Job Opportunity - Seasonal Research Technicians for NPS vegetation/soil monitoring crew for summer/fall 2010.
We are looking for people who have experience: identifying common Colorado Plateau species in the field collecting ecological field data using GPS and compass characterizing soils using hand texturing techniques conducting fieldwork in remote backcountry settings and under difficult conditions in a safe and efficient manner. Our field season runs from mid – June through late October. We work at a number of upland ecosystems in National Park Service units across the Southern Colorado Plateau and beyond including: mixed conifer forests on the North Rim of Grand Canyon and Bandelier; pinyon-juniper woodlands at Grand Canyon, Bandelier, and Mesa Verde; grasslands and shrublands at Wupatki and Petrified Forest. Much of the work entails identifying herbaceous and shrub species and estimating cover in quadrats, but also includes plot set-up, tree and soil measurements using established protocols, and data entry. The work schedule is typically 10 hour days with 8 days on, 6 days off, and requires nearly constant travel and frequent camping. We are hiring 3 research specialists at $14.58/hr. Our office is based in Flagstaff, on Northern Arizona University campus. These positions will be hired through NAU. Apply on line on the NAU Human Resources website before March 30: http://hr.nau.edu/node/2797 (click on “Careers at NAU” and scan list for “Research Specialist” Job ID 558295) Contact Jim DeCoster or Megan Swan if you have any questions: [email protected] 928-523-7454 [email protected] 928-523-7489 ******************************* Jim DeCoster Plant Ecologist Southern Colorado Plateau Network National Park Service Northern Arizona University PO Box 5765 Flagstaff AZ 86011 928-523-7454 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "In the end, we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, we will understand only what we are taught." - Baba Dioum Senegalese conservationist
