[ECOLOG-L] Seasonal Restoration Monitoring Assistant Position

The Nature Conservancy is currently recruiting for a Seasonal Restoration Monitoring Assistant in the Virginia Aquatic Resources Trust Fund Program. Primary job responsibilities include vegetation, hydrology, and geomorphology monitoring of stream and wetland mitigation sites throughout the

[ECOLOG-L] Where to Share Experience with Elected Officials?

There are probably a number of us on this list who have been concerned enough about conservation issues to meet directly with elected officials, in hopes of making a better case in person than through a letter or email. Unfortunately, as many of us know, most elected officials don’t

[ECOLOG-L] Quaking Aspen Ecology Crew Lead & Technician - Summer 2018 (Tahoe Basin)

The Bisbing Forest Ecology & Silviculture Lab at UNR (https://sarahbisbing.com) is hiring one crew lead and one field technicians to sample quaking aspen forests in the East Tahoe Basin, Nevada in summer 2018. Technicians will collect data to support forest ecology, health, and genetics

[ECOLOG-L] *New!* Call for Applications: Targeted Postdoctoral Fellowships at NIMBioS

/**New!* Targeted Postdoctoral Fellowships at NIMBioS*/ Since 2009, the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) has provided opportunities for postdoctoral scholarship at the interface between mathematics and the biological sciences. /Targeted Postdoctoral

[ECOLOG-L] IPBES looking for experts for two projects

I participated in the IPBES report on pollinators a couple of years ago and enjoyed it. David Inouye Dear IPBES members, observers and other interested stakeholders, In the context of the IPBES Fellowship Programme, and in parallel to the call for nominations of experts sent on 23 April 2018

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Still looking for Timema from California. (Also Baja Mexico, Arizona and Nevada).

"It's that time again here at the Trust House Jeweler's..."  (any of you from Oklahoma City in the 80's/90's will get the reference). See below.  Checking in again to see if anyone out there might be able to help. * Timema range includes proximity to some pretty populated places and "major

[ECOLOG-L] Telescoping ocelli?

Dear Colleagues: Recently, someone else and I were examining some adult insects and noticed that the ocelli are mounted in cylindrical protuberances. My colleague noticed that some of those protuberances appear higher than others and I agree. We will be doing some more imaging asap. The idea

[ECOLOG-L] Plant Identification and Sampling Workshop Series

The University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point College of Natural Resources and Continuing Education are proud to announce the 2018 Plant Identification and Sampling Workshop series. The series is comprised of four habitat-specific workshops, see below. The workshops are designed to provide the

[ECOLOG-L] Defenders of Wildlife hiring Director, Center for Conservation Innovation in DC

Dear colleagues, My team at Defenders of Wildlife is hiring a new Director for our Center for Conservation Innovation. This is a VP level position and will lead our group of scientists to develop new applied tools and initiatives at the cutting edge of wildlife policy and science. Details at the

[ECOLOG-L] 2018 Annual New England Bee Bioblitz

2018 Annual New England Bee Bioblitz - Cheshire, NH The Rehan Lab is organizing a Bee BioBlitz in Cheshire County, New Hampshire. This will be the fourth annual full scale Bee BioBlitz of New Hampshire and will take place from Friday, June 22 to Sunday, June 24, 2018 Pisgah State Park

[ECOLOG-L] SESYNC Job Opportunity: Science Communications Coordinator

Application Deadline: May 18, 2018 The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) seeks a full-time, experienced science communications professional to lead communications activities. The primary focus of the Science Communications Coordinator is to enhance awareness and

[ECOLOG-L] Requesting info on bags for in-lake mesocosms

The Jefferson Project at Lake George, NY is installing an in-lake mesocosm platform this summer. We are seeking input and recommendations from researchers who use plastic bags as part of their in-lake mesocosms. A previously recommended vendor only sells 275' rolls, in batches of 21 rolls,

[ECOLOG-L] Introductory distance sampling workshop online

If you have wanted to learn about distance sampling, but have not been able to attend one of our workshops, those workshop materials are now available online. We have 21 videos of our lectures described by workshop instructors here in St Andrews.  There are also PDFs of the lectures.  In

[ECOLOG-L] Registration deadline for Species distribution models using R (Jane Elith and Gurutzeta Guillera)

Species distribution models using R (SDMR01) https://www.prstatistics.com/course/species-distribution-models-using-r- sdmr01/ Deadline for registration is 21/05/2018 This course will be delivered by Prof. Jane Elith, Dr. Gurutzeta Guillera and Jose Square form the 12th - 15th June 2018 at