Field Tech Position in Southern Idaho
The Strand Lab has an opening for a research assistant for the summer
of 2015 starting May 2015. The goal of the project is to understand
how fire, herbivory, and post-fire rehabilitation interact with the
environment to alter plant community trajectory, species richness,
invasion by Bromus tectorum (cheatgrass), and the system's fire
regime. Data collection trips will require camping in remote
locations for 5 days. Temperatures in the July can exceeding 100 F.
Duties: 1) Collect plant community data and specimens in the field;
2) data entry in Excel; 3) spatial analysis using ArcGIS and remote
sensing and other tasks as needed.
Experience camping is required and prior experience with plant
identification is highly desired. Additionally, some combination of
experience with field work, GPS receivers, navigating back country
locations, off-road experience, or GIS, or remote sensing is preferred.
This is a great opportunity to learn about issues in sagebrush land
management and potentially interact with staff from the BLM and USGS.
Start Date: Start date is somewhat flexible, but is scheduled to
begin midMay through Early or mid August, depending on start date.
Pay Rate: $9 - $12 /hr depending on experience.
Locations: Lab space will be in Boise with fieldwork conducted
between Boise and Craters of the Moon
Duties: Fieldwork and camping in remote locations, collecting plant
community data and specimens, data entry in Excel, spatial analysis using
ArcGIS
Please apply using the University of Idaho website
(<https://uidaho.peopleadmin.com/postings/7950>https://uidaho.peopleadmin.com/postings/7950).
You will be required to submit a resume, unofficial transcript, and a
letter of interest detailing
your skills and experience and how you would contribute to the
project. Application review will begin Feb 20th.
For more information please contact Chris Bowman-Prideaux
(bowm9710@<http://vandals.uidaho.edu/>vandals.uidaho.edu) or Eva
Strand (<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected])
Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences
College of Natural Resources
University of Idaho, Moscow
