Forestry Employment Opportunities

Updated: November 6 , 2009

This page is maintained by the Michigan State University Department of Forestry.

Please contact Juli Kerr with electronic copies to have forestry related jobs posted on this page.


Field Forester, Chippewa/East Mackinac Conservation District
Assistant Professor of Ecology - Plant Community Ecologist, Montanta State University
Service Forester, Lead, SD
Forester (multiple positions) - Colorado State Forest Service, submit by 11/13/09
Research Fire Ecologist, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Athens, GA
Project Forester, Northern Laramie Range Forest Management Project, Casper, Wyoming, submit by 10/30/09
Forester 2 (position # 564841) and Forester 3 (position # 564842) - create profile and apply - Indiana
Academic Specialist/Environmental Education Program Coordinator, Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) MSU
N.O.V. - 2 positions - Staff Forester I - Forest Inventory & Analysis, Texas Forest Service
Hi-Ranger Operator, City of Ft. Wayne, Indiana
Chair, Department of Forestry, University of Kentucky
Post-doctoral Fellowship - Modeling of Human and Natural Systems - University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Natural Resource Manager - Forest Inventory, Land Services Department, Natural Resource Management Division, Crow Wing County, Brainerd, Minnesota
Forester - Oklahoma Forestry Services
Technical Service Project Representative - Viance, LLC - Western United States and Canada
Consumers Energy Forestry Operations Internship
Graduate Assistantship - Department of Forestry - Available Immediately
Student Research Assistant - MSU Forest Entomology Research Team
Two M.S. Assistanships in Bioenergy from Cellulosic Feedstocks
Senior Ecologist/Conservation Program Manager - Great River Greening
Seasonal Forestry Positions - Colorado State Forest Service - Gould, Colorado
Staff Forester I - Notice of vacancy - Texas Forest Service, Kerrville, TX
Forest Technician - Seasonal Employment - Bureau of Land Management in Idaho.
Wildland Firefighters -several positions - Plumas National Forest - Beckwourth Hotshots
Bellinger's Tree Care, Indiana - 2 positions - Arborist Crew Leader - Climbing Arborist
Rain Forest Alliance, Portland, Oregon - 2 positions


Chain-of-Custody Associate
Chain-of-Custody Coordinator

Land Manager - Pineland Properties, Eastern Upper Peninsula
Research Forester or Research Ecologist, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station
Director, Michigan Natural Features Inventory, Michigan State University Extension, Lansing, MI
Forest Management Associate, US Region, SmartWood Program - RainForest Alliance
Stewardship Lead Worker, Island Lake Recreation Area, Brighton, MI
Log Yard Supervisors - Besse Forest Products Group
Climbers, plant health care specialist, and lawn care specialist - Davey Trees, Toledo, Ohio
Conservation District Forester - Leelanau Conservation District
Staff Forestry - Cold Springs Forestry, LLC - AuTrain, Michigan
Tree Work - West Michigan Tree Services, Grand Rapids

Arkansas Forestry Commission - frequent new job postings, check out their web site


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