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#   Resources Management Careers

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Whatever your career interests may be, you can most likely work **in that field in your community** as a Forest Service employee.

Resources management careers include Forestry, Archeology, Geospatial, Geology, Physical Sciences, Range Management, Botany, Biology, and more. Check out the following videos to discover what it's like working for the Forest Service in resources management. More videos are coming soon.

### Archeology

Archeological teams and volunteers on the Payette National Forest pack materials into the wilderness to restore a historic fire lookout tower and the residential buildings that surround it.

### Range Management

Terry Padilla, Regional Rangeland Staff Officer, with an overview of a training for new rangeland management specialists.

### Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers

The Wild & Scenic designation is very rare, learn about what that means from our Wild & Scenic River and Wilderness Coordinator Casey and our River Ranger Jenny. The White Salmon River contains ORVs, which are Outstandingly Remarkable Values like geology and wildlife.

### Biology

Come out into the field with our CRGNSA biological science technicians. Learn about how they take stream temperature samples and a bit about what it's like to work as a Biological Science Technician with the US Forest Service.

 

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## Find Careers and Apply

Use the USAJOBS dashboard to find all current Forest Service openings. You can filter by job title, hiring authority, and more.

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## Benefits and Pay

*Forest Service restoration technician shows volunteers how to plant seedlings. Forest Service photo by Tania C. Parra*

                      - Get the basics about Federal pay rates.
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                      - Visit the  How to Apply  webpage for tips, tricks, webinars, and more.
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                      -  Regional Contacts 
                      -                               -  **Northern Region (R1):**Twelve National Forests spread across North Idaho, Montana, and a sliver of northeastern Washington. The 4 National Grasslands of the Dakota Prairie Grasslands are in North Dakota and northwestern South Dakota.** **Visit the Northern Region (R1) website or email the R1 Recruiter. 
                        -  **Rocky Mountain Region (R2):**Region 2 encompasses national forests and grasslands in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, and most of South Dakota and Wyoming.** **Visit the Rocky Mountain Region (R2) website or email the R2 Recruiter. 
                        -  **Southwest Region (R3):** Includes six national forests in Arizona, five national forests and a national grassland in New Mexico, and one national grassland each in Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle. Visit the Southwest Region (R3) website or email the R3 Recruiter. 
                        -  **Intermountain Region (R4):**Includes twelve National Forests which are located in Utah, Nevada, western Wyoming, southern and central Idaho, as well as one National Grassland in Idaho and the Rocky Mountain Research Station in Colorado. Visit the Intermountain Region (R4) website or email the R4 Recruiter. 
                        -  **Pacific Southwest Region (R5):**Includes lands in California, Hawaii, and the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands. Visit the Pacific Southwest Region (R5) website or email the R5 Recruiter. 
                        -  **Pacific Northwest Region 6 (R6):**Contains 17 National Forests, a National Scenic Area, a National Grassland, and two National Volcanic Monuments, all within the States of Oregon and Washington. Visit the Pacific Northwest Region (R6) website. The R6 Recruiter email is coming soon. 
                        -  **Southern Region (R8):**Includes forests in Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Floriday, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. Visit the Southern Region (R8) website or email the R8 Recruiter. 
                        -  **Eastern Region (R9):**Includes 20 states in the northeast and Great Lakes areas. Visit the Eastern Region (R9) website or email the R9 Recruiter. 
                        -  **Alaska Region (R10):**Visit the Alaska Region (R10) website or email the R10 Recruiter. 
                        -  **Law Enforcement (LE):**Visit the Law Enforcement (LE) website or email the LE Recruiter. 

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