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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 27, 2014 11:36 AM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Rangeland Ecologist Position Opening!<br>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt; text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="color:blue; font-size:16pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Research Rangeland Ecologist</font></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt; text-align:center" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color:blue; font-size:14pt"><span> </span></span><i><span style="font-size:16pt"><font color="#000000">USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station</font></span></i></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt; text-align:center" align="center"><i><span style="font-size:16pt"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman">Missoula, Montana</font></span></i></p>
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<p style="margin:7pt 0in 0pt"><b><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">INTRODUCTION:</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:7pt 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000" size="3">The Rocky Mountain Station will be advertising for a permanent full time position, GS-0408-13 Research Ecologist, to be located at Missoula, Montana. The position is targeted
for a GS-13 Research Rangeland Ecologist and will be a team member in the Human Dimensions Program, within the Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula, MT. The mission of this program is to provide scientifically rigorous research methods,
knowledge, and results to improve the understanding and integration of social and economic values and effects with ecosystem processes in natural resource planning and decision-making for both public and private land management. The Human Dimensions Program
is organized around four areas of research: 1) Resource forecasting, decision-making, knowledge integration, and risk management; 2)</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3">
</font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">Resource valuation and trade-off analyses applied to market and non-market forest and rangeland ecosystem services and land management; 3) Multi-stakeholder collaboration in resource management and conflict mitigation;
4) Socio-economic drivers behind ecosystem change and societal responses to forest and rangeland ecosystem management.
</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3"> </font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">The scientist designs, conducts, reports in presentations and refereed publications, and transfers knowledge gained from ecological studies aimed at
</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3">understanding and quantifying how rangeland landscape dynamics are affected by climate change, land use, human and natural disturbances, and management at local, regional and national scales. Central to this assignment
is use of landscape ecology models, remote sensing and geographic analyses to generate and package results into decision-support tools that inform management and policy decisions at all levels of governmental and private organizations.</font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">
In addition to these Program assignments, the scientist forms and leads research teams of national importance in response to policy (Congressional), department (Agriculture and Interior), and agency (Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management) needs which shape
major national programs, agency policies, planning efforts, and management actions.
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<p style="margin:7pt 0in 0pt"><b><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">DUTIES:</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:7pt 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">The unit requires a scientist with expertise in spatial analysis, landscape ecology and ecological modeling, with emphasis in rangeland environments. The incumbent will be involved
in diverse research ranging from analyzing and modeling landscape vegetation and carbon dynamics and developing quantitative models describing vegetation response to climate, management and disturbance. The scientist will also provide critical expertise in
spatial analysis and modeling of inter-annual variations of rangeland fuels and fire behavior potential.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt"><b><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">QUALIFICATIONS:</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt"><span style="color:black"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree and 4 years experience equivalent to at least a GS-12. See
</font></span><a href="http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0400/ecology-series-0408/" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3">http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0400/ecology-series-0408/</font></a><span style="color:black"><font face="Times New Roman"><span><font size="3">
</font></span><font size="3">for information on the minimum requirements for a Research Ecologist.</font></font></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><font color="#000000" size="3">SPECIFIC SKILLS</font></b><span><font color="#000000" size="3">
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt; line-height:12pt"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">Specific skills required for this position include research and publication experience in:</font></p>
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Rangeland ecology, fire ecology</p>
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Terrestrial ecological modeling, particularly from a rangeland ecosystem processes perspective</p>
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Spatial modeling at local, regional and national scales </p>
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Working with large spatial datasets to analyze spatial patterns (spatial analysis) and how it relates to ecological processes (e.g., impacts of climate change, oil and gas development, ex-urban development, and degradation)</p>
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Expert level GIS and remote sensing analyses</p>
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Background and specific familiarity with western US rangelands</p>
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Excellent species identification skills and expertise of the biogeography of US rangelands</p>
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<p style="margin:7pt 0in 6pt"><b><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">LOCATION: Missoula, Montana</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><font color="#000000" size="3">Missoula is a thriving community with a population of</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3">
</font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">70,000 in the greater urban area and elevation</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3">
</font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">of 3,200.</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3">
</font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">As a natural outdoor playground it's unparalleled, and yet Missoula is one of the most dynamic cultural centers in the Northwest.</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3">
</font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">Home to the University of Montana, Missoula is also a major retail and medical hub in Western Montana and claims one of the nation's highest doctor to patient ratios.</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3">
</font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">A wide variety of specialty, discount, and budget shopping centers make Missoula the retail hub for an estimated 200-mile radius. The Missoula school system is considered excellent with three public and two private
high schools, numerous elementary schools, a College of Technology and the University of Montana.</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3">
</font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">Missoula is not just about getting by, it's about getting better. For a small city, Missoula offers big possibilities in education, the arts, entertainment, outdoor recreation and business ... and the opportunities
continue to grow each year.</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3"> </font>
</span><font color="#000000" size="3">Missoula is about building trails at the heart of our city and extending them to outlying communities and into existing wilderness paths, connecting our business and personal lives with our inspiring natural environment.
It's about respecting riparian and other natural areas while providing for parks and recreation.</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3">
</font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">Missoula is about the region's natural environment contributing to a sense of opportunity. Around each bend in a trail or road, over every hill, river or creek, there are new possibilities for discovery which compel
Missoulian's to imagine what might be or could be.</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3">
</font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">Missoula is about vigorous world class health facilities and health education centers and a university which continues to grow in enrollment and acclaim. It's about respecting and encouraging personal growth and
health and learning. It's about being a part of the world community through international civic relationships and about respecting individual and cultural differences.</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3">
</font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">Missoula is about vigorous growth in new construction and business and the generosity of those businesses to sponsor worthwhile community projects. Together as a community, we turn problems into opportunities. Missoulian's
see their city expanding and elected officials seek community support to project and plan the growth.</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3">
</font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">Missoula is about knowing what makes our small city big and striving to preserve and encourage it.</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3">
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<p style="margin:7pt 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><font color="#000000" size="3">VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT</font></b><font color="#000000" size="3">: We anticipate officially announcing these positions in the near future.</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3">
</font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">Announcement will be posted on the U.S. Government's official website for employment opportunities at:
<a href="http://www.usajobs.gov" target="_blank">http://www.usajobs.gov</a>.</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin:7pt 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">For additional information, contact Dr. Anne Hoover, Acting HD Program Manager, at
<span class="baec5a81-e4d6-4674-97f3-e9220f0136c1" style="white-space:nowrap">970-498-1193<a title="Call: 970-498-1193" href="#" style="margin:0px; border:currentColor; width:16px; height:16px; overflow:hidden; vertical-align:middle; float:none; display:inline; white-space:nowrap"></a></span>
or <a href="mailto:ahoover@fs.fed.us" target="_blank">ahoover@fs.fed.us</a></font></p>
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<p style="" align="center"><b><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">USDA is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer</font></b></p>
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