egree burns while assisting dozer operations in Division X. At the time of the entrapment, the firefighter was utilizing an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) to scout line and coordinate dozer activities.

uss the tools and functionality currently available in the IFTDSS, and will discuss the workflow scenarios that have been developed to address common goals and objectives in fuels treatment planning. Click the link to register. https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/885322217

burning on the Wind River Reservation is just such a fire. It is winding down now due to cooler temperatures and more precipitation. This slide show was developed by Michelle Buzalsky, a USDA FS Range Technician from Lander, WY to show the fire's progression through the lens of aerial shots. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxYDhWzSVYBiX3g1TDh3OHhTNUE/edit?pli=1

ng process. The chlorophyll breaks down, the green color disappears, and the yellow to orange colors become visible and give the leaves part of their fall splendor."
http://www.esf.edu/pubprog/brochure/leaves/leaves.htm

As a Supervisory Forester, you will:

•Be responsible in planning, managing, and providing program oversight and guidance to the Navajo Region, Division of Forestry activities and to the Navajo Nation Department of Forestry.
•serve as the Branch Chief who provides recommendations to the Regional Director and the Deputy Regional Director of Trust Services in the support of the Division of Forestry, Branch of Forestry, Navajo Nation Departments and Committees; and cooperates with and federal agencies regarding Forestry Management practices on the Navajo Nation Forests.
•Responsible for planning and directing the administration and execution of a program for the management, conservation, protection and utilization of the forest resource in trust ownership on the Navajo Reservation.
•Responsible for the preparation of the budget for all assigned functions and activities based on realistic work load statistics, personnel requirements and equipment needs.
•Collaborates with the Navajo Nation Department of Forestry in preparing project proposals for forestry activities and conducts oversight on funded projects.
•Serves as the Navajo Region, Awarding Official Technical Representative (AOTR) to administer P.L. 93- 638 contracts.
•Provides comprehensive and on-going technical advice and guidance to the Navajo Nation and the Navajo Nation Department of Forestry, Navajo Division of Natural Resources, Navajo Environmental Protection Agency, Navajo tribal leaders in the management and administration of tribally owned forest and related resources.
•Conducts continuing communication and field inspections with permittees, private landowners, contractors, allotted land owners and tribal groups to identify forest management, access negotiation needs including improvements, weed and brush control, seeding, water and wildlife management.
•Responsible for timber sale preparation work includes: selection of sale areas; design of various types of timber cruises; statistical analysis; road planning and cost estimating; silvicultural prescription writing, identification of critical areas requiring special treatment because of potential environmental, ecological, recreation or aesthetic problems; timber value appraisals; preparation of Forest Officer’s Reports.
•Responsible for providing administration of timber sales.
•Coordinates with the Navajo Nation Department of Forestry and representatives of Federal, State and Tribal Natural Resources agencies to analyze the report formulation and provide recommendations for modification of the tentative silviculture prescription to meet identified multiple use objectives (i.e., wildlife protection, watershed protection, recreational use, grazing use, traditional culture forest use value).
•Develops information on short and long-range budgets, prepares annual work plans, manages and monitors specific program finances to insure funds are being used appropriate and reports requirement as the Navajo Region, Forestry Branch Chief.
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