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GS-1001-9

The Santa Fe National Forest will soon be advertising a temporary TERM appointment for an Environmental Education Assistant, GS-1001-9. One position will be filled in either Jemez Springs, Pecos, or Santa Fe. The announcement will be posted and the position will be filled in summer, 2010.

The education program on the Santa Fe National Forest assists all administrative offices on the Forest. The Environmental Education Assistant serves as the conservation education specialist and program coordinator. Duties include planning, developing, and administering educational programs as funded by various resources, grants and external partnerships. The current focus of funding and work is related to Respect the Rio, a multi-faceted restoration and conservation education program designed to balance the need for preservation of riparian and flood-prone areas with the needs of the public. The incumbent is responsible for the overall management of the educational component of Respect the Rio in Jemez Springs and Pecos, and development of other educational programs. Major duties include supervision of the Contact Ranger program, coordinating a network of Respect the Rio volunteers; making contact with forest users, schools, organizations and communities; further development of educational programs on the forest and in surrounding schools and communities; designing and maintaining websites; and evaluating the program’s overall progress. To learn more about Respect the Rio, please visit the website (http://www.fs.fed.us/rtr/ ).

Environmental education programs and Contact Rangers are part of Respect the Rio.

About the Santa Fe National Forest
The Santa Fe National Forest in the Southwestern Region administers 1.6 million acres of mountains, valleys and mesas, ranging from 5,000 to 13,000 feet high. Recreational and cultural experiences branch out in all directions, and you don't have to go far to find the ruins and petroglyphs from ancient Indian civilizations and incredible scenic features as you travel through colorful volcanic formations, deep river gorges, and beautiful pine, fir, spruce and aspen forests.
The Santa Fe NF is high mountain land rich in timber, wildlife, forage and archeology. East of the Rio Grande are the southern Sangre de Cristo (Blood of Christ) Mountains. These mountains are crowned by the spectacular Pecos Wilderness. Here in the headwaters of the Pecos River are great scenery, magnificent forests of aspen, pine, fir and spruce, big game and many trout streams. Sloping gradually southward, the east-side of the forest is some 50 miles long and 25 miles wide. It includes the popular Santa Fe Ski Basin on the west and farther south, historic Glorieta Pass and the old Santa Fe Trail.

Across the Rio Grande to the west lie a cluster of ranges including the Jemez Mountains which rise to nearly 12,000 feet at the summit of Chicoma Peak. Scattered through these mountains are extensive private holdings, the nuclear research facilities (Los Alamos National Laboratories) at Los Alamos, several Indian pueblos and Bandelier National Monument, but most of the land on this west-side is managed as part of the Santa Fe National Forest. The predominant geographical feature in the area, the volcanic caldera indicated by the Valle Grande and the definite ring of mountains surrounding the valley, is within the newly acquired Valles Caldera National Preserve.
The urban populations in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and other communities rely heavily on the Forest for recreational activities, including skiing and snowboarding, river rafting and boating, hiking, mountain biking, camping, fishing, and hunting. Rural residents use the forest more often for family-oriented activities such as cattle ranching, firewood cutting, piñon nut gathering and wild herb collection.

Tourism, small farming and ranching are the mainstays of the north central New Mexico economy and all are largely keyed to the resources of the National Forests.

The Santa Fe is divided into five Ranger Districts with offices at Coyote, Cuba, Jemez Springs, Pecos, Las Vegas, and Española. The Forest Supervisor's Office is located at 11 Forest Lane (at the intersection of I-25 and SR 599).

More information about the Santa Fe National Forest can be found at http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/sfe/.
For more information on this position, please contact Chantel Cook, Forest Fish Biologist & Respect the Rio Program Coordinator
Telephone: (505) 438-5441
e-mail: cmcook@fs.fed.us

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