The Nature Conservancy in Georgia is seeking a motivated seasonal technician to join the field staff working on the Chattahoochee Fall Line near Columbus, Georgia. Focus of the Chattahoochee Fall Line Project is on restoring the longleaf pine forest ecosystem on lands degraded by past agricultural use, long-term fire exclusion, and conversion to pine plantations. The technician will work with one or more field staff to complete a variety of ecological monitoring and forest restoration tasks.
Duties: * · Establishment of permanent monitoring plots in a range of forest conditions * · Collection of vegetation and forest fuels data * · Assisting with prescribed fire activities, including establishment and maintenance of containment lines, prescribed fire operations, post-fire mop-up and monitoring * · Assisting with the maintenance and security of conservation land owned and managed by The Nature Conservancy Work period: June – December Compensation: $14.50 /hour (35-40 hrs/week), plus housing will be provided at no cost. Location: West-Central Georgia (Marion County) Preferred Qualifications: * · Associates or Bachelor’s degree in natural resource management, ecology, environmental biology, or environmental studies * · Experience collecting and managing field data * · Field experience working on invasive species control or trail maintenance * · Wildland/prescribed fire experience and training at the Type II-level To Apply: Visit The Nature Conservancy careers website, http://www.nature.org/about-us/careers/index.htm and search for the job ID # 43086 or Posting Title Ecological Monitoring Technician. Open Period: 2 weeks (ending April 7, 2015) George Matusick Forest Ecologist The Nature Conservancy Georgia The Chattahoochee Fall Line Project P.O. Box 52452 Ft. Benning, GA 31995-2452 C: 607-377-2686 F: 706-544-6141 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
