NATURAL RESOURCE SPECIALIST GS-12/5 Position Applying Realty Specialist (Generalist) Department Interior Interior, Bureau Indian Affairs Rocky Mountain Region, Division Real Estate Services Announcement Number: STIMP-10879339-20-CW Objective I twenty years experience student professional level Natural Resources. As professional always goal intention serve protect federal and/or trust lands. I fulfilled Bureau Indian Affairs mission goals protection management trust resources. I demonstrated good sound conservation practices I obtained educational professional experiences Natural Resources field. I knowledgeable conservation practices, BIA Agriculture Range Management Policies, Procedures Practices. I familiar Crow Land Use Bill, Wind River Reservations Grazing Resolution, Northern Cheyenne's grazing laws Three Affiliated Tribes Grazing Resolution. Through experience I knowledgeable 25 Code Federal Regulations 162 166. I feel I established improved management practices Agencies I served. I devoted organization committed Indian Trust Land Owners Tribes tenure Federal Agencies I served. Education 2004 Montana State University-Bozeman City State Range Science Bachelor Science 2001 Little Bighorn College City State Natural Resources Associate Science 1992 Hardin High School City State High School Diploma Experience January 2013 Current Company Name City State Natural Resource Specialist GS-12/5 I manage approximately 98 range units, consists tribal, allotted, government tracts taken area. Duties require calculate Animal Unit Months (AUMs), determine accurate acreage, establish conservation plans, invoice, modify adjust yearly rental rate TAAMs, issue 10-day show cause letters non-paymet cancellation letters necessary. I required work cooperatively Tribal Natural Resource staff, members Natural Resource Committee Mandan, Hiidaatsa, Arikara Tribal Council. I required provide technical assistance requested Three Affiliated Tribes, updating amending Grazing/Natural Resource Resolutions, assist noxious weed projects, determining taken area acres (Non-Trust on-off acres). Most recently, worked partnership Tribe 93-638 contract complete rangeland inventory providing technical assistance grazing study. The completed inventory determined accurate range unit boundaries allotments, updated stocking rates, Animal Unit Months (AUMs) identified noxious weed infested areas. This prepared new permit period required updating grazing resolution, sending 18,000 Authorities Grant Grazing Prividges individual Indian interest owners, application allocation process. Establish 5 year range unit permits allocated. Prepare write notices non-compliance, non-payment, trespass livestock, 180-day notice removal allotment range unit notices permittees, land owners tribe. I direct staff inspecting, sending notices taking corrective action trespass livestock range units farm pasture leases. Currently, 700 producing wells Fort Berthold, approximately 400 range unit farm pasture leases. I responsible identifying, planning withdrawing oil gas right-of-way existing surface leases. Responsible sending 180 day notice withdrawing individual allotments (by majority consent) range units. Investigate, determine trespass, take corrective action assess penalties oil salt water spills trust property. Assist oil gas/environmental mitigation. Locate investigate trespass scoria pits, water depots, pipeline take corrective action assess necessary. Mediate, consult give recommendations dispute conflict within range unit farm pasture lease involving permittee's, landowner's oil companies. Provide assistance locating allotments landowners using ArcGIS 10.5.1 field. Determine idle farm pasture tracts using TAAMs query assist realty staff advertising. Assist realty staff meeting deadlines necessary. Determine locate current potential homesite leases. Review acquisition disposal conveyance documents accuracy. Assist Acquistion Disposal staff estate planning, land exchange gift conveyances. Respond data calls regional office central office, gather compile documentation litigation thoroughly promptly requested. Provide documentation/packets Appeals requested Solicitor. Assigned alternative coordinator Agency Freedom Information Act (FOIA), requires gather documents, files correspondences. Monitor TAAMs lockbox system pending payments disburse Individual Interest Holders. Supervise direct duties natural resource staff. Supervise direct duties Agency staff acting Superintendent. Other supervisory duties include updating position descriptions rating performance appraisals. Take corrective action insubordinate, non-performing and/or misconduct employee(s), necessary. Act Superintendent absence. Supervisor: Kayla Danks, Superintendent (701) 627-4707 October 2008 January 2013 Company Name City State Soil Conservationist GS-0457-11/4 I responsible managment development conservation plans trust lands (allotted tribal) Crow Reservation. Responsible accurate land classifications farm pasture leases, rights-of-way conveyance using ArcGIS. I work cooperatively federal agencies, state agencies Crow Tribe conservation projects protection trust lands. Updated, established implemented conservation plans expiring farm (irrigated dry farmland) pasture leases. This required determine access non-access acres Irrigable land. This also included inspecting, monitoring utilization proper management farm pasture leases. Assisted recommends improvements farm pasture leases. I developed Trichomoniasis requirements would amended Crow Land Use Bill. Provided technical services and/or field inspections issue resolved. I coordinated bio-control project leafy spurge. Provide maps, legal descriptions technical assistance Indian Trust Land owners Lessee's. Perform fire duties needed. Supervisor: Debbie Scott, Deputy Superintendent (406) 638-4433 June 2006 October 2008 Company Name City State Rangeland Management Specialist GS-0454-09 I conducted rangeland inventory conjunction Natural Resource Conservation Services, required identification plants ecological sites. I digitized range data included scanning appoximatley 100 aerial photos contained similarity index. The calculation Animal Unit Months (AUMs) determining stocking rates required using ArcGIS. Involved conversion IRMS TAAMs required encode AUMs, rental rates, tracts legal descriptions Range Units. Wrote conservation plans meet goals objectives range program. I responsible monitoring several range units determining use trend. I responsible asssisting general public general information creating maps. I updated created maps approximatley 43 range units using ArcGIS 10. I worked conservation projects local government agencies permittees. Supervisor: Ramon Nation, Deputy Superintendent(307) 332-7810 August 2005 June 2006 Company Name City State Range Technician GS-0455-06 Compliance monitoring range units Northern Cheyenne Reservation. Required count identify brands cattle and/or horses trespass violation Range Units. GPS, inspect monitor fencline (range unit boundaries) Tongue River Pipeline Project. Assist public agency staff land status questions map request. I responsible creating maps range units. I assigned Natural Resource Conservation Service liason, assisting managment plans area ranchers. Assist range manager calculating AUMs determine surplus AUMs leases. Supervisor: Gabe Morgan (406) 477-8242 June 2005 August 2005 Company Name City State Soil Conservationist GS-458-05 Conducted Approximately 50-60 line transects various Big Horn County Ranchers. This required identifying, clipping weighing native grasses, forbs shrubs within 1 100 ft. transect. After documenting data taking photo points data entered system. This determines trend condition pasture range units. The data used Conservation plans practices AUM's stocking rates determined. Supervisor: Jodi Hastings (406) 665-3442 May 1999 September 2003 Company Name City State Natural Resource Specialist (student trainee) GS-454-4 Responsible conducting compliance checks Bureau Land Management (BLM) administered gravel pits. Responsible writing Environmental Assessment (EA) Application Drill (ADP) oil gas wells I concurred Natural Resources Specialist. Participated joint effort oil company, BLM personnel, surface landowner discuss alternate planning methods clean-up rehabilitation oil well disaster. Responsible rehab abandoned oil wells included reseeding erosion control. Participated Range Improvement Projects planning fencing, pipeline installation, spring development, water catchment pits possible sites water wells. Processed Federal Grazing applications, required assurance AUM's. Responsible conducting Rangeland Health Assessments Federal Grazing permits needed renewal. This required evaluating determine condition allotments. Duties included identifying plant species, determine plant diversity, vegetative cover erosion control needed. Participated BLM wild horse adoption. Participated Fire Duties. Other duties include general office work, assisting general public agency personnel needed. Supervisor: Sandra Brooks (406) 896-5013 Skills TAAMs, ArcGIS 10.5.1, Trimble Unit, Garmin, ATV, Personal Computer Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Write Read Legal Descriptions, Read Translate Title Status Reports, Identify plants, forbs weeds. General Are U.S. citizen? YesDo claim Veteran's preferance? NoWere ever Federal Civilian employee? Yes GS-401-12 step 4 January 2013 PresentAre eligible reinstatement based career career-conditional Federal Status? Yes​ Referances Austin Gillette, Fiduciary Trust Officer Office Special Trustee (701) 627-4707 Edward Lone Fight, Former Superintendent Wind River Agency (701) 421-4222 Thomas Wells, Retired Deputy Superintendent/Former Supervisor (701) 441-1165