SUMMER SMALL MAMMAL ECOLOGY POSITIONS
AT MOUNT ST. HELENS VOLCANO, SUMMER 2015
POSITIONS: Employees needed to assist with long-term monitoring of small
mammal populations and assemblages on lands severely disturbed by the 1980
eruption of Mount St. Helens. These positions can potentially be used as
undergraduate internship course credit if suitable arrangements can be made
between employer, college faculty, and student.
REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must have experience with field methods used to
live-trap small mammals, and have the knowledge and skills to handle,
process (e.g., measure, weigh, and determine gender, age & reproductive
status), and identify captured mammals to the species-level. In addition,
applicants should have experience measuring biophysical habitat features
(i.e., vegetation, wood debris, substrates). Applicants must be physically
fit and capable of hiking several miles each day through rugged, unstable
terrain. Employees will be part of a larger research team camping
throughout the season at well-equipped base camps and transported to study
sites or trailheads in government vehicles. Legible handwriting is
required. Valid state driver’s license is needed.
DUTIES: Employees will receive training on sampling methods and work both
independently and with other crew members to obtain measurements for small
mammals and their biophysical habitat features. Employees are required to
take careful field notes, to record field data accurately on data forms,
and maintain field equipment.
SCHEDULE: May through September 2015*. Work week will be 40 hours, Monday
through Friday. In some cases this schedule may vary in order to accomplish
project goals.
*Begin and end date negotiable.
PAY RATE: $ 12.00 - $13.00 per hour depending on experience.
HOW TO APPLY: Send cover letter, resume, college transcripts, and contact
information for three references to:
Charlie Crisafulli
Mount St. Helens
42218 NE Yale Bridge Road
Amboy, WA 98601
Phone: 360-449-7834
e-mail: [email protected]
