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Forestry Crews

Forestry Crew Leader Positions full for 2025; Get Notified for 2026!

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    Location: Bozeman, Kalispell, and Missoula MT
    Program Dates: 2/24/2025-10/23/2025
    Ages: 18-35 (21 or over preferred)
    Living Allowance: $1,360 biweekly before taxes are taken out
    AmeriCorps Education Award: $5,176.50 upon completion of the program
    FREE Health Insurance

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    Location: Bozeman, Kalispell, and Missoula MT
    Ages: 17-30, up to 35 for military veterans
    Term Dates: 05/12/2025-10/17/2025
    Living Allowance: $1,200 biweekly before taxes are taken out
    AmeriCorps Education Award: $3,697.50 upon completion of term
    FREE Health Insurance

Benefits for Forestry Crew Positions:

Member Assistance Program: Free 24/7 access to confidential behavioral health counseling, financial assistance, medical/legal advocacy, and more!
Public Lands Service Corps Hiring Preference: Members serving with federal land management agencies may be eligible to receive hiring preference for future federal job placement
Supportive coaching staff invested in your success.
Food Per Diem while on Projects
Access to Pro Deals
Housing options may be available in specific regions; talk with a Program Manager to learn more!! 

As a Crew Leader (CL), you will work to oversee 3-4 adult crew members on 4-9 day overnight conservation projects on some of the most breathtaking landscapes in the Northern Rockies and Plains. Some crew leaders will lead a crew solo, some will lead with a co-leader, and some will have an assistant crew leader. The crew you will oversee will be made up of adults who are 17-30 years old and come from a variety of backgrounds and locations throughout the country. Crew Leaders will be responsible for helping to facilitate crew member growth, manage conflict on their crew, and support the crew in completing quality project work in the field.   

Crews will camp for the full duration of a hitch (i.e. 4-9 day project assignment), oftentimes in remote locations on varied terrain and in all weather conditions. Camping accommodations vary, including car-camping and remote backcountry settings away from a vehicle. Project work could include Tree Marking, Timber Sale Boundary Marking, Tree Planting, Silviculture Prescriptions, Reforestation Plot Surveying, Chainsaw Operations/Maintenance, Precommercial Thinning, Fireline/Fuelbreak Operations, and more. Not all CLs will work on all types of projects! Crews may also be deployed for natural disaster relief.  Learn more about the variety of project work here!

Forestry crews offer opportunities to gain considerable field experience in a variety of Forest Service timber management activities. The project work varies between regional offices, and these crews often perform other types of project work such as trail maintenance and construction.  

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