Job Details:
Title:	Supervisory Natural Resource Specialist (Recreation) – 2 Positions	Annual Salary:
Series:	0401/807	Respond By Date:	04/06/10
Grade:	GS-11
Duties:	Two permanent, full-time Supervisory Natural Resource Specialist (Recreation) positions are currently being advertised on the Los Padres National Forest. One of the positions will assigned to the Mount Pinos Ranger District in Frazier Park, CA, and the other position to the Santa Barbara Ranger District near Santa Barbara, CA. Duties: The incumbent of each position will serve as the District Recreation Program Manager with supervisory responsibilities. Duties include supervision of temporary and permanent employees; development and monitoring of budget; volunteer management; preparation of grant and partnership documents; preparation of appropriate environmental documents in support of recreation operations; participation on interdisciplinary teams; participation in the Forest Recreation Officer Group; knowledge of all aspects of recreation management to include operations, maintenance, development, and restoration strategies and practices; preparation and administration of recreation special use permits; and data entry of program related information into a variety of corporate databases. For more information, please contact: Erik L. Van Walden, District Ranger, Mount Pinos Ranger District at (661) 245-3731 x224, or by email at evanwalden@fs.fed.us Douglas Dodge, District Ranger, Santa Barbara Ranger District at (805) 967-3481 x217, or by email at douglasdodge@fs.fed.us
Job Location:
Forest:	Los Padres
District:	Not Applicable
Location Other:	Locations: Mount Pinos Ranger District The Mount Pinos Ranger District office is located in the Frazier Park area approximately 50 miles south of Bakersfield and 65 miles northwest of Los Angeles along the Interstate 5 corridor. Mount Pinos employees receive Los Angeles area locality pay. The Mount Pinos Ranger District encompasses 497,064 acres of the Los Padres National Forest located in the Western Transverse Range and a portion of the Sierra Madre Coastal Range including portions of Kern, Ventura, Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara Counties. Elevations range from 2,000 to 8,830 feet at the summit of Mount Pinos. This variation in elevation offers some of the most diverse landscape on the Los Padres National Forest. Vegetation varies from sagebrush and annual grasses to mixed coniferous forests. The overall recreation program is quite diverse with a wide variety of activities including winter snow play, mountain biking, hunting, OHV riding, equestrian use, hiking, driving for pleasure, and wildlife viewing. Predominant use is day use by culturally diverse recreationists from the Southern San Joaquin Valley and Los Angeles Basin areas. The District’s Recreation program consists of over 200 miles of OHV routes, 80 miles of Wilderness trails, concessionaire operations of campgrounds, winter snow play on Mt Pinos (average annual visitation 75,0000), recreation fee facilities such as campgrounds, concentrated recreation use areas such as Ballinger Canyon and Goldhill OHV areas, and a small recreation residence tract. The District includes the Chumash Wilderness and portions of the Dick Smith and Sespe Wilderness areas. Average annual precipitation in Frazier Park is 9-11 inches with most occurring between December and March. Snow is common and summers are usually dry and warm. For community information visit: www.frazmtn.com www.bakersfieldcity.us www.santa-clarita.com Santa Barbara Ranger District The Santa Barbara Ranger District has various recreational opportunities for day use, developed camping, river access, hunting, recreational shooting, hiking and backpacking, fishing, mountain biking, off-highway vehicles and horseback riding. The District has the most developed and concentrated recreation area on the forest, the Santa Ynez Recreation Area, and it is managed through a concessionaire permit. The District also has a large recreational residence tract and administers many other recreation special use permits. The District is responsible for management of portions of the San Rafael and Dick Smith Wildernesses. The District, in conjunction with the City and County of Santa Barbara, manages numerous front country trails that cross all three jurisdictions. Many District recreation programs and some resource programs are heavily supported through volunteer coordination. The District is home to numerous threatened and endangered species and has a high concentration of cultural sites that can be impacted by forest uses such as recreation, special uses, and fire suppression. The District manages the urban interface with the south coast communities of Goleta, Santa Barbara, Montecito and Carpinteria as well as the watershed for several drinking water reservoirs for these communities. The Santa Barbara Ranger District is located fifteen miles north of the coastal community of Santa Barbara. The other communities of Goleta, Montecito, Summerland, and Carpinteria are all adjacent to Santa Barbara, nestled between the 4,000 foot rise of the Santa Ynez Mountain Range and the Pacific Ocean. The local area provides an outstanding variety of opportunities and activities. Ocean and mountain recreation opportunities are a stones throw from each other. Sporting events, live theater, museums, and cultural events are available. Los Angeles is 92 miles southeast of Santa Barbara, and San Francisco is 332 mile north. The climate is mild and sunny most of the year. Average temperatures range from 56-90 degrees with occasional highs above 100 degrees in the summer and 40-66 degrees in the winter. Average rainfall is about 18 inches a year. For information on the community of Santa Barbara, see www.SantaBarbara.com.
City/State/Zip:	, CA  93117
Location:	The Angeles National Forest is 640,000 acres in size located primarily in Los Angeles county in southern California. Predominate vegetation is chamise chaparral, mixed chaparral, coastal-sage scrub and mixed conifer. The Forest has a tremendous recreation, law enforcement, fire and watershed management workload and a complex urban/wildland interface. Annual wildfire acres average over 17,000 acres per year. Annual law enforcement incidents average about 2500. The Forest Emergency Operation Coordination Center (EOCC) provides Dispatching Services for the Angeles National Forest and the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. The supports over 5500 incidents per year. The EOCC is staffed 24 hours per day, seven days per year. Shift work will be required. Healthy and stable watersheds are extremely important to the over 12 million residents of the Los Angeles basin. The Forest maintains a high level of cooperation with over 20 fire agencies including the Los Angeles County Fire Department Los Angeles City Fire Department and many local municipal departments. The Forest also maintains high levels of cooperations with many Law Enforcement Agencies such as the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office, the Department of Game and Fish, and the California Highway Patrol. The duty station is located in Lancaster, California. Lancaster is located in the Antelope Valley and enjoys a true High Desert climate. High temperatures in the summer average over 100 degrees and low temperatures in the mid-seventies. Temperatures in the winter range from the mid-seventies to the low thirties with occasional snow. Lancaster is centrally located at about equal distance to the beach and the Eastern Sierra Mountains. Housing cost in the Antelope Valley ranges from $70,000 to $200,000. Lancaster and nearby Palmdale are full service communities and offer a full range of entertainment, recreational and educational opportunities LOS ANGELES RIVER AND SAN GABRIEL RIVER RANGER DISTRICTS The Los Angeles River Ranger District represents the recent consolidation of the Tujunga and Arroyo Seco Districts of the Angeles National Forest. The LA River Ranger District makes up approximately one third of the land mass on the Angeles and adjoins the communities of the San Fernando and San Gabriel Valleys just north of the city Los Angeles. The San Gabriel District is located on the eastern end of the forest and is comprised of extensive wilderness along with significant urban interface issues. The two districts represent an extremely complex and challenging fire management work load. The program includes pre-suppression, suppression, fuels management, fire prevention, and facilities. The Angeles National Forest has an average in excess of 200+ fires annually and one of the most complex fuel and topography conditions of any national forest. Initial attacks can involve several jurisdictional agencies with numerous resources. The encumbant will be responsible for the supervision of a variety of suppression resources. This position also requires a knowledge of fuels management planning and execution. The Los Angeles basin provides an outstanding variety of activities for forest employees. World class beaches with scuba diving, sailing and surfing opportunities are less than one hour from the forest. Major league sporting events, live theater, museums and amusement parks all offer recreational activities for people of all interests. Educational opportunities abound near the forest. Local community colleges and state universities provide a broad spectrum of affordable upper division education. Local school systems, both public and private, provide parents with many choices for their children, while continuing education is available from private providers, as well as local community colleges. No government housing is available. Local housing costs range from $120,000 in the Antelope Valley to in excess of $200,000 in some San Fernando/San Gabriel Valley locations. Rentals can be found in all local communities and average between $800 and $1,100, for a three bedroom apartment.
For Further Information Please Contact:
Name:	Sarah Majdiak
Phone:	805.961-5748
Fax:	805.685-5354
TTY:
Address 1:	6755 Hollister Ave Ste 150
Address 2:
City/State/Zip:	CA 93117
Email:	smajdiak@fs.fed.us
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