Title: Seasonal Recreation Forester

Employer: Natural Resources Management Department, Becker County, MN

Location: Detroit Lakes, MN.

Application deadline: Open Until Filled – First Review of Applications 08/08/25

Full position description and application instructions

Job Description:

The primary emphasis of the position is to maintain Becker County recreational locations such as County parks, public water accesses, trails and other County maintained properties. The other duties will be to perform field forestry tasks, including but not limited to an emphasis in forest inventory in addition to timber sale development and regeneration checks.

Qualifications

Applicant must have completed a minimum of three months of Forestry/Natural Resources education, experience, or related studies in a forestry program. Preference will be given to individuals who are a current student at a SAF accredited school, will be fulfilling academic requirement, and have completed Dendrology, Forest Inventory, or Measurements and GIS, as well as any of the following: Silviculture, Forest Soils, or Surveying. Possession of a valid driver’s license is required.

Contact
Apply online at the Becker County website: Becker County Job Listings For more information, please contact Becker County’s Human Resources department: (218) 846-7309.

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Job Category

seasonal