Job Title: Biological Science Technician (Plants)
Location: Multiple locations including Kings Canyon National Park, CA; Mineral, CA; Orick, CA; Point Reyes Station, CA; Sequoia National Park, CA; Tulelake, CA; Ventura, CA; Whiskeytown, CA; Yosemite National Park, CA; Arco, ID; Baker, NV; Astoria, OR; Bend, OR; Crater Lake, OR; Ashford, WA; Longmire, WA; Marblemount, WA; Packwood, WA; Port Angeles, WA.
Major Duties:
* Make field observations of natural resource conditions. Record all data collected and ensure adequate quality control. Perform routine and recurring testing of collected samples.
* Conduct routine resource monitoring programs for evaluating rare, threatened, and endangered plant species, vegetation communities, population dynamics, ecosystem relationships, and public health/safety issues.
* Carry out a variety of field activities such as plant surveys, control of non-native and invasive plant or insect species, and enhancement of native plant populations.
* Utilize a variety of computer programs to compile, reduce, store, retrieve, and report data and other resource management information.
* Utilize databases to enter and organize collected field data and use standard statistical methods in the preparation of draft reports.
* Conduct invasive removal efforts using a variety of removal methods, including manual removal, mechanical removal using chainsaws, and herbicides.
* Conduct revegetation including installation of container plants, salvaged plants, and divisions, as well as collection and sowing of seeds.
* Perform data collection, data entry, and spatial mapping and analysis using GIS (ArcGIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) devices, including use of Trimble and mobile units running GIS software programs such as Field Maps.
You may be expected to travel for this position (up to 16 nights/month), depending on duty location.
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