Sierra Nevada seasonal field crew positions in forest, vegetation, and fire ecology, UC Davis:
A seasonal field crew leader and field crew member are needed to conduct vegetation inventory and monitoring projects in support of ecological research on public lands in the Sierra Nevada of California (primarily the Tahoe, Eldorado, Stanislaus National Forests, and Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit). The field crew will collect technical data on forest stand structure, tree mortality, species diversity, vegetation regeneration, and landscape characteristics at remote field sites, will and will be responsible for equipment and data management throughout the season. US Forest Service ecologists and UC Davis researchers will train and supervise the field crew. The duty station will be in Placerville, CA. Field method, equipment, and safety training will be provided. Housing will not be provided. During the work week, crews will usually be car camping at the field sites, with campsites paid for by the employer or in "dispersed" camping areas without facilities. In some limited cases crews may be required to backpack into remote areas for multi-day overnight stays. Specific projects may include post fire regeneration monitoring in the King Fire; LiDar validation plots; spring/meadow monitoring; aspen monitoring on the Tahoe NF; pre-thinning monitoring at Sagehen Experimental Station, Tahoe NF. Application deadline: March 17 Start date: May 18 End date: Mid-September to mid-October, TBD For more details on the positions, minimum and preferred qualifications, and instructions on how to apply, please contact Rebecca Wayman at rbway...@ucdavis.edu. Please use the subject line: "Seasonal field crew, UC Davis". Thank you for your interest!
