[OR_Archaeology] FS Archaeologist position opening, Shoshone Nat'l Forest, Wyoming

[Susan White]

Position Outreach Notice
USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region 
Shoshone National Forest, Cody, WY
Forest Archaeologist
GS-0193-11

Position Information:
The Shoshone National Forest will soon be filling the Forest
Archaeologist, GS-0193-11 position located in the Supervisor Office at
Cody, Wyoming.  

The Position:
This position is within the Recreation and Lands section of the Forest
Supervisor*s Office in Cody, Wyoming. The incumbent serves as the
Forest Archaeologist and provides technical support in the area of
cultural resources and cultural resource compliance.  

The Shoshone National Forest has some of the rarest and best-preserved
cultural resources in the state of Wyoming. The Heritage Program
currently has numerous partnerships and agreements with universities,
colleges, museums, and other federal, state, and local agencies. The
ability and willingness to continue and build these partnerships is
critical. Currently, the Office of the Wyoming State Archaeologist and
five major universities are actively conducting archaeological and
paleontological research projects on the Shoshone National Forest,
including some of the most cutting-edge research in the Rocky Mountain
region. 

The incumbent:

*	Consults, coordinates, and works closely with the Wyoming State
Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) and staff. 

*	Develops, coordinates, and implements moderately complex
archaeological programs covering one or more resource areas such as the
identification and protection of historic and prehistoric properties and
artifacts.  

*	Evaluates and acts upon a wide range of on-site management
needs, such as factual reporting of excavation and/or survey findings,
and implements corrective measures within the framework of
archaeological program requirements.  

*	Develops contract specifications for cultural resource work and
acts as COR or inspector on such contracts as delegated.  

*	Works in an interdisciplinary team environment for NEPA analysis
where good interpersonal communications and time management are
essential.
 
The Forest:

The Shoshone National Forest was established in 1891 as a part of the
Yellowstone Timberland Reserve. The forest in an integral part of the 10
million acre Greater Yellowstone Area centered in Yellowstone National
Park. The Shoshone consists of 2,470,430 acres of varied terrain ranging
from sagebrush flats to rugged mountain peaks. Over one half of the
forest is designated wilderness. With Yellowstone National Park on its
western border, the Shoshone encompasses an area from the Montana state
line south to Lander, Wyoming, and includes portions of the Absaroka,
Wind River, and Beartooth mountain ranges. The western boundary of the
forest south to Yellowstone is the crest of the Continental Divide.
Elevations on the Shoshone ranges from 4,600 feet at the south of the
spectacular Clarks Fork Canyon, to 13,804 feet on Gannett Peak,
Wyoming's highest point. 

There are five Ranger Districts on the Shoshone National Forest: the
Clarks Fork, Wapiti and Greybull Ranger Districts are consolidated into
the North Zone which is headquartered in Cody, Wyoming; Wind River
located in Dubois, WY; and Washakie located in Lander, WY.

For a complete description of the Forest, including photos, see our WEB
PAGE at   http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/shoshone/.

If you have interest in this position, or would like more information,
please contact Loren Poppert, Forest Recreation/Lands Staff Officer at
(307)-578-5117, lpoppert at fs.fed.us) before August 29, 2008.

Cody:

Cody, Wyoming, located 52 miles from the east entrance to Yellowstone
National Park, was founded in 1887 by Colonel William F. "Buffalo Bill"
Cody.  Cody continues to prosper with its diverse economy, which
includes oil/minerals, agriculture, timbering, light industry and
tourism.  Year-round recreational opportunities are almost limitless in
Cody with the surrounding mountains, forest and wilderness areas.
Cody is the county seat of Park County and is located 100 miles south
of Billings, Montana; 492 miles north of Denver, Colorado; 214 miles
northwest of Casper, Wyoming and is 5,095 feet above sea level.
The population of Cody is approximately 9,200.  Temperatures average 23
degrees in January and 72 degrees in July.  Annual rainfall averages 9.4
inches; snowfall averages 35.20 inches yearly.  Sunshine brightens the
sky more than 300 days a year.  Snow does not stay frozen on the ground
here in the winter.  In January or February, 50 degree days are not
unusual.  Warm Chinook winds usually melt the snow within two or three
days of a storm.

The community of Cody offers numerous churches, doctors, dentists, an
excellent hospital, a nursing home, public library, 6 banks, local
shopping, 2 theatres, a senior citizen center, a volunteer fire
department, Search and Rescue, police department, sheriff's department,
a new airport with daily connects to Denver and Salt Lake City as well
as county and city offices, etc.

Cody's school district is one of the finest in the Rocky Mountain area.
 Five elementary schools, one middle school and one senior high school
have an average student to teacher ratio of less than 20 to 1.  Several
private and Christian schools also are available.  Thirty minutes away
in Powell is Northwest College, a fully accredited junior college.

Cody has available housing for rental or purchasing.  Property taxes
are low.  Cody boasts tax rates among the lowest in the nation.  State
sales tax is 4%, with no state or local income tax.

Visitors come from all over the world to see the Buffalo Bill
Historical Center--actually four museums under one roof--The Whitney
Gallery of Western Art, The Buffalo Bill Museum, The Plains Indian
Museum, and the Cody Firearms Museum.  Cody has a lively fine art
community and several art galleries.  Annual cultural events include the
Jazz Festival, Frontier Festival, Plains Indian Pow Wow, and the Cody
Stampede Rodeos, just to name a few.

There are five rivers flowing out of the Absaroka Mountains near Cody
and modern day explorers have spent a lifetime learning their way around
just one of those drainages.  Each river begins back in the high
mountains where meadows team with wildlife and glacier fed streams and
lakes are full of native cutthroat trout in one of the largest
wilderness ecosystems in the world.  Choose from rodeo, fishing,
hunting, horseback riding, backpacking, mountaineering, mountain biking,
wind surfing, golfing, water skiing, boating, rock hunting, bowling,
roller skating, tennis, hiking, snow skiing, snowmobiling, camping,
picnicking, or just take a relaxing day on any one of several world
class scenic loop tour drives.

For more information contact the Cody Chamber of Commerce at 
http://www.codychamber.org/