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The Mark Twain National Forest is looking for interested candidates for an upcoming Collaboration and Planning Staff Officer, GS-0301GS13.

The MTNF has recently finalized a strategic plan to guide the units focus for the next five years. This position has an instrumental role for implementing this plan, especially covering the engagement, collaboration, technology, and restorationcomponents.

This position is a member of the Forest leadership Team. . . .

This position is unique as it serves as a member of the Forest Leadership Team to formulate plans, policies, and objectives for the Forest. The position is also responsible for the quality, quantity, and coordination of all work performed in the various program expenditures are legal, meet congressional
intent, and remain within budget limits. The person in this position supervises the Information Management, Recreation Management, Heritage Management, Tribal Liaison, and Forest/NEPA Planning programs.

To express interest in this position, please send your resume and a brief statement of how this opportunity will help you reach your career goals to Michael Crump, Deputy Forest Supervisor, Michael.Crump@usda.govby COB 7/20/20.

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The due date has been extended for an upcoming grant opportunity for cities and agencies who want to start working towards adopting a Complete Streets policy, a citywide bike/ped master plan, or multimodal design guidelines. 

The grant deadline was March 23rd.  It has been extended to April 8th.

The grant is for $10,000. 

It is a planning grant, and the end product by September 28th, 2020, will be a plan and timeline for how to move forward for their community to adopt a Complete Streets Policy, a bike/ped master plan, and/or multimodal design guidelines.

The outcome of this grant will not be completion of any of those policies--but rather, it will be a plan and timeline outlining how to move forward towards adoption of those plans and policies.  This is a good first step for communities who want to move towards more of a Complete Streets approach.

The grant can be used, for example, to hire a consultant to organize meetings, talk to stakeholders, draft the strategic plan and timeline, and in short, to do most of the heavy lifting to draft and develop the plan and timeline.