Re: [ECOLOG-L] Job Announcement: US Forest Service Ecologist

I have never added my two cents worth to these discussions, but in this case, I feel compelled to do so. I saw the job announcement and immediately thought there was someone in mind for the position already. I worked for the federal government for 12 years and saw many instances of jobs being ann

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Job Announcement: US Forest Service Ecologist

I missed most of this discussion. Was it about unethical hiring practices like spousal hirings, nepotism, etc.? These are RAMPANT in Academia. I understand that they happen in Federal agencies (and I have been told about at least one specific case for a position I applied to, but wasn't terr

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Job Announcement: US Forest Service Ecologist

My personal experience with USOPM and applications: I have applied for many positions with the Feds since 2003. I have reached the interview stage 6-10 times. During that time I was offered two positions. One I turned down because I could not justify to myself leaving my courses half-way through t

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Ecosystems and Energy Biofuels Homage to Principle or Deceptive Fraud?

I would say that the time for words is over. We have known for years that systems thinking is what is needed. However, it is not what is practiced and few understand what this really means especially considering that most are trained as reductionists and have made a career on it. I have bee

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Job Announcement: US Forest Service Ecologist

Kyle, My comments were not directed at you personally. I just feel that the time is long overdue that we not keep accepting these "very restrictive" rules (not just hiring practices) and stand up and do something. Otherwise, as we see by this discussion, good people leave the system completel

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Ecosystems and Energy Biofuels Homage to Principle or Deceptive Fraud?

Ecolog (with special thanks to Cliff Duke): It appears that the official ESA policy can be summed up as follows: "Taken together, these three principles - systems thinking, conservation of ecosystem services, and scale alignment - can create a sustainable biofuels infrastructure that will ser

[ECOLOG-L] Position Announcement - Spatial Ecologist

Audubon is recruiting for a spatial ecologist, see details below. To view the description online and apply visit - https://careers-audubon.icims.com/jobs/1163/job Spatial Ecologist Job Location: US-PA-Ivyland Type: Regular Full-Time Options: * Apply for this job online

[ECOLOG-L] Call for proposals SCB North America Congress for Conservation Biology

Announcing call for proposals for SCB North America Congress for Conservation Biology. And meet our mascot Stony: An American Pika http://www.scbnacongress.org/home/theme-mascot-steering-committee.html#stony CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR SYMPOSIA, WORKSHOPS, DISCUSSION GROUPS AND SHORT COURSES The 2012

[ECOLOG-L] Brief Survey for the ClimateWatch Magazine (www.climate.gov)

Hi ECOLOGER's Last week, I shared with you a link to our ClimateWatch Magazine, part of NOAA's climate.gov Website ( www.climate.gov). University of Wisconsin-Madison is conducting a brief survey about this webpage and the information and services that it provides to v

[ECOLOG-L] MS Opportunity for Prairie Restoration

Opportunity for an M.S. student for a funded project investigating invasive species control techniques on Mima Mound Prairies at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge in Eastern Washington. Mima Mounds are unique hemispherical geologic features that provide habitat for a range of native and invasive p

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Job Announcement: US Forest Service Ecologist

What a great discussion! I won't try to defend federal hiring practices here, but I will try to defend myself. I certainly would not have gone to the effort of posting this on Ecolog if I had someone lined up to fill it. I posted this announcement because I wanted to widely advertise this pos

[ECOLOG-L] Article about global warming articles in the news media vs. the scientific literature

A while ago there was an article where the author analyzed the number of articles in the scientific literature that disagreed with human driven climate change (very few) vs those in the news media (about 50/50 support/deny). I would like to assign it to my intro class for non-majors, but I'm havin

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Ecosystems and Energy Biofuels Homage to Principle or Deceptive Fraud?

People interested in ESA activities regarding biofuels and sustainability may be interested in the following: (1) series of biofuels and sustainability reports at http://www.esa.org/biofuelsreports/, (2) presentations from our 2008 conference on the ecological dimensions of biofuels at http://w

[ECOLOG-L] Faculty position in Ecology at Princeton

Just saw this advertised: Requisition Number 0110466 https://jobs.princeton.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.jsp?postingId=182122 -- Aaron T. Dossey, Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology http://www.allthingsbugs.com/Curriculum_Vitae.pdf