Outreach for Aridlands Plant Ecologist, permanent USGS Research Scientist Position: This is an outreach notice to seek out potential candidates for a research plant ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey as part of the new proposed Deserts Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC). The position will be formally advertised through USA Jobs in the near future, with the goal of hiring the employee in the fall of 2010. The Desert LCC encompasses the three major deserts of the Southwest: the Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan, and the purpose of the LCC is to foster cross-jurisdictional collaboration among all interested parties in this region, including federal, state, local and private entities engaged in natural resources planning and management. The plant ecologist will lead efforts to address issues within the LCC that are relevant to multiple partners, including: 1) interactions between invasive plants, native communities, and fire cycles (where applicable); 2) likely impact of climate change, and the interaction of land use and climate change, on foundation plant species and dominant communities; 3) successful restoration methods after a variety of disturbance types (e.g., fire, invasives, plowing, grazing). Proposed locations of duty station: Tucson, AZ or Las Vegas, NV. To indicate interest, send the following information to Kate Kitchell, kkitch...@usgs.gov by May 10, 2010: 1) A 2-page C.V. including your most recent or relevant publications; 2) a one-page statement of interest in climate change issues and the experience you would bring to this position. The U.S. Geological Survey is an equal opportunity employer.
Kate Kitchell Acting Center Director U.S. Geological Survey Southwest Biological Science Center (SBSC) 2255 N. Gemini Dr. Flagstaff, AZ 86001 kkitch...@usgs.gov
