Natural & Cultural Resources Management & Monitoring
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Wilderness Specialists - KSAs needed to manage and
monitor natural and cultural resources in wilderness.
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Entry
Level
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Knowledge and
understanding of:
- plant and animal species
common to the area
- species of special
concern including threatened and endangered or non-native invasive
species
- the human history and
prehistory of the area
- data collection methods
- the role that natural
processes play in wilderness
- natural history and
ecological principles
- threats to biophysical
resources
Ability to:
- work with resource management
specialists to determine inventory and monitoring needs for all biophysical and
cultural resources
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Full
Performance Level
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Knowledge and
understanding of:
Ability to:
- effectively represent the
wilderness resource when working with
other resource specialists to reach a common understanding of goals and
objectives unique to wilderness
- coordinate with other resource specialists in determining
monitoring needs and developing monitoring plans
- train personnel in data
collection and analysis
- assess potential threats
to wilderness and recommend actions to reduce or eliminate
threats
- develop and implement
monitoring programs at a variety of scales
- coordinate, facilitate,
monitor, advise, and communicate practices used to preserve and protect
the wilderness resource
- maintain database records
Skilled in:
- inventory and monitoring
natural and cultural resources and impacts where resource specialists
are unavailable
- developing and using
wilderness education programs and tools
- identifying research and science needs
- evaluating research and
science project proposals
- compiling, analyzing and
using data when making short and long term program recommendations
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Expert
Level
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Knowledge and
Understanding of:
- same as Full
Performance Level
- related sciences and
professional disciplines such as ecology, botany, fire management, air
quality protection, wildlife and fisheries management, soil science,
range management, and cultural resources
- relevant research
literature
Ability to:
- same as Full
Performance Level
- apply wilderness
management principles to decision making processes and integrate them
with management principles of other resource programs
- coordinate inventory and
monitoring programs at the regional or larger scales if appropriate
within the agency
- complete analysis, devise
new procedures, and provide advice on complex problems using technical
information or resource data that is often inconclusive or unclear
Skilled in:
- applying understanding of law,
regulation, and policy to recommend or make decisions related to natural and
cultural resource management
- compiling, analyzing and using natural
and cultural resource data when making
short and long term program recommendations
- collaboration and coordination with
related natural and cultural resource programs for wilderness administration
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