Major duties at the full performance level include advising landowners and land lessees on principles of rangeland management and the laws, regulations, and policies governing management of range resources.
Coordinates range and wildlife ecological management with other functional activities in harmony with the concept of multiple use management.
Serves as principal contact and negotiator on rangeland resources and activities, maintaining liaison with affected groups and others to ensure compliance with agreed upon plans and desired quality of work.
Serves on interdisciplinary teams, evaluating rangeland resource and ecosystem impacts, and identifying alternatives, and trade-offs or results of various rangeland project proposals.
Prepares long and short-range plans based on rangeland resource needs/health/capability, available work force, equipment and budget, and public demands for rangeland resource uses.
Conducts short- and long-term monitoring of plant community change, trends, grazing impacts; precipitation; soil erosion hazards; to correlate other rangeland resource activities and uses.
