[Srm] FW: Various and Sundry Job Opportunities related to Rangelands and Ecology (If interested, please see postdoctoral/short term opportunities near bottom of this list!)

Tue Feb 17 12:49:43 MST 2015

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From: Rangeland Section at ESA [rangebiz at gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 12:40 PM
Subject: Various and Sundry Job Opportunities related to Rangelands and Ecology (If interested, please see postdoctoral/short term opportunities near bottom of this list!)

1. Recruiting for Colorado/Nebraska state field supervisor position

We are in the process of recruiting for the state field supervisor for Colorado and Nebraska.  This is an important leadership position in the Mountain-Prairie Region (Region 6).  We are looking to recruit applicants internally and externally to set a vision for these fast paced offices and build and maintain partnerships with State, Federal and other partners.The position will be located in the Lakewood field office and will supervise three offices (Lakewood, CO; Grand Junction, CO; and Grand Island, NE). The announcement will be open for 2 weeks and is open to all applicants.

Government-wide:  https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/394278900

 External:  https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/394280800

 The Mountain-Prairie Region Ecological Services Program is landscape focused and is known for its innovative and creative approaches.  The Colorado and Nebraska offices are involved in numerous high profile conservation issues including conservation of sage-steppe landscapes, minimizing impacts to wildlife due development and energy production, and water resource allocation issues.  Here is the link to the Region's priorities document for more information.  http://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/2015_RegionalPriorities_FINAL.pdf

2. Fire Ecology: The Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences in the College of Forestry and Conservation at the University of Montana – Missoula
Seeking applications for the position of Assistant/Associate Professor of Fire Ecology. The Department desires an individual who will develop an externally-funded research program that addresses basic and applied ecological questions in fire-affected ecosystems and teach undergraduate and graduate courses in fire science. The successful candidate will mentor and advise undergraduate students in the Fire Science Minor and Ecological Restoration Major (BS), and graduate students in the Systems Ecology (M.S., Ph.D.), Forestry (M.S., Ph.D.), and/or Resource Conservation (M.S.) programs. A Ph.D. in ecology or a related field is required. Applicants should have a strong record of scholarly publication in peer-reviewed ecological journals. Post-doctoral experience, evidence of successful grant-acquisition, and university-level teaching are preferred. Application review begins on February 23, 2015. For the complete position announcement, please see: http://bit.ly/1150fire. Inquiries pertaining to the position can be directed to the search committee Chair, Cara Nelson, at fire.ecologist at umontana.edu<mailto:fire.ecologist at umontana.edu>.

3. Rangeland Ecology and/or Environmental Science: The Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
Invites applications for a full-time faculty position in rangeland ecology and/or environmental science. The candidate will teach one or two courses per semester, will conduct a research program leading to publications in peer-reviewed journals, and will mentor graduate and undergraduate students. Applicants must have a PhD degree in rangeland ecology, environmental science, or a closely related field and be committed to excellence in teaching and mentoring. To apply, please access the full description at http://yjobs.byu.edu<http://yjobs.byu.edu/>. Preference is given to qualified candidates who are members in good standing of the affiliated church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Close Date: 3/02/2015.

4. Quantitative Community Ecologist: The US Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station in California
We will be hiring a permanent research quantitative wildlife biologist. This is a pre-notification of the position that will be advertised in the near future. The scientist will contribute expertise in quantitative community ecology to multi-disciplinary teams of scientists and professionals within the PSW Conservation of Biodiversity research program, other station research programs, as well as contribute to informal team assignments. Research in terrestrial ecology centers on three interrelated sub-areas: habitat relationships, ecological response to management, and conservation and restoration. Methods of study will be drawn from guidelines in ecology, ornithology, mammalogy, wildlife management, statistics, forest ecology, fire ecology, and climate change science, as well as innovative techniques developed by the scientist to investigate biodiversity and ecosystem services that flow from wildlife communities and biodiversity. The scientist is expected to develop and maintain collaborative relationships with scientists and partners in other agencies and institutions and universities. The scientist will disseminate scientific results through published literature, symposia, presentations, workshops, and decision support tools. Ph.D. required, knowledge of Bayesian hierarchical modeling highly desirable. Must qualify as a wildlife biologist (OPM GS-486 job series). The duty station will be Placerville, Davis, or Arcata, California. Wage dependent upon panel evaluation. If interested in being notified when the position is advertised and/or for additional information, send CV and request to pmanley at fs.fed.us<mailto:pmanley at fs.fed.us> by February 20, 2015.

POSTDOCS:

1. Landscape Population Ecologist, Birds: The Pacific Southwest Research Station of the USDA Forest Service
USGS is seeking candidates for a Landscape Population Ecologist for a 2-year research fellowship in partnership with the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education. The fellowship will be located in the PSW Conservation of Biological Diversity Program and stationed in Davis, California. The fellowship will focus on understanding the effects of biotic and abiotic factors on the distribution and demography of the California spotted owl in the Sierra Nevada. Primary factors of interest include vegetation characteristics and management, wildfire, burned forests, and climate. The incumbent will work with a team of ecologists and wildlife biologists to analyze and synthesize results from three long-term California spotted owl demographic studies (1990-present) conducted across the Sierra Nevada in conjunction with an array of environmental data derive from the field and remote sensing. Candidates should have a background in quantitative ecology, population modeling, mark-recapture analysis techniques, spatial analysis skills using geographical information systems, and statistical analysis using frequentist and Bayesian approaches. The position will focus largely on data analysis and manuscript preparation (90%) combined with an array of other activities including field visits, presentations, and collaborations (10%). Compensation includes a stipend of $70k per year plus health benefits and a modest travel budget. If interested, please send CV and cover letter to jkeane at fs.fed.us<mailto:jkeane at fs.fed.us> and pmanley at fs.fed.us<mailto:pmanley at fs.fed.us>. Please respond by February 20, 2015 to receive full consideration.

2. Wildlife Landscape Ecologist: Wildlife Linkages across Highways: Facilitated Connectivity in the Central Sierra Nevada. Pacific Southwest Research Station of the US Forest Service US Forest Service is seeking a qualified post-doctoral candidate to lead and manage a 3-4 year research project in the central Sierra Nevada of California. The position is a research fellowship in partnership with the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, located in the PSW Conservation of Biological Diversity Program and stationed in Davis, California. The incumbent will conduct a local-scale wildlife connectivity analysis that tiers to, tests and validates assumptions of the California Essential Habitat Connectivity Strategy (Spencer et al. 2010) relative to major highways. The purpose of the project is to conduct research on wildlife movement across landscapes with and without significant highway barriers in the foothills of the central Sierra Nevada. The incumbent will apply the results of the research to identify opportunities to improve wildlife connectivity in the study area with highway barriers, and develop assessment tools and methods for highway project planning and development. The project has 4 components. 1) Conduct a collaborative landscape analysis to evaluate landscape connectivity across three highways of increasing barrier strength to identify linkages, primary barriers and mitigation opportunities to conserve and restore native species in the landscape. The project will identify focal species and assemblages that are representative of risks to movement across highways, and then use these species as the basis for spatial analysis to determine connectivity barriers and corridors. Incumbent will select species and collaborate with partner agency representatives and experts in the field of landscape ecology to develop and apply landscape analysis methods. 2) Design, supervise and conduct field data collection on the location and movements of focal species to validate data and assumptions made in the modeling phase of the project and adjust as necessary the identification of barriers, connectors, and mitigation opportunities for multiple species and/or assemblages that represent an diversity of vulnerabilities and capacities to deal with barriers. 3) Develop recommendations for improving the Habitat Connectivity Strategy and developing a decision support tool for landscape analysis for connectivity and the location of mitigation structures based on the results of the case study. 4) Develop recommendations for future research needs (including methods development) that will make the greatest contribution to improving our understanding of risks and effective planning and mitigation to maintain and restore species movements across highways. Competitive candidates will have degrees in wildlife biology, landscape ecology, or related fields, and have some experience with large transportation project and/or landscape connectivity analyses. Candidate will supervise a field crew, and will require a valid California and federal driver's license. Peer-reviewed publications, public presentations, and collaborative products are all requirements of the fellowship. Duty station will be either Davis or Placerville, CA. The stipend will be $70k/yr with health benefits and a modest travel budget. If interested, please send a CV and cover letter by February 20, 2015 to Pat Manley, pmanley at fs.fed.us<mailto:pmanley at fs.fed.us> and Sandy Jacobson, sjacobson at fs.fed.us<mailto:sjacobson at fs.fed.us>.

3. Microbial Ecology: The University of Arizona Biosphere 2
We seek a postdoctoral scientist for a position in Geobiology: Microbial Ecology of the Landscape Evolution Observatory (LEO)<http://b2science.org/leo>. The successful candidate will join an interdisciplinary team of Earth surface scientists conducting NSF-funded experiments at the LEO. Current extramural support for LEO research is for interdisciplinary efforts to unravel feedbacks among hydrologic flow, microbial colonization, and geochemical reactions in the weathering basalt by combining direct observations (collected densely in time and space) with reactive transport theory (simulations of fluid flow coupled to biogeochemical reaction). The microbial ecology postdoc will be responsible for assessing the ecological assembly, phylogenetic, and functional diversity of microbial communities colonizing the rock surfaces, and their change over the course of the experiment. The candidate will be provided space in well-equipped microbiology and biogeochemistry laboratories (associated with the research groups of Profs. Jon Chorover, Raina Maier and Rachel Gallery) and provided full access to supporting analytical core facilities. Qualifications for this position include a Ph.D. in microbial ecology or a related field, with a strong background in molecular microbiological tools (e.g., genomics, proteomics, transcriptomics). This is one year position with possible renewal for a 2nd year based on availability of funds and performance. Please direct questions to Peter Troch (patroch at email.arizona.edu<mailto:patroch at email.arizona.edu>) and submit applications through: www.uacareertrack.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=215000<http://www.uacareertrack.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=215000>.
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