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<p class="xxxxmsonormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, in cooperation with the Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, seeks a Supervisory
Research Ecologist (Rangelands, GS-12/13) to lead the planning and execution of applied ecological investigations important to Department of the Interior and other resource managers in rangelands of the western United States. Specific responsibilities and
desired skills may include but are not limited to: </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xxxxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-Work closely with land managers, particularly the BLM, and scientists from rangeland and other disciplines, to foster co-production of actionable science and adapt
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<p class="xxxxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-Build a research program that aims to quantify and predict how multiple stressors (e.g., climate change, wildfire, disturbance from large herbivores such as cattle
and feral equids, ecological drought) and land management practices cumulatively drive resilience or transition among different rangeland ecosystem states at management-relevant scales. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xxxxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-Develop spatially implicit and explicit models that describe suites of interacting ecosystem processes associated with rangeland states, including above-ground productivity,
composition, and structure and below-ground carbon dynamics. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xxxxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-Evaluate interactions and consequences of climate scenarios, alternative grazing, and/or other land-use practices on carbon sequestration, storage, and emission management.
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<p class="xxxxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-Possess a demonstrated background in applied ecosystem ecology, proficiency with modern statistical analyses and predictive modeling, record of peer-reviewed publication,
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<p class="xxxxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The position is open to all qualified applicants under 2 announcements: with one vacancy in either Boise, ID or Corvallis, OR. USGS is committed to fostering a workforce
representative of the American people. As such, qualified U.S. citizens from all ethnicities, orientations, and backgrounds are encouraged to apply, following the links below. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xxxxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The public, and career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL). <a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/job/626663100" target="_blank">https://www.usajobs.gov/job/626663100</a> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xxxxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Current or former Federal employees w/perm comp status; OR those eligible under a special or non-competitive appointing authority. <span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/job/626661200" target="_blank">https://www.usajobs.gov/job/626661200</a></span> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xxxxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Open & Closing Dates: Monday, December 13, 2021 to Friday, January 14, 2022. Please see links to job announcements for more specific detail</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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