[ECOLOG-L] News Item: Fantastic Restoration, 4/1/16

Fantastic Restoration: An innovative technique for improving landscape conservation http://appliedeco.org/fantastic-restoration/ And some previous news items from this date: Roundup Ready cocktails: Mixed drinks with mixed effects

[ECOLOG-L] Seasonal Vegetation Monitoring Technicians: Ely, Nevada

2016 SEASONAL VEGETATION MONITORING TECHNICIANS The Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalition (ENLC) is currently seeking vegetation monitoring technicians for our upcoming 2016 field season. Located in Ely, Nevada, the ENLC is a non-profit conservation organization comprised of public, private, and

[ECOLOG-L] Employment: Ecological Field Crews Needed in Rawlins and Lander, WY and Kanab, UT

*UTAH:* http://crcareers.thegreatbasininstitute.org/careers/careers.aspx?rf=ECOLOG=2016-RAP-068 *WYOMING*: http://crcareers.thegreatbasininstitute.org/careers/careers.aspx?rf=ECOLOG=2016-RAP-015 *UTAH:* Member will provide national service at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, a host

[ECOLOG-L] Employment Opportunity: Tribal Youth Intern/Oral Historian in Joshua Tree National Park

http://crcareers.thegreatbasininstitute.org/careers/careers.aspx?rf=ECOLOG=2016-RAP-046 In cooperation with the National Park Service Joshua Tree National Park (JOTR), the Great Basin Institute is recruiting a Tribal Youth Intern. Joshua Tree National Park has identified a need to provide

[ECOLOG-L] RMBL travel award and 2016 named fellowship awards

RMBL is offering $1,000 in travel grants for scientists at the postdoc level or beyond who would like to explore joining RMBL's summer community. If you are interested, please send me a copy of your resume along with a cover letter that provides a bit of information about where you are in your

[ECOLOG-L] Fwd: Seasonal Biologist job announcement (Invasive Spartina Project, CA USA)

*SEASONAL BIOLOGIST JOB ANNOUNCEMENT * *Spartina **Treatment Monitor * *Job Description * Olofson Environmental, Inc. (OEI) is an environmental consulting firm located in Oakland, California. OEI manages the San Francisco Estuary Invasive *Spartina *Project (ISP), a coordinated project of the

[ECOLOG-L] Environmental Chemistry Faculty

The Native Environmental Science Department invites applicants for a full-time faculty position in the area of Environmental Chemistry, with a start date of September 2016 (or earlier if available). The responsibilities of this position include teaching, research, and developing organic and

[ECOLOG-L] JOBS (summer): ConservationXLabs, three positions for summer Conservation Innovation Fellows - DC and LA

ConservationXLabs is looking for three summer Conservation Innovation Fellows, two based in Washington, DC, and one in Los Angeles, CA. Please see the descriptions below and distribute to qualified undergrads and recent graduates of conservation biology, ecology, physics, design, business, and

[ECOLOG-L] Join Montana Conservation Corps Today!

Want to jump-start a career in conservation but not sure where to begin? Come on board as a corps member with *Montana Conservation Corps*! Now is the time to apply ! As a corps member, you live in a tent most of the time and share meals around the campfire with

[ECOLOG-L] MSc - BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION IN GECKOS

MSc - BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION IN GECKOS I am looking for a highly motivated student interested in pursuing a MSc degree in Biology in my group starting in the fall of 2016. This opportunity will be supported by a teaching assistantship in the Department of Biology at the

[ECOLOG-L] Upcoming Webinar: Habitat Management Guidelines for Herps in the MW US, with some special application to NPS units

*The information provided in the webinar will be applicable to locations outside of park boundaries and so will benefit biologists and land managers outside of NPS as well.* You are invited to join us for *Park Units in the **Midwestern US: Restoration and Recovery for Amphibians and Reptiles*,

[ECOLOG-L] Highstead Accepting Applications for Conservation Internship

Highstead is looking for one summer conservation intern who will work with our Senior Conservationist for Conservation Finance to implement research, outreach, and policy projects that will inform our partners on where and how new conservation finance opportunities may emerge. The internship will

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoc Opportunity – UT Austin, Evolutionary Ecology of Plant Traits

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in the Farrior Lab of the Integrative Biology Department at the University of Texas at Austin. We are seeking an innovative scientist interested in better understanding the evolutionary ecology of plant traits. In the Farrior Lab we work to

[ECOLOG-L] Reminder: TOMORROW is LAST day for Early Bird Rate for USGS PUB Short Course!

Don't miss the Early Bird Registration rate for the Runoff Predictions in Ungauged Basins (PUB) Summer Short Course! Registration rates will increase after April 1st Runoff Predictions in Ungauged Basins (PUB) Summer Short Course June 6 - 10, 2016 || Fort

[ECOLOG-L] Employment Opportunity: Botany Field Crew Needed in the USFS's Spring Mountains near Las Vegas, NV

*Botany Field Team Lead: * http://crcareers.thegreatbasininstitute.org/careers/careers.aspx?rf=TAM=2016-RAP-060 *Botany Field Technician:* http://crcareers.thegreatbasininstitute.org/careers/careers.aspx?rf=TAM=2016-RAP-059 *Botany Field Team Lead* GBI / USFS, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest

[ECOLOG-L] Call for participation in Drought-Net Enhancing Existing Experiments

Dear Colleague, Drought-Net (www.drought-net.org) is a US National Science Foundation- funded Research Coordination Network aimed at assessing terrestrial ecosystem sensitivity to drought. A key activity of Drought-Net – Enhancing Existing Experiments (EEE) – is focused on designing and

[ECOLOG-L] 2016 Native Bee Research Technician Needed

Native bee population and pathogen research: Summer Field Technician Needed Location: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI and field sites in West Michigan Job Descriptions: We seek a field and laboratory assistant for a project investigating how habitat enhancements in agro-ecosystems

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Insect keys?

getting these down to genus should be doable with a key, however, species might be very difficult. Many beetles require you to use scanning em to reveal microstructural variation. http://naldc.nal.usda.gov/download/CAT93500709/PDF (chrysomelid key)

[ECOLOG-L] Job: Career Research Assistant, U OR

Posting 16046 Career Research Assistant Institute of Ecology and Evolution Officer of Research (12-month appointment, funding contingent), 1.0FTE Closing: Application review begins April 15, 2016; position open until filled The Institute of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Oregon

[ECOLOG-L] Meeting: American Quaternary Association

What: 24th Biennial Meeting of the American Quaternary Association When: June 28-July 2, 2016 Where: Santa Fe Convention Center, Santa Fe, NM Info: http://biology.unm.edu/fasmith/2016AMQUA/ A pressing challenge for Quaternarists is the development of innovative and robust methodologies and

[ECOLOG-L] Job: Soil Ecology lab technician / manager at UW-Madison

http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/Weblisting/External/PVLSummaryApply.aspx?pvl_num=85987 We are recruiting a lab technician / lab manager, to support research in soil ecology under the supervision of Dr. Thea Whitman in the Department of Soil Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Their

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Insect keys?

If you go to bugguide.net, most taxonomic groups have suggestions for the best keys or other resources to use. Also bugguide itself is a great resource, if used with appropriate caution. --Mike On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 7:26 AM -0700, "Jason Hernandez"

[ECOLOG-L] Seasonal Seabird Technicians at Shoals Marine Lab

http://www.shoalsmarinelaboratory.org/seabird-tech-position Position Dates: May 1 - August 31, 2016 (end date may vary depending upon migration) Number of open positions: 2 Seabird Technicians Location: White and Seavey Islands, Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire Stipend: $1,500.00 per month, plus

[ECOLOG-L] Insect keys?

I have a number of insect specimens I have been trying to identify. Borror et al 1989 has been useful in getting to family, but I would like to identify them to genus (and dare I hope, species?). I have not had much success on JSTOR or Google Scholar, so I am hoping the ECOLOG community can

[ECOLOG-L] upcoming event: remote sensing for biodiversity monitoring

fyi -- Forwarded Message -- Dear All, I just wanted to flag the upcoming conference in London (29th April) on satellite remote sensing and global biodiversity monitoring – https://www.zsl.org/science/whats-on/space-the-final-frontier-for-biodiversity-monitoring or