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<b>The Hemlock Restoration Initiative will be hiring multiple seasonal Forestry Technicians and one
permanent Crew Leader position to begin mid-to-late September 2023.
</b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Both job descriptions and instructions for how to apply can be found on our website: </span></font><a href="https://savehemlocksnc.org/job-openings-hri-forestry-technicians-and-crew-leader/" target="_blank">https://savehemlocksnc.org/job-openings-hri-forestry-technicians-and-crew-leader/</a></p><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">Brief summaries <span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">of the two positions are below.</span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></font></div><div><br><div><b>Program Description:</b>
The Hemlock Restoration Initiative (HRI) is a grant-funded program
managed by WNC Communities’ Forestry Education LLC. HRI’s mission is to
work with a variety of partners and existing programs to restore
hemlocks to long-term health throughout North Carolina and ensure that
eastern and Carolina hemlocks can resist hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA)
and survive to maturity on North Carolina’s public and private lands.
This is accomplished through establishing hemlock conservation areas
(HCAs), implementing chemical and biological control of HWA, supporting
the restoration efforts of partner agencies, and educating private
landowners and others on the importance of hemlocks and how they can
help conserve hemlocks on their own properties or as volunteers on larger
public lands projects.</div><div><br></div><div><b>HRI Forestry Crew Leader position summary: </b>The
Crew Leader will help train, motivate, work alongside, manage and
oversee a small team of forestry technicians in hemlock restoration
activities on national, state and otherwise conserved forests, including
parks, game lands, and private lands across Western North Carolina.
These activities will consist of scouting and assessing the health of
hemlock stands, writing and updating hemlock treatment plans for each
site, installing and collecting data from impact monitoring plots,
conducting chemical treatments for HWA, and to a lesser degree
supporting other HWA control strategies, including biological and
silvicultural control strategies. The Crew Leader is responsible for
ensuring that the crew produces high quality work to achieve successful
project outcomes that meet HRI’s and partners’ expectations. The Crew
Leader will possess good judgment, professionalism, leadership and
communication skills, initiative, willingness to learn, emotional
maturity and resilience, resourcefulness, and comfort in the outdoors.
This individual will work closely and collaborate with the HRI program
director and other staff members, but will be the primary point of
contact for landowners, managers, and members of the public when
on-site. They may also help coordinate, manage, and oversee volunteers
and other “guest crews” not employed by HRI on occasion.</div><div><br></div><div><b>HRI Forestry Technician position summary: </b>Our
Forestry Technician crew is on the front-lines in our program to
control HWA on forest lands in North Carolina. As a Forestry Technician,
you will work fall through spring as part of a small team conducting
hemlock restoration activities on national, state, and otherwise
conserved forests, including parks, game lands, and private lands across
Western North Carolina. These activities will consist of scouting and
assessing the health of hemlock stands, writing and updating hemlock
treatment plans for each site, installing and collecting data from
impact monitoring plots, conducting chemical treatments for HWA, and to a
lesser degree supporting other HWA control strategies, including
biological and silvicultural control strategies. On occasion, the
technician crew will work with others (such as volunteers, Job Corps,
ACE, BRIDGE, other agency staff, etc.) to accomplish the above tasks.</div><div><br></div><div>Both
positions are an excellent opportunity to be a member of a dynamic
team, play an influential role in addressing an important forest health
issue, and work in ecologically special and often stunningly beautiful
natural areas across Western North Carolina and the Southern
Appalachians. The ideal candidate will believe in the program’s mission,
embrace a positive, collegial culture, and relish being a member of a
hard-working team for a transformative non-profit organization.</div><div><br></div><div>
WNC Communities’ Forestry Education LLC is an equal opportunity
employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without
regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, mental or
physical disabilities, marital status, veteran status, sexual
orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, or
any other characteristic protected by applicable law. All employment
decisions shall be consistent with the principles of equal opportunity
employment. Accommodations to enable all individuals to participate in
the application process may be provided upon advance request. People
with diverse skills and experience and individuals who identify with
groups typically under-represented in the conservation industry are
encouraged to apply.
</div><div><br></div><div>Please direct questions to HRI director, Margot Wallston, at <a href="mailto:director@savehemlocksnc.org" target="_blank">director@savehemlocksnc.org</a>.<div class="gmail-yj6qo"></div><div class="gmail-adL"><br><br></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2">Thom Green (he/him/his)<br></font></div><div><font size="2">Outreach & Landowner Support Manager<br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2">Hemlock Restoration Initiative</font></div><div><i><font size="2">A program of WNC Communities<br></font></i></div><div><i><font size="2"></font></i></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><font size="2">Office: (828) 252-4783</font><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><a href="mailto:info@savehemlocksnc.org" target="_blank">info@savehemlocksnc.org</a><br><a href="https://savehemlocksnc.org/" target="_blank">SaveHemlocksNC.org</a><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zw-6yY2XlPnXPiAo9IOENzVeL8IMs6sIRVwbB43wN2HpvXuiLZishLnIMWg1X9MnCVhHj9vQU" width="200" height="42"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>