[birding] [Fwd: FW: Call for Volunteers (meadowlark monitoring) and Employment opportunity!]

[Joel Geier]

... and here's the employment opportunity
-- Joel

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                          Position Description

            Grassland Bird Territory Mapping/Nest Monitoring

                   EBA-1 Field Assistant – Temporary

                 Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife



Classification Title: Experimental Biological Aide-1, C3769 (Temporary)

Salary Range: $1,979 - $2,585 per month

Location: This position is located at the ODFW South Willamette
Watershed District Office in Corvallis, Oregon

Duration: Approximately 3.5 months between April 1, 2010 and July 16,
2010. 

Position Detail, Duties, and Responsibilities:

This position functions within the Willamette Valley Grassland program
which has a focused effort on restoring, maintaining and enhancing
grassland habitats in the Willamette Valley ecoregion, with an emphasis
on restoring habitat for western meadowlarks and other priority
grassland dependent animals identified in the Oregon Conservation
Strategy. Grassland habitats are a priority habitat in the Strategy and
the Oregon state bird, the western meadowlark, is declining in the
western portion of it’s range within Oregon. The long-term goal is to
reverse trends in declining populations of Strategy species. 

This project will assist the Grassland Biologist by conducting grassland
bird surveys to document territory size, nesting success, habitat
utilization for western meadowlark (Sternella neglecta) and vesper
sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus). Specific duties are as follows:

     1. Territory-mapping will be conducted for western meadowlark
        during the breeding season at established survey stations
        throughout the Willamette Valley, during May and June.
        Territories will be generated from point data collected with a
        Global Positioning System (GPS), and input into a Geographic
        Information System (GIS) to calculate individual territory
        sizes. 
        
     2. Nest monitoring will be conducted to provide data on western
        meadowlark and/or vesper sparrow to provide data on reproductive
        success and the incidence of predation/parasitism. Nests will be
        located by observation of behavioral cures and systematic
        walking through an area. Nests will be discretely marked and
        revisited in a manner to reduce investigator-induced predation
        or nest abandonment. 
        
     3. Vegetation data will be collected at each nest site and habitat
        will be characterized within each territory, including
        documenting percent cover of different field types, average
        vegetation height, and presence of non-vegetative structures. 
        
     4. Results of surveys will update information on site selection,
        habitat characterization, area requirements, and reproductive
        success with target species occurrence and breeding sites in the
        Willamette Valley. 
        
     5. Field information will be summarized. 
        
This position may be physically demanding, involves frequent travel and
irregular work hours and may require working on some weekends. 

Employees will primarily be working independently in semi-remote areas.
Preferred skills, abilities, and experience include: familiarity with
Willamette Valley grassland birds by sight and sound; territory-mapping
or spot-mapping experience; vegetation sampling experience; good visual
and auditory capability; fast learner, and ability to keep neat and
precise field data. A valid driver's license and good driving record are
required. Previous experience and/or a degree in biological or natural
sciences are desirable and GIS experience a plus.

Applications accepted until a suitable candidate is selected. To Apply:
email, mail, or FAX a cover letter and resume to: Attn: Ann Kreager,
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, 7118 N.E. Vandenberg Ave.,
Corvallis, OR 97330, FAX (541) 757-4252, Ann.Kreager at state.or.us

Selected candidates will be required to present certified court print
driving record and may have to complete the Official State of Oregon
Employment Form (PD 100).
http://www.oregonjobs.org/DAS/STJOBS/stjobsapplication.shtml

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is an AA/EO employer.


-------- Forwarded Message --------
From: Bob Altman <baltman at abcbirds.org>
To: joel.geier at peak.org <joel.geier at peak.org>
Subject: FW: Call for Volunteers (meadowlark monitoring) and Employment
opportunity!
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:41:02 -0700

Joel could you post this to OBOL and the mid-valley list serve. Thanks.
Bob

 

From: Ann Kreager [mailto:ann.kreager at state.or.us] 
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 3:48 PM
To: rebecca.goggans at orst.edu; Bob Altman; Moore, Randy - FW;
linbrucamp at yahoo.com; Charles Bruce
Subject: Call for Volunteers (meadowlark monitoring) and Employment
opportunity!
Importance: High


 

Hi folks,

 

If you could pass this information on to interested and qualified
birders looking for volunteer work, I’d appreciate it.  I’m also hiring
one full-time temporary (3-3 1/2 months) and have attached that info as
well.

 

Ann Kreager

 

Willamette Valley Grassland Biologist

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

7118 NE Vandenberg Ave.

Corvallis, OR  97330

541.757.4186 x246

 

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