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Job Description:
Habitat/ Vegetation Crew Leader will assist Ecologist in the oversight of safety, field work, data collection, and crew management. Field responsibilities include shrub assessment, community mapping and providing management recommendations on the quality sagebrush, willow and aspen communities. Specific duties include large-scale vegetation community mapping (community assessment and GIS digitizing), detailed shrub monitoring using transects, photo documentation, GPS documentation and making management recommendations. Community mapping focuses on qualitative measurements of vegetation including species composition, condition, levels of herbivory and successional stage. Transect data includes detailed metrics on shrub age class, browse utilization and percent cover. Applicants should expect daily travel as well as possible overnights in the field. Experience with plant identification, navigation, GPS/GIS, data entry, data management and management recommendations are required. Applicants should possess a BS in Botany, Range Science, Ecology, Resource Management or related field, experience with similar projects, supervisory experience and excellent physical condition required. The position demands extensive hiking in rugged terrain. Crew Leaders will be supervised by an Ecologist based in Jackson, Wyoming and will be expected to work independently and as part of a field crew. Applicants must be able to start on May 20.
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