The Nature Conservancy is hiring 3 summer field technicians to assist with understory and overstory vegetation surveys at the Ellsworth Creek Preserve in southwestern Washington. The preserve, located in southwestern Washington, harbors the entire Ellsworth Creek watershed as well as adjacent estuary and forest habitat. This preserve includes nearly 300 acres of remnant old-growth forest surrounded by approximately 7000 acres of younger forest that was intensively managed for timber production prior to Conservancy ownership. The Conservancy is now conducting extensive research to investigate methods of restoring late-successional characteristics in the younger forests. Most vegetation surveys will be conducted in the young (5-80 years) forests of the watershed. Work will require long days in the field, hiking with heavy equipment over steep, rugged terrain and through dense vegetation.
More information on these positions can be found at: http://nature.org/careers/ Browse for Science Technician I - Plants (Ellsworth Creek, WA) Crews will be based out of Astoria, Oregon. Close date: April 1, 2006 PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL!
