The position develops and maintains District and park-unit fire management plans; develops prescribed-fire and fuel-treatment projects; prepares prescribed-burn plans and smoke-management documentation; coordinates environmental review, CEQA compliance, permits, operational readiness, implementation, monitoring, and reporting; and evaluates ecological and operational results following treatments. Field assignments may involve rugged and remote terrain, steep slopes, unimproved roads, smoke, dust, ash, loud equipment, active vegetation-management operations, recently burned landscapes, and climatic conditions ranging from below freezing in the mountains to extreme desert heat.