Direct link to the posting on the Cooperative Extension website.
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/hr/listing.cfm?PVL=C12027
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LSNERR Monitoring Coordinator (100%)
Posted: 11/4/2011
Refer to: PVL# C12027
REVIEW BEGINS: 11/29/2011
*Cooperative Extension Purpose:* We teach, learn, lead and serve,
connecting people with the University of Wisconsin, and engaging with
them in transforming lives and communities.
*Working Title: *Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve
(LSNERR) Monitoring Coordinator
*Official UW-Extension Title: *Lecturer Title Series (title prefix to be
determined)
*Percent of Employment: * 100%
*Geographic Areas Served: * Primarily northwest Wisconsin and northeast
Minnesota, especially portions of Douglas (WI) and St. Louis (MN)
Counties within the boundaries of the Lake Superior National Estuarine
Research Reserve (LSNERR)
*Office Location: * Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve
Offices, 14 Marina Dr., Superior, Wisconsin 54880
*Type of Appointment: **
*This position is a fixed-term academic staff appointment with
Cooperative Extension, a division of the University of
Wisconsin-Extension (UWEX). Reappointment to this position after the
initial term is dependent upon availability of funding and performance.
*Position Background and Purpose: *The LSNERR Monitoring Coordinator
(MC) provides lead oversight for the System Wide Monitoring Program
(SWMP) as well as other LSNERR water quality monitoring programs and
volunteer programs. The MC collects, compiles, analyses, and reports
on water quality trends and plans monitoring projects. The MC will work
extensively with the LSNERR geographic information system (GIS).
The Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve is one of 28
research reserves in the National Estuarine Research Reserve System
(http://www.nerrs.noaa.gov/) and is the only NERR located in Wisconsin
within NOAA's Lake Superior Biogeographical Region. The 16,697-acre
LSNERR exists today because of a number of innovative partnerships. The
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) provides federal
funds to the State of Wisconsin through the University of
Wisconsin-Extension (UWEX), the State's designated lead agency. In
another partnership, the LSNERR has a physical presence on the
University of Wisconsin Superior campus and LSNERR staff members are
appointed through either UWEX or University of Wisconsin Superior.
The LSNERR Monitoring Coordinator manages the water quality monitoring
program including the NERR System-Wide Monitoring Program (SWMP). The
successful candidate will work extensively with the LSNERR GIS. The MC
will be supervised by the LSNERR Research Coordinator. The MC will work
closely with the LSNERR Education and Coastal Training Program
Coordinators to provide oversight of the volunteer program, LSNERR
student interns/fellows, and support of special events. This position
provides excellent service and communication with the public and
governmental entities by working collaboratively and respectfully to
provide needed information. It also works to increase public awareness
of LSNERR and its programs, and to build public support.
This position plays a central role in managing a status and trends
monitoring framework that will help coordinate science and management
information pertaining primarily to natural resource management
partners. This position also coordinates the design and management of a
LSNERR geodatabase that will serve as the primary digital archive of
information focused on the St. Louis River Estuary. Prudent design and
implementation of the monitoring framework and database will ensure the
efficient, cost effective acquisition of relevant information and will
provide long term security for irreplaceable data.
Monitoring information collected by this position is used to determine
the response of the ecosystem to restoration projects and other
management actions and to determine if existing rules and regulations
and management measures adequately protect the natural integrity of
coastal ecosystems particularly the St. Louis River ecosystem The
relevance of the information in the monitoring framework and database
is also linked to its use by coastal managers, educators and scientists
