Deer Habitat Research Technician (May 3 - Oct. 1, 2021)
Agency: Purdue University
Location: West Lafayette, IN
Closing Date: March 21, 2021
Contact: Richard Sample (rsample@purdue.edu) and Patrick McGovern (pmcgove@purdue.edu)
Term/Grade: Temporary
Position Summary: The Department of Forestry and Natural Resources has an opening for a technician to assist with fieldwork on the Integrated Deer Management Project. The Deer Project is a multiyear, statewide research effort seeking to combine information on deer populations, current deer habitat, and people’s attitudes and expectations about deer populations for improved understanding and management of deer in Indiana. The successful applicant will work with Purdue faculty, staff, and graduate students to study the impacts of deer on habitat condition in Indiana.
Major Duties: Technician duties include, but are not limited to, identifying woody and herbaceous plant species, performing browse surveys, tallying sapling and seedling densities along transects, and measuring growth of oak seedlings and stump sprouts.
See the complete announcement and apply here.