Watershed Forester

The Tuolumne Watershed Forester is responsible for monitoring and advising on activities and planning within the Tuolumne Watershed and the eastern area of the Hetch Hetchy Regional Water System (HHRWS) that could affect drinking water quality. These activities include wildfire management, recreation, mining, grazing, timber harvesting, road and infrastructure maintenance and capital projects. This role requires exemplary partnership, relationship building and collaboration with the Hetch Hetchy Water and Power and Water Quality Divisions of the SFPUC Water Enterprise, the federal landowners within the watershed including the USFS, the NPS and the BLM, and other federal, state and local agencies. This role also requires an understanding of the Surface Water Treatment Rule and activities needed to maintain the filtration avoidance status for the Hetch Hetchy and Upcountry Non-Hetch Hetchy drinking water supplies.