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Range Forest officers are responsible for the forests, environment and wildlife-related issues of a Forest Range within a state or union territory of India. The officer is responsible for the execution of all works in the Range, with the help of subordinates: [1] Deputy Forest Rangers (also known as Forest inspector)
As an example (and not including locality adjustments), an employee at GS-12 Step 10 (base salary $96,770) being promoted to a GS-13 position would initially have his/her salary set at GS-13 Step 4 (base salary $97,373, as it is the nearest salary to GS-12 Step 10 but not lower than it), and then have his/her salary adjusted to a higher step ...
The park ranger position in the federal government began as a series of specialized positions in the miscellaneous series. In 1959, the official park ranger position (GS-0025 Park Ranger) was established throughout the federal government. [4] along with its companion series the park technician (GS-0026). The park ranger position was designated ...
The officer grades are all one higher than their NATO equivalent (except O-1) as the O-1 and O-2 grades are both equivalent to the NATO code of OF-1. Hence O-3 is equivalent to OF-2, O-4 is equivalent to OF-3, and so on. U.S. warrant officer grades (W-1 through W-5) are depicted in the NATO system as WO-1 through WO-5. The United States is the ...
A ranger, park ranger, park warden, field ranger, or forest ranger is a person entrusted with protecting and preserving parklands and protected areas – private, national, state, provincial, or local parks. Their duties include (but are not limited to) law enforcement, wildlife and land management, community engagement and education ...
Further, the Forest Service fought fires on 2.996 million acres (12,120 km 2) of land in 2007. [16] The Forest Service organization includes ranger districts, national forests, regions, research stations and research work units and the Northeastern Area Office for State and Private Forestry. Each level has responsibility for a variety of functions.
Firefighters responded to a 2,000-acre forest fire near the Greenwood Lake Turnpike along state lines in Orange County when a tree fell on the ranger, killing him.
Conservation law enforcement goes back to King Canute who enacted a forest law that made unauthorized hunting punishable by death. [1] In 1861, Archdeacon Charles Thorp arranged purchase of some of the Farne Islands off the north-east coast of England and employment of a warden to protect threatened seabird species.