OUTREACH NOTICE
Program Manager for Air, Water, and Aquatic Environments Science Program,
GS-0401-15 Supervisory Biologist
Rocky Mountain Research Station
***The comprehensive outreach notice and response form are available
online: http://www.fs.fed.us/rmrs/content/program-managers/ Please return
your completed response form by May 14, 2008.
The USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS)
headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado (http://www.fs.fed.us/rm)
anticipates filling a permanent full-time Program Manager position at the
GS-15 grade level. The salary range is $89,115 to $145,201. The position
reports to the RMRS’s Deputy Director and serves as a member of the
Station’s Leadership Team. The position will be located in one of the
following locations: Albuquerque, New Mexico; Boise, Idaho; or Fort
Collins, Colorado. The position vacancy announcement will be open to all US
citizens, government and nongovernment. The vacancy announcement will be
advertised through www.usajobs.gov and www.avuedigitalservices.com in
approximately 45 days.
The major responsibilities of this position are to develop, implement, and
lead an air, water and aquatic environment science program for the Rocky
Mountain Research Station. The program has 17 research scientists as well
as supporting staff. Key functions include: science program leadership,
planning, and management (45%); supervisory and managerial responsibilities
(30%); and consultation with other biologists and scientists (25%).
Program Description:
Air quality, water availability, water quality, and aquatic habitats are
critical issues within the rapidly changing Western United States. Air,
water and aquatic resources are essential to society, as a life support and
as an economic mainstay for individuals, communities, local and state
governments. Forest and rangeland land management, coupled with human
expansion has a significant influence on the quality and quantity of these
resources. A long history of overgrazing by livestock, timber harvest,
fire suppression, mining operations, recreational activities, road
construction in valley and canyon bottoms and hill slopes, and dams and
water diversions is impacting entire watersheds – uplands, stream, wetlands
and riparian ecosystems. Increasing dependence upon watersheds for off-
site domestic water supplies, irrigation, and recreation has added
complexity to the challenges faced by watershed managers. Natural
disturbances, such as climate change and uncharacteristic fires and weather
patterns, are rapidly changing known patterns outdating current air, water
and aquatic management understanding and monitoring. Research is needed to
understand natural processes, and how human management and other
interventions impact these critical resources.
The Air, Water, and Aquatic Sciences Program is committed to the
development of knowledge and science applications related to air and water
quality, as well as the habitat quality, distribution, diversity, and
persistence of fish and other aquatic species. The RMRS Water, Air and
Aquatic Science Program Objectives are aligned with our National Forest
Service Strategic Plan and National Forest Service Research and Development
Strategic Program Areas. These objectives include:
• Ecosystem Processes - Providing basic and applied science to understand
how ecosystem processes and management actions influence forest and
rangeland air quality, water quality and quantity, and aquatic habitats.
• Air and fire Interactions - Providing basic and applied science to
understand wildland fire behavior, danger, smoke and weather to reduce risk
to lives, property, and natural resources.
• Climate Variability and Extreme Events - Providing science to understand
how air and water pollution, climate variability and change, and chronic
and extreme events impact aquatic, forest and rangeland sustainability and
the benefits they provide to society.
• Tools Development - Developing and providing the tools necessary to
manage forest and rangelands in ways to protect watersheds, minimize
negative impacts of wildland fire on air quality, protect people, resources
and structures from fire, improve watershed habitat quality and protect
biodiversity.
The position vacancy announcements will be open to all US citizens,
government and nongovernment. The full outreach notice and response form
are available online at http://www.fs.fed.us/rmrs/content/program-managers/
