SUMMER SMALL MAMMAL ECOLOGY POSITIONS AT MOUNT ST. HELENS
SUMMER 2013
POSITIONS: : Employees needed to assist with long-term monitoring of
small mammal populations and assemblages on lands severely disturbed
by the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. These positions can
potentially be used as undergraduate internship course credit if
suitable arrangement can be made between employer, college faculty,
and student.
REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must have experience with field methods used
to live-trap small mammals, and have the knowledge and skills to
handle, process (e.g., measure, weigh, and determine gender, age &
reproductive status), and identify captured mammals to the
species-level. In addition, applicants should have experience
measuring biophysical habitat features (i.e., vegetation, wood debris,
substrates). Applicants must be physically fit and capable of hiking
several miles each day through rugged, unstable terrain. Employees
will be camping throughout the season at well-equipped base camps and
transported to study sites in government vehicles. Legible handwriting
is required. Valid state driver’s license is needed.
DUTIES: Employees will receive training on sampling methods and work
both independently and with other crew members to obtain measurements
for small mammals and their biophysical habitat features. Employees
are required to take careful field notes, to record field data
accurately on data forms, and maintain field equipment.
SCHEDULE: May or June to through August or September 2013*. Work week
will be 40 hours, Monday through Friday. In some cases this schedule
may vary in order to accomplish project goals. * Begin and end date
negotiable.
PAY RATE: $ 11.00 - $13.00 per hour depending on experience.
HOW TO APPLY: Send cover letter, resume, transcripts (if available),
and contact information for three references to:
Charlie Crisafulli
Mount St. Helens
42218 NE Yale Bridge Road
Amboy, WA 98601
Phone: 360-449-7834
e-mail: ccrisafu...@fs.fed.us
