Re: [ECOLOG-L] Preschool field class

2015-11-16 Thread Swain, Pat (FWE)
People have come up with neat ideas for working with pre-schoolers. I did want to note that there are existing curricula (ums?)that have been tested and developed for different grade levels that probably have figured out various pitfalls and can save planning effort, or at least provide some ext

[ECOLOG-L] job Massachusetts state botanist

2014-09-15 Thread Swain, Pat (FWE)
The Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game, Division of Fisheries and Wildlife seeks qualified applicants for the position of State Botanist (Conservation Biologist IV). The State Botanist compiles and analyzes data on the occurrence and distribution of populations and habitats of the state'

[ECOLOG-L] state environmental review job Chief of Regulatory Review

2014-06-24 Thread Swain, Pat (FWE)
Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife seeks qualified applicants for the position of Chief of Regulatory Review for the Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program (NHESP). Description and application procedure are at: http://tinyurl.com/lbrsybf OR https://jobs.hrd.state.ma.us/re

[ECOLOG-L] contract full time Herp conservation job Massachusetts

2013-12-04 Thread Swain, Pat (FWE)
Reptile and Amphibian Conservation Biologist Duties: The Reptile & Amphibian Conservation Biologist will work for the Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program (NHESP) of the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (DFW) and will lead conservation efforts for Massachusetts' reptiles

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Mimulus guttatus populations on the east coast

2012-07-16 Thread Swain, Pat (FWE)
Just an observation on Mimulus guttatus in the east: M. guttatus isn't listed as occurring in Massachusetts in the 2011 Vascular Plants of Massachusetts: A county checklist, 1st revision (available to order through the MA Natural Heritage website, due to go online sometime). The checklist is bas

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Hypothesis Testing in Ecology

2011-03-08 Thread Swain, Pat (FWE)
at -- Pat Swain NHESP Community Ecologist From: Manuel SpĂ­nola [mailto:mspinol...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 12:02 PM To: Swain, Pat (FWE) Cc: ECOLOG-L@listserv.umd.edu Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Hypothesis Testing in Ecology Dear Pat, But what do you consider a sci

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Hypothesis Testing in Ecology

2011-03-07 Thread Swain, Pat (FWE)
Ecolog-L, Way back when the question about hypothesis testing in ecology was first posed to the group, one of the questions was whether anyone had rejected projects or grant proposals for lack of hypotheses. The discussion has gone on while I thought about posting a response to that, but with J

[ECOLOG-L] environmental review regulatory contract position Massachusetts

2011-02-10 Thread Swain, Pat (FWE)
The Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program is part of the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, located at the field headquarters in Westborough, Massachusetts. NHESP, under DFW statutes and regulations is responsible for regulating impacts to rare species through the Massachu

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Database & Maps for Plant Distributions

2009-10-09 Thread Swain, Pat (FWE)
Hi Rogelio Rodriguez, These are perhaps more general in scope and limited in areas covered than you wanted, but for plant distributions in rhe US and Canada, by states and provinces, the following are useful. http://plants.usda.gov/ (US and Canada) for species that are rare in some part of the

[ECOLOG-L] job Massachusetts ecologist

2008-08-25 Thread Swain, Pat (FWE)
The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) (another Massachusetts state agency in charge of forests and parks, http://www.mass.gov/dcr/ ) has a postion open for an experienced ecologist/planner. The application period closes 9-10-08. The full description is on the state's job

[ECOLOG-L] Massachusetts state job forester

2008-08-18 Thread Swain, Pat (FWE)
The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife (MassWildlife) is reposting a position for a forester. It should shortly be on the state website https://jobs.hrd.state.ma.us/recruit/public/3111/index.do select Dept. of Fish and Game, when it's posted the forestry position should show up. Ch

[ECOLOG-L] MA State Botanist posting extended 3 weeks

2008-05-01 Thread Swain, Pat (FWE)
The closing date to apply for the position of Massachusetts State Botanist has been extended to May 21, 2008. https://jobs.hrd.state.ma.us/recruit/public/3111/job/job_view.do?pos tingId=J14749&code=search.public&companyId=59 (you need the entire url from https to =59) Note that the descript

[ECOLOG-L] Massachusetts State Botanist job

2008-03-24 Thread Swain, Pat (FWE)
The Massachusetts Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program, part of the Division of Fisheries & Wildlife has an opening for State Botanist. The State Botanist compiles and analyzes data on the occurrence and distribution of populations and habitats of the state's vascular flora, especially it

[ECOLOG-L] habitat management job Massachusetts

2008-03-11 Thread Swain, Pat (FWE)
I'm posting this for a colleague, please see the Upland Habitat Program website or contact John Scanlon for details. Note that the URL is very long and you need it all to get to the position description. It ends with =59, I've just checked and copying and pasting the whole thing works. Please fol

Massachusetts Small Research Contracts RFP and seasonal jobs

2008-02-05 Thread Swain, Pat (FWE)
The Massachusetts Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program has posted a request for proposals for rare species inventory work in Massachusetts on our website (go to www.nhesp.org then click on What's New). Anyone interested in the various projects proposed for Army Corps properties should jus

invasives species results on NPR website

2007-12-31 Thread Swain, Pat (FWE)
I haven't seen this cited before on Ecolog, so maybe it's new. The NPR website has the invasive species discussion results at http://www.npr.org/news/graphics/2007/dec/invasive/index.html in the middle of the transcript of a story about 'rock snot' that they played this morning. Pat

hunting & conservation funding

2007-08-17 Thread Swain, Pat (FWE)
This started as an attempt to make a brief point that there are ways of raising funds for conservation work that have been proposed and don't appear to be being followed up on. It sort of grew to include some explanations of why some public lands are required to be open for hunting and fishing. In

Massachusetts Natural Heritage Information Manager state position

2007-08-17 Thread Swain, Pat (FWE)
The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program has an opening for an Information Manager. This is a state position (Conservation Biologist II). Prior Natural Heritage experience is preferred. Application deadline is September 3rd. The job announc

deer biologist Massachusetts state job

2007-08-08 Thread Swain, Pat (FWE)
This job is different from the fur bearer biologist job I posted earlier in the week: same agency, they happened to be cleared for posting at the same time, there was no mass exiting. As with the fur bearer biologist job, I am not the person to contact, look at the agency's web page, www.masswildli

Furbearer wildlife biologist job Massachusetts

2007-08-06 Thread Swain, Pat (FWE)
The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife has posted a furbearer biologist position. Details at: https://jobs.hrd.state.ma.us/recruit/public/3111/job/job_view.do?pos tingId=J11197&code=search.public&companyId=59 Use the entire url from https to 59 I didn't even know they were adveri

contract state job environmental review Massachusetts

2007-07-05 Thread Swain, Pat (FWE)
The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife, Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program has posted a NEW (5th) Endangered Species Review Biologist position as a state contract position. Here is the link to it: https://jobs.hrd.state.ma.us/recruit/public/3111/job/job_view.do?job Id=

Job- rare species review assistant Massachusetts

2007-03-16 Thread Swain, Pat (FWE)
Endangered Species Review Assistant Westborough MA The Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program in Westborough, Massachusetts, is recruiting for an Endangered Species Review Assistant. The Endangered Species Review Assistant provides critical assistance to the Natural Heritage & Endangered S

Habitat Management job Massachusetts

2007-02-27 Thread Swain, Pat (FWE)
The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife has a full-time contract (no benefits) Habitat Management position available as part of MassWildlife's BioDiversity Initiative. Applications are due by 03/19/2007 in Boston. The position is in Westborough, MA. For the full job description go to (

job Massachusetts, Conservation Data Assistant

2007-02-16 Thread Swain, Pat (FWE)
Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program Conservation Data Assistant The Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program in Westborough, Massachusetts, is recruiting for a Conservation Data Assistant to assist in updating and maintaining the Program's biodiversity databases. The incumbent wi

Massachusetts job-rare species regulation

2006-09-14 Thread Swain, Pat (FWE)
The Division of Fisheries & Wildlife's Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program has an opening for a full-time contract position (no benefits). (The annual contract is based on 48 weeks at 40 hours per week.) The Endangered Species Review Biologist (currently part of a team of 4 reviewers) is

job conservation zoologist in Massachusetts

2006-07-11 Thread Swain, Pat (FWE)
The Massachusetts Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program, part of the state Division of Fisheries & Wildlife has a full time contract position for a zoologist. Full details are posted at: http://ceo.hrd.state.ma.us/ceo.nsf/42719dc0df11664f85256a2b005f440e/29bb 53c9bc5385fe8525719c0047f2f7?O

Botanical Research Graduate Award

2006-02-10 Thread Swain, Pat (FWE)
Please call the following to the attention of graduate students doing research involving the flora of New England. Proposals are due March 1. The New England Botanical Club offers each year up to $2,000 total in support of botanical research to be conducted by graduate students. The awards are mad