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Are you ready to make a difference? Opportunities for growth and career advancement are limitless within the U.S. Forest Service. A career with the Forest Service is a chance to get inside the great outdoors and leave a lasting impact. Put your skills to work toward a career that matters!

The Mt. Hood National Forest is a unit in the United States Forest Service, in the United States Department of Agriculture.

Located twenty miles east of the city of Portland, Oregon, and the northern Willamette River valley, the Mt. Hood National Forest extends south from the strikingly beautiful Columbia River Gorge across more than sixty miles of forested mountains, lakes and streams to Olallie Scenic Area, a high lake basin under the slopes of Mt. Jefferson. The Forest encompasses some 1,067,043 acres. One of the State of Oregon’s iconic landmarks, the 11,240-foot peak of Mount Hood stands sentinel in the middle of the Forest.

Stewardship of the Mt. Hood National Forest and its natural and cultural resources presents a unique set of management challenges, as well as many opportunities to interact with the public in meaningful ways.