In cooperation with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and other federal and state agencies, the Great Basin Institute is recruiting field monitoring and telemetry technicians, as well as support staff to help implement the 2008 Desert Tortoise Line Distance Sampling (LDS) Monitoring program.
The desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) is federally listed as a threatened species north and west of the Colorado River under the Endangered Species Act. The focus of the LDS monitoring program is to collect data that will allow researchers to estimate population density of these animals in the eastern portion of their range. LDS monitoring occurs during April & May to coincide with the peak in the desert tortoise activity season. The Institute will hire an experienced GIS and Data QA/QC specialist, up to 8 field crew leaders, as well as 35-40 LDS monitoring and radio telemetry technicians. Specific position details including timeframe, compensation and benefits, and qualifications can be viewed on the research associate employment section of the GBI website (http://www.greatbasininstitute.org/? click=ra&subclick=raemploy). Upon review of the specific position descriptions, qualified and interested applicants should forward a cover letter, résumé and three professional references to Dr. Paula Kahn, GBI Desert Tortoise Monitoring Program Coordinator, at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
