Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve is seeking qualified candidates for a permanent, full-time ecologist position. I'm trying to get the word out to anyone who might be interested.
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve consist of six physically separate sites and a park headquarters located in southeastern Louisiana. The Barataria Preserve south of Marrero preserves and interprets the natural and cultural history of a representative example of the Mississippi River delta region: bottomland hardwood forests, swamps, and marshes. Three sites in Lafayette, Thibodaux and Eunice interpret the Acadian culture of the area. Six miles southeast of New Orleans is the Chalmette Battlefield and National Cemetery, site of the 1815 Battle of New Orleans, and final resting place for soldiers from the Civil War, Spanish-American War, World Wars I and II, and Vietnam. Park headquarters and the French Quarter visitor center are located in downtown New Orleans. The position is a part of the developing natural resource management program at the park, which is focused on the Barataria Preserve, approximately 30 minutes, and a world away, from downtown New Orleans. The 23,000 acre Preserve is the only unit of the park managed as a natural area, and it protects a significant portion of the Barataria Estuary, one of the most productive, and threatened, estuarine wetlands in North America. It contains part of an abandoned delta of the Mississippi River and associated ecological zones, including natural levee hardwood forest, baldcypress/tupelo swamp, and fresh to slightly saline (intermediate) marsh. The marshes of the Preserve anchor the eastern end of one of only four large floating marsh systems in the world, and are the only estuarine floating marshes in the National Park System. The Preserve also contains hundreds of prehistoric and historic archeological sites. Currently, the natural resource management program is actively engaged in large-scale habitat restoration projects, exotic plant and animal management, and research. In the future, we anticipate that the program will place additional emphasis on fire and wildlife management. See the links below for the merit promotion (JELA1008-356496) and all sources announcements (GUISDEU1021-358953). The application deadline is July 9, 2010. If you have questions regarding the position, let me know. All Sources: http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=88948509&JobTitle=Ecologist&q=G UISDEU1021-358953&where=&brd=3876&vw=b&FedEmp=N&FedPub=Y&AVSDM=2010-06-25+00 %3a03%3a00 Merit Promotion (Government-wide): http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=88767392&JobTitle=ECOLOGIST&q=J ELA1008-356496&sort=rv%2c-dtex&cn=&rad_units=miles&brd=3876&pp=50&vw=b&re=13 4&FedEmp=Y&FedPub=Y&caller=advanced.aspx&AVSDM=2010-06-25+00%3a03%3a00 For more information, contact: Haigler "Dusty" Pate Natural Resource Program Manager National Park Service Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve 419 Decatur St. New Orleans, LA 70130 504 589-3882, x119 504 382-4937 cell 504 589-3851 fax
