Currently accepting resumes for the 2026 field season

Our field-based team is growing. We’re looking to bring on highly motived, self-driven individuals passionate about working in the woods.

While we frequently post jobs on external sites, we also accept resumes on a rolling basis. We have a variety of open positions based on experience, skill level and time frames.  Please specify your interest in full- or part-time work as well as your ability to be mobile.

Preferences will be given to folks with AAS/BS in Forestry/Natural Resources field and multiple seasons of field experience especially in eastern hardwood forests as well as in steep, mountainous terrain. For more information please contact Daniel at daugust@skylightforestry.com

Skylight has served as a prime contractor in over 20 states.  With national coverage, local expertise and years of experience we are able to manage many types of projects. 

Below are some examples:

Project Type: Forest Carbon Inventories 

Projects listed under California Air Resources Board and the American Carbon Registry (ACR)

• Initial Plot Installation (ACR): Washington, Central Oregon

• Initial Plot Installation (CARB): Northern California

All of our projects passed field verifications in the first round of sampling.

Project Type: Forest Inventory and Analysis Data Collection

• CalFire and PNW Research Station Areas 4-6 (northern/central California) 

• USFS Northern Research Station

  • Trenton, NJ/ Philadelphia, PA state-wide NJ

  • Minneapolis/St. Paul, state-wide Minnesota

  • Baltimore, Maryland, state-wide Maryland and Delaware

• USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station

  • Montana

  • Nevada

  • Northern Idaho

Project Type: NEPA Planning/Stand Examinations

• Location (s): western North Carolina, southern Virginia, eastern West Virginia, coastal South Carolina, coastal Louisiana, northern Minnesota, central Oregon, Olympic Peninsula WA, north-central Washington, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas

Project Type: Timber Sale Preparation and Timber Cruising

• Shortleaf pine/ longleaf pine and Red Cockaded Woodpecker habitat restoration through commercial thinnings and reserve clump prescriptions: coastal South Carolina and Savannah River Site

• Early successional hardwood restoration and wildlife habitat creation through commercial thinnings, group selections and riparian zone protection prescriptions: eastern West Virginia

Project Type: Biological Asset Due Diligence for Allied Timbers Zimbabwe 

• Provided desktop and on the ground due diligence services for investment activities related to forest operations management and mill upgrades: eastern highlands, Zimbabwe