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The National Park Service Upper Columbia Basin Inventory and Monitoring Network is working cooperatively with the University of Idaho to hire Biological Technicians to support the Network’s sagebrush steppe vegetation monitoring program and other vegetation monitoring projects in several National Park units. This work will further the understanding of natural resource conditions in the Upper Columbia Basin Network. Specific duties include conducting vegetation sampling within sagebrush steppe and forest habitats, preparing field equipment and supplies, performing data entry and quality control, and coordinating camping and other logistics and safety planning. The applicant must possess detailed familiarity with the plants of Columbia Basin sagebrush steppe and adjacent montane habitats, and must have substantial experience with rangeland and forest monitoring techniques, including field methods, data management practices, GPS and navigation skills.

These full-time temporary positions will begin on or shortly after May 13, 2019, and are expected to end in late September 2019. More than one position may be filled. The individual(s) will work closely with park and Network staff, as well as with other university cooperators participating in sagebrush steppe monitoring and other vegetation monitoring projects. The position will involve extensive field work in steep, rocky, brush-covered terrain, and will require skills for camping for extended periods, often with no cell phone or internet access.

Following established NPS planning documents, coordinating with hosting park units to prepare for field work schedules and conduct pre-field work safety planning. Field work will require the ability to confidently and consistently identify plants by sight (grasses, forbs, shrubs, and trees), and the ability to work independently with little direct supervision. Skill in navigation and the use of GPS units is necessary. Field work will involve vegetation sampling in sagebrush steppe habitats and adjacent montane habitats. Participating in field crew training on data collection methods, plant identification, and field safety.