Fire Ecology Data Steward - Natural Resource Management Assistant

This Natural Resource Management Assistant is an AmeriCorps position. The purpose of this position is to contribute to fire management and ecological stewardship efforts via streamlining and organization of data processing and analyses routines related to fuels treatment monitoring in several of Alaska's National Parks. The SIP's projects will increase our efficacy in understanding the role specific fuels treatments play in altering vegetation structure, composition, and soils conditions and reducing fire behavior in our local boreal forest. This information will inform park management planning documents to better manage fire potential and visitor and resident safety.

Wildland fire is one of the most widespread and significant disturbances in Alaska's boreal forests. Fire reinvigorates ecological processes, restarts successional sequences, and contributes to a complex mosaic of vegetatio...