Restoration Monitoring Data and Information Specialist The National Wildlife Refuge Association, in partnership with Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge and the USFWS Pacific Region Inventory and Monitoring Program, seeks an individual with strong restoration ecology, database development, and ecological monitoring design skills for an 18-month period to help Refuge staff meet scientific information needs associated with expanding habitat restoration and weed control programming. The selected individual will be an employee of the National Wildlife Refuge Association and will work closely with Refuge staff and volunteers to develop robust data collection procedures, design databases, and data management systems for currently implemented weed control, native plant propagation and habitat restoration activities. The primary goal of this position is to set-up a robust habitat restoration monitoring system that can be utilized and maintained by USFWS staff to holistically evaluate the success of restoration efforts, encompassing and integrating complex and large-scale weed control and native plant propagation programs.
The National Wildlife Refuge Association is an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that works in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to advance the wildlife conservation mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System. For more information about the Refuge Association, please visit www.refugeassociation.org. To receive a copy of the work plan or to ask project and location-specific questions, please contact Meg Duhr-Schultz ([email protected], 808-954-4819). For salary and benefits questions, please contact Anne Truslow ([email protected]).
