The Sierra Institute for Community and Environment (Sierra Institute), in cooperation with the Lassen Volcanic National Park (LAVO) is hiring five Wilderness Fuels Module (WFM) crew members to serve on a crew performing fuels management in LAVO to promote future prescribed and/or managed fire activities in wilderness  and non-wilderness areas of the park. This work will also directly contribute to increasing fire resiliency of critical habitat for Northern Goshawk and California Spotted Owl. The WFM Crew Member, under the direction of the Crew Leaders, Sierra Institute support staff,  and LAVO specialists, will be responsible for working as a team in safely bucking and limbing live and dead trees and constructing fireline using predominantly non-mechanized equipment (e.g., crosscut saws, axes, etc.) in undeveloped wilderness areas. Crew members will also use non-mechanized equipment to fall low-complexity, small diameter trees. Mechanical thinning (chainsaws) may be used for project implementation in non-wilderness areas. Fuels will be rearranged, either by piling or lopping and scattering depending upon fuel loading, to facilitate future prescribed fire. The WFM Crew will also be responsible for mentoring the Sierra Institute’s youth corps , “P-CREW”,  for a portion of the season while they assist with the project. The crew may also assist as necessary with other activities to advance landscape restoration in the region. 

Crew Members must be organized, open to learning, possess the ability to motivate and collaborate with fellow crew members, and be willing to work hard in a physically demanding role. This crew will utilize a 8-6 work schedule consisting of eight 10-hour days followed by six days off.

This is a unique opportunity to contribute to fuels reduction activities within a designated Wilderness area in a National Park. Those with an interest in Wilderness land management, active management of forested landscapes for ecosystem resilience, and/or the use of non-mechanized equipment (crosscut saws) and fire as a tool to promote ecosystem health, are encouraged to apply. Crew members must possess a full COVID-19 vaccination status (vaccinated and boosted).