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What I like best about the Forest Service
is the environment that I work in.
The outdoors is great.
Not much sitting around, a lot of activity,
and excitement with fire.
When I first started in Cascade,
I loved it. I love the people I work with,
I love everything about my job.
When anybody ever asks
what is it about your job that you enjoy,
it's the uncertainty of what tomorrow brings.
It's always fun.
There's very little that I don't
like about my job as a wildlife technician.
I get to hike every day.
All day.
The thing I like the most is
that I get to work where I play.
I love the outdoors, I love the wilderness,
and that's where I'm at everyday
when I'm in the field.
It's become my life.
I just couldn't work any where else.
I really enjoy the work
and I enjoy working with the people.
It feels like a family.
The work, it was physical,
it was honest work, great summer job.
I've been in the Forest Service for
going on twenty nine years now,
and it's the best job I ever had,
and I would never go back.
I started long ago as a seasonal
trail crew member on the
Chugach National Forest in Alaska.
And I fell in love with the job,
and with the Forest Service
and never wanted to do anything else.
There's so many variety's of career
opportunities, whether you like the outdoors,
you like to actually go out
in the woods, go hiking, fishing,
camping, you can have
that kind of job.
But if you're really interested
in natural resources,
and preserving them for the future,
but you really like the office environment,
you have those opportunities too.
A job with the U.S. Forest Service
offers almost unending variety.
Even adventure. It's an opportunity to
work in a team.
It offers excellent benefits,
an excellent salary.
And there's really no limit
to what you can do in the Forest Service.
We have the woods just outside our back door
and easy access to that.
We have the culture associated
with a large city.
You have opportunities to have
part-time or seasonal positions.
And you also have the opportunity
to have long term permanent positions.
And it's kind of that
blend that really makes us
a great place to work.
Most people start as seasonals.
And then permanent opportunities
become available.
As your skills increase
and where your interests lie.
In the Southwest Idaho area,
The Payette, Boise, and Sawtooth
National Forests employ hundreds
of seasonal workers.
And they have a combined permanent
staff of over six hundred employees.
The types of jobs
and education requirements vary.
For further information on
Forest Service job opportunities,
go to the Boise National Forest
or www.usajobs.gov
and complete an application.
I got started in fire
right out of high school.
I think a lot of people, they
"oh no, it's the government,"
I would tell them you know what,
not what you think. Go, apply.
I've never learned more in a job.
Even in some of my college classes.
That I've learned with the Forest Service.
I love the people I work with.
I love the job that I do.
I could wake up every morning.
And I'm excited to go to work everyday.
Clearly working for the federal government,
working for the Boise National Forest
as part of the US Forest Service
has many advantages.
I'd encourage you to get started today.
We have lots of job opportunities.
We'd love to talk with you about them.
To help you get started on
an application.
And we look forward to
having you on our team.
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