Botany Technician - CA National Forests USFS
Botany Technician - CA National Forests USFS
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Description
The Great Basin Institute in cooperation with the USFS is recruiting Botany Technicians to perform vegetation surveys within the Sierra Nevada mountain range. These projects all serve the Basin & Range Forestry programs greater mission of helping the USFS in their critical goal of improving forest resilience in the face of worsening climate conditions and increased wildfire threats. The work that you will do directly improves the quality of these forests helping ensure they continue to thrive for generations to come. Technicians will benefit from exposure to USFS processes procedures compliance measures and reporting and technical experience. Expanded opportunities and exposure to additional disciplines (e.g. archaeology wildlife hydrology recreation etc. and projects may exist. These positions serve to protect sensitive botanical species and contribute to USFS vegetation management and fuels reduction efforts and to support initiatives for healthy productive and resilient forest landscapes and resources. Outcomes of field work conducted in accordance with USFS protocols will advance planning for management actions on National Forest lands.
Botany Technicians will conduct botanical surveys to establish distributional occurrences of targeted species and populations in and around designated project sites and access routes. Data from these surveys will inform mitigation measures set to protect targeted plant species and vegetation communities considered habitat for designated wildlife. Specific duties will include but are not limited to:
- Botanical surveys to determine species identity population characteristics environmental conditions factors affecting vigor and extent of species and their habitat
- Lay out monitoring plots
- Photograph or collect specimens as directed
- Produce maps of survey areas
- Record enter and summarize data
- Use botanical keys to identify plants
- May be asked to assist with reporting tasks
Contract Timeline:
Tentatively: March October
Projects are weather dependent therefore start and end dates vary according to local conditions and individual
project needs
Location:
Forestry Technician positions are open across many National Forests in various locations. Position locations include the following National Forests and Management Units: Tahoe Sequoia Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Eldorado Lassen Plumas Klamath Mendocino Stanislaus Sierra Inyo.
Preferred location placement is not guaranteed and final placement will be dependent on the various needs of the National Forests.
Compensation and Benefits:
Wage: $21/hour with overtime at 1.5x hourly rate. Full time average 40 hours per week
Health dental vision Insurance premiums covered 100 by GBI (equivalent to approximately $350/month); health
dental and vision insurance is available on the first day of the month following the start of employment
Shared housing provided (equivalent to approximately $1000/month); housing stipend not provided if shared housing
is denied by employee
Camping per diem: $15/night as necessary (infrequent)
Uniform Stipend
TO APPLY
Please submit an uptodate resume a onepage cover letter that details your interest in the position and any qualifications not fully outlined in your resume and contact information for three
professional references to the unique application link. Qualified applicants will be contacted to schedule an interview. For questions regarding this position please contact
Qualifications
At least one of the following:
- Bachelors degree in botany plant ecology or a closely related field in the biological sciences including coursework in plant taxonomy and/or systematics; OR
- Experience conducting rare plant surveys and other botanical field work; OR
- Six months of professional fieldwork experience.
Required:
- Experience using technical keys to identify plants to the species or subspecies level;
- Experience working with handheld GPS maps and compass for field navigation and data collection;
- Capacity to collect and maintain field data in an organized manner that is easily understood and accessible to other resources staff;
- Ability to communicate effectively both written and orally with a diverse audience;
- Possess a clean valid stateissued drivers license;
- Ability to live and work in rural and remote field and office setting;
- Physically fit to work outdoors carry up to 50 pounds of personal and/or field equipment and withstand the rigors of a forested and/or high desert environment in all seasons.
Preferred:
- Knowledge of the flora of the Eastern Sierra/Great Basin transition zone;
- Comfortable with noxious control;
- Ability to understand implement and adhere to established data collection inventory assessment and monitoring protocols;
- Experience using ArcGIS to create maps GPS data collection and identifying heritage sites; and
- Ability to safely operate and maintain a 4WD vehicle on and off paved roads.
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EEO Statement
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Temp
