Could you please post or announce the position below (flyer attached)?
Thank-you.
BOTANY FIELD TECHNICIAN (Wayne National Forest)
BOTANY and NATURAL RESOURCES MAJORS OR MINORS- This is a preliminary
announcement for three, three-month 'biotech' positions with the US Forest
Service, Wayne National Forest, Ohio for the 2006 summer season at the GS-5
($13.58/hr), GS-4 ($12.14) and GS-3 ($10.82) levels. Pay grade will be offered
based on education and/or level of experience. Housing is not provided but
affordable housing can be found in Ironton, OH or Ashland, KY. Preferred start
date is May 15th.
Duties include: Assisting botanist in conducting surveys for non-native
invasive plant species, threatened and endangered species and inventorying
other vascular plant species (75%), using GPS and GIS to document locations of
plants of interest (10%), entering data from surveys into databases (10%) and
other tasks as assigned (5%).
Qualifications: A course in vascular plant taxonomy and the ability to key
plants to the species level is required. Courses in agrostology, orienteering
(or experience in compass work, pacing and map reading) and dendrology would be
beneficial. Past field-work and experience with database and GIS programs and
GPS equipment would also be helpful. Must be willing to work alone in remote
forest locations or with others in a team setting. Work may require travel
between the three different units of the Wayne National Forest, and up to 2
weeks/month of overnight travel.
Please send resume with references and cover letter to [EMAIL PROTECTED] by
March 3rd. Be sure to include in your resume, relevant coursework and
work/volunteer experiences.
The Wayne National Forest is located in foothills of the Appalachian
Mountains and offers a hiking, backpacking, canoeing, kayaking and other
outdoors activities in an ecologically and culturally unique area of the United
Sates. See http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/wayne/ for more information.
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Chad Kirschbaum
Botanist
Wayne National Forest - Ironton District
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
phone: 740-534-6535
fax: 740-534-6565
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