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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