Kootenai National Forest

For almost a century, since 1905, USDA Forest Service employees have been on the front line of conservation, intelligent resource utilization, and wildland management. Today, there is more excitement, greater challenge, and more career variety than ever before available to people who join the Nation's premier forest management agency. Managing 51 thousand square miles of the most magnificent lands in our nation is a great responsibility. Managing it in ways that are most effective for the land, water, air, wildlife, and people of America is our mission. 

How Jobs Are Filled with the Forest Service

The Forest Service offers positions for both permanent and temporary employees. Positions may be filled through individual or OCR (Open Continuous Rosters) vacancies. With OCR, there may or may not be a current vacancy; however, even if a vacancy does not currently exist, applications are still accepted so that when a job becomes available, there is a pool of candidates to select from.

The actual vacancies are listed in USAJOBS. Vacancies will specify their location. However, OCR vacancies are listed under nationwide. When you apply you must specify our location within the vacancy notice. Therefore, to see these announcements in USAJOBS, you will need to search on NATIONWIDE. As you apply, you will then need to specify our location or other locations you are interested in.

Find a Job Government jobs, including the Forest Service, can be found at the USAJobs website. MORE		Pay Like most federal workers, USDA Forest Service employees are paid on the General Schedule (GS) pay plan.  MORE
Benefits Forest Service employees enjoy a flexible range of benefits in working for the federal government.  MORE		Fire Hire Use the Automated Staffing Application Program to process applications for fire employment. MORE
Student Programs The Forest Service also has many opportunities for part-time and temporary employment for high school and college students, including internships and cooperative student opportunities. MORE		Volunteering Volunteers are the heartbeat of the Forest Service. The types of work a volunteer can perform are many and varied.  MORE