The Plants of Concern program at the Chicago Botanic Garden is looking to hire two temporary seasonal positions for the upcoming field season. A program of the Chicago Botanic Garden, Plants of Concern program is a regional, rare plant monitoring program designed to assess long-term trends in rare plant species. It is a flexible collaboration of public and non-governmental conservation agencies, landowners and volunteer groups, guided by an advisory group of land managers, scientists and volunteers.
As part of a cooperative program with Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, Plants of Concern is recruiting a seasonal research assistant. This seven-month, 35-hour per week position involves a suite of studies on rare plants at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, including those restricted to the unique dolomite prairie habitat - https://tinyurl.com/Plants-of-Concern-Midewin We are also recruiting a research intern/program assistant to assist with monitoring rare plants in the Cook County Forest Preserves. This 35-week, 35-hour/week position is based at the Chicago Botanic Garden, which is located in Cook County, IL - https://tinyurl.com/Plants-of-Concern-FPCC Details on how to apply for both positions may be found at: http://bit.ly/ApplyPlantConservationJobs Thank you, Pati Vitt, Ph.D. Senior Scientist Susan and Roger Stone Curator Dixon National Tallgrass Prairie Seedbank Chicago Botanic Garden 1000 Lake Cook Road Glencoe, IL 60022 847-835-8268 https://www.sciencecollections.org/content/dixon-national-tallgrass-prairie-seed-bank The defense of living Nature is a universal value.... it serves without discrimination the interests of all humanity. E.O. Wilson
