Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Employment

Welcome to the Great Outdoors! We offer a variety of employment opportunities (both paid and unpaid) ranging from student programs to volunteer programs, and full time employment for men and women with skills in several hundred areas. It's all here, starting with who we are and what we do.

For almost a century, since 1905, USDA Forest Service employees have been on the front line of conservation, intelligent resource utilization, and wildland management. Today, there is more excitement, greater challenge, and more career variety than ever before available to people who join the Nation's premier forest management agency. Managing 51 thousand square miles of the most magnificent lands in our nation is a great responsibility. Managing it in ways that are most effective for the land, water, air, wildlife, and people of America is our mission.

The USDA Forest Service is constantly moving forward. Our fundamental responsibility is still sound and scientific focus on stewardship and sustainability of the land, water and communities, but how that is delivered to the public is changing. Exciting advances in science and technology, communications, national and global priorities, and public expectations are opening new vistas for Forest Service employees.

Much of our work today involves collaboration with other Federal and State agencies, local communities, private and tribal landowners, university research centers, and international organizations.

We are a nationwide organization of more than 30,000 people engaged in hundreds of specific occupations, including Foresters, Biologists, Engineers, Teachers, Firefighters, Accountants, Computer Specialists, Law Enforcement, Public Affairs Specialists, Recreation Specialists, Geographic Information Specialists, and more. Most Forest Service employees focus on managing and improving our Nation's forests and grasslands. Some employees focus on Forest and Range research, others focus on human resource development in Job Corps Centers, and others focus on state and private forestry coordination. This may sound simple, but it's not. It takes men and women in several hundred disciplines working in coordinated teamwork nationwide.

To keep our employees at the top of their profession, we provide world-class training supported by the latest technologies. Career development is ensured through continuing training and career-related education opportunities, both within our organization and through external educational institutions.

If you would like to apply for a position on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest you may request an application packet by doing one of the following:

CALL TOLL FREE: 1-877-813-3476 
or 1-541-523-1413

Visit the Automated Staffing Application Program website: www.fs.fed.us/fsjobs. You may also visit your local Forest Service office to receive additional information about the program.

To view Forest Service vacancy announcements visit the OPM Forest Service site.
To view all federal government vacancy announcements visit www.usajobs.opm.gov.

If you are interested in Fire employment, please see the information posted at the La Grande Hotshot Fire Employment web page, or the Automated Staffing Application Program.

USDA Forest Service - Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Last Modified: Wednesday, 10 March 2004 at 20:21:34 EST