Develop, administer, coordinate projects dealing with long-term ecosystem level fire related research regarding priority issues that support local, regional, and statewide habitat management.
Assist all Branches as needed for emerging needs such as wildfire suppression, research sampling, implementation of prescribed fire, introduction of fire to varying ecosystems.
Conduct research on fire ignition, burn-patterns, and species responses for forest and grassland systems. Maintain the accuracy and availability to information in various databases.
Set direction for applied fire science for the interaction of terrestrial and aquatic species and fire behavior on associated habitats.
Test, evaluate and implement new or existing sampling gear to assess biological and physical changes to terrestrial habitats.
Develop measurable objectives and hypotheses, conduct extensive literature review, develop statistically sound study designs and sampling schedules, select appropriate study sites, QA/QC data to defend suggested paths forward for management actions, regulations, and assessment procedures.
Work in assigned research area to inform species of conservation concern, T&E species, population dynamics, and abundance and distribution of terrestrial and aquatic species and their associated habitat system.
Create various technical and non-technical presentations and publications for scientific journals, papers, posters, pamphlets, websites, and popular articles.
Recruit, hire, supervise, train, supervise, and evaluate staff.
Assist in preparation of cooperative agreements, grant proposals, and budgets and monitor compliance.
Participate in project reviews and on project review teams for other research projects.
Provide scientific technical support to researchers, students, managers, administrators, educators, and protection staff.
Correspond with stakeholders via email, telephone, and in-person discussion.