FIELD TECHNICIANS (1-2) needed at Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge, Tok, Alaska. CLOSING DATE 4-Apr-2010. Field work goes from May-Sept/Oct. To apply, see announcement at USAJOBS http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=87097572. Temporary positions are available with the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge, Tok, Alaska. The employee assists the biological staff in conducting field work including but not limited to off-road point counts (passerines), fall migration passerine banding, waterfowl pair and brood surveys, swan surveys, raptor surveys, aerial moose telemetry, and pellet counts. Employees will live in small cabins with a common kitchen/living area at the Refuge Headquarters in Tok, AK with many overnight primitive camping trips on the Refuge by plane or boat to conduct very intense field work, often getting up well before dawn and/or working late in the day. The work is temporary not-to-exceed 1,039 hours for the season (approximately 6 months). Weather conditions can and will vary widely from day to day or hour to hour, from cold and rainy to hot and humid, both of which will include large populations of mosquitoes at all times. Interior Alaska summers can get into the 90's during the day, though snow is possible at any time of the year. Contact Peter Keller (EM: peter_keller AT fws.gov) for more information. For additional information about the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge visit: http://tetlin.fws.gov/
Peter Keller Wildlife Biologist, Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge P.O. Box 779, Tok, Alaska 99780 http://tetlin.fws.gov/
