From the DNR Sent from my iPad
Begin forwarded message: > From: "Worland, Michael (DNR)" <00002c1562233ef3-dmarc-requ...@lists.umn.edu> > Date: April 6, 2022 at 7:17:51 AM CDT > To: MOU-NET@lists.umn.edu > Subject: [mou-net] Contract bird surveyors needed - due April 15th > Reply-To: "Worland, Michael (DNR)" <michael.worl...@state.mn.us> > > The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Nongame Wildlife Program, > seeks bird surveyors to work on two projects in June 2022. > > > > Camp Ripley point counts: This project includes 75 point count surveys within > and adjacent to the Camp Ripley National Guard base in central Minnesota. > These surveys are in forest, savanna, grasslands, and wetlands. Past surveys > have averaged approximately one hour per point count, including driving and > walking between point counts. Payment is $60 per point count. > > > > Prairie Coteau effectiveness monitoring: This project includes grasslands and > prairie restorations in southwest Minnesota adjacent to Luverne, Pipestone, > and Lake Benton. The contract will include surveys of 25 sites using a > protocol where the observer walks a route that covers the entire site. Past > surveyors averaged 2 - 2.5 sites per morning. Payment is $175 per site. > > > > The contractor will be responsible for supplying all necessary equipment and > services, including vehicle and lodging. There will be no additional > compensation beyond the above payment rates. Contractors will be required to > turn in data on a survey app developed by the DNR. Contractors will be > required to provide their own device (phone or tablet) on which data can be > collected in the field. > > > > Minimum qualifications are at least three seasons conducting standardized, > whole-community, breeding bird surveys in the Midwest U.S. We may test > applicants on identification of bird vocalizations. Applicants can receive a > contract for no more than one project, but can apply for both projects. To > apply, please send a resume to > michael.worl...@state.mn.us<mailto:michael.worl...@state.mn.us>, indicating > the projects for which you are applying, by 15 April 2022. > > > Michael Worland > Nongame Specialist | Nongame Wildlife Program > Minnesota Department of Natural Resources > EWR Sakatah Office > 50507 Sakatah Lake State Park Rd > Waterville MN 56096 > > 507-649-9081 > michael.worl...@state.mn.us<mailto:michael.worl...@state.mn.us> > > > ---- > General information and guidelines for posting: > https://moumn.org/listservice.html > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. ---- General information and guidelines for posting: https://moumn.org/listservice.html Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
