Individual Placement - Moab Trails Recreation Ranger

Student Conservation Association•Moab, UT

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Bureau of Land Management, Moab Field Office (MFO) in partnership with Grand County, manages over 200 miles of world class mountain bike trails and 50 miles of hiking trails. This position will collect and design information on a variety of trail specifics that will assist all recreationists, specifically those reliant upon adaptive cycles, in enjoying the many opportunities on public lands. Data collection will be done along mountain biking and hiking trails by bike or foot, requiring strong mountain biking and hiking experience.

Requirements

Must be 18 or older by the position start date
Must have the ability to legally work in the US
Ability to pass SCA and federal background check
Skills in mountain biking applicable to understanding trail dynamics and how they affect user ratings and ability levels
Skills in or ability to quickly learn use of a High Efficiency Trail Assessment Process (HETAP) for inventory of objective information about trail conditions
Skills in or ability to quickly learn GIS programs including ArcGIS Field Maps and other digital mapping platforms
Organizational skills applied to data collection, management, and utilization; Skills in communication and collaboration
Ability to work in challenging outdoor conditions that will include extreme heat, sun exposure, extreme cold, high winds, and precipitation
Ability to perform manual, physical labor for up to 8 hours per day, bike 20+ miles and hike 5+ miles in a day
Participants must be between the ages of 16 and 30, inclusive, or veterans age 35 or younger.
Participants must also be a citizen or national of the United States or lawful permanent resident alien of the United States.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge or skills in adaptive recreation
Skills in layout and content design utilizing programs such as Adobe InDesign
Access to a mountain bike capable of traversing beginner to intermediate mountain bike trails
Access to a vehicle capable of transporting a mountain bike

Responsibilities

Planning and Familiarization: Collaboration with the BLM and Grand County Active Transportation and Trails Department and Trail Mix Committee to identify priority trails and the degree of information to be collected, education on the High Efficiency Trail Assessment Process and measurement tools for objective trail measurements and other data collection apps such as ArcGIS Field Maps
Trail Information Design: Utilization of GIS to design interactive maps to share trail information with the public. Design of template trailhead signs including detailed priority trail information and general descriptions for non-priority trails with photographs compiling all information to be used in various information sources including BLM web pages.
Priority Trail Work: Collection of detailed assessment information for up to 10 priority trails over 2 to 3 trail systems.
Management of data for presentation on public information sources (i.e. signs, interactive digital maps).
Non-priority Trail Work: Collection of general information and photographs for all mountain bike trails and trail systems. Management of data for presentation on public information sources.