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  • REMINDER: 5 Fisheries Technicians, Hickey Brothers Research (Yellowstone National Park) due 2/3

    Jan 27, 2017 1:00 pm56 views

    An NRES alum serving as the Yellowstone National Park Project Manager for Hickey  Brothers Research sent this announcement:

    We are a company contracted by the National Park service to do Lake trout suppression and research on Yellowstone Lake. . . . Being an Alum, I thought it could be a good opportunity to get students from Illinois involved. I am currently seeking (5) Fisheries Technicians for the 2017 field season in Yellowstone National Park. We offer both Full time Seasonal employment as well as a 12-14 week summer Internship program (paid). The deadline for applications is February 3rd, 2017. Interviews for qualified applicants will be held mid February.

  • Natural Resource Management Specialist, Great Basin Institute (Reno NV)

    Jan 24, 2017 3:15 pm2 views

    The Great Basin Institute, in cooperation with the BLM Nevada State Office is recruiting a Natural Resource Management Specialist to support the Bureau’s soil, water, air and riparian programs. This office-based position will expose the Specialist to a wide array of Bureau resources and provide an opportunity to better understand BLM Nevada resource management policy.

  • Avian Conservation Research Assistant, (eastern Ohio) due 2/13

    Jan 24, 2017 2:45 pm9 views

    RESEARCH ASSISTANT I -B/H needed to assist avian sampling (stationary point counts and nest search/monitoring), vegetation sampling (woody and herbaceous), and data entry tasks for shale gas pipeline rights-of- way (ROW) research project in eastern Ohio throughout the posted time window. The successful applicant will work alongside the project’s graduate student as well as other field technicians working on different components of the ROW research (e.g., pollinators, herpetofaunal).

  • Forestry Assistance Program Forester, Clare Conservation District (Harrison, MI) due 2/24

    Jan 24, 2017 8:45 am4 views

    The Michigan Forestry Assistance Program (FAP) provides private forestland owners with technical assistance and information regarding forestry, wildlife habitat, and related natural resource concerns, so that they may make informed decisions about the use and management of their forestlands. (“Landowners” include non-industrial private forestland owners, schools, local units of government, rural, and urban residents.) The Forester position is primarily a field position.

  • 2 Natural Resource Research Technicians, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (various Wisconsin) due 2/3

    Jan 23, 2017 3:15 pm52 views

    The Wisconsin DNR will be hiring two research technicians within the office of science services. These positions will be a part of a research team evaluating linkages between forest habitat quality and deer health.

  • 5 Fisheries Technicians, Hickey Brothers Research (Yellowstone National Park) due 2/3

    Jan 3, 2017 8:45 am1051 views

    An NRES alum serving as the Yellowstone National Park Project Manager for Hickey  Brothers Research sent this announcement:

    We are a company contracted by the National Park service to do Lake trout suppression and research on Yellowstone Lake.. . . Being an Alum, I thought it could be a good opportunity to get students from Illinois involved. I am currently seeking (5) Fisheries Technicians for the 2017 field season in Yellowstone National Park. We offer both Full time Seasonal employment as well as a 12-14 week summer Internship program (paid). The deadline for applications is February 3rd, 2017. Interviews for qualified applicants will be held mid February.

  • Two Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program Technicians, Grand Traverse Conservation District (Traverse City, Michigan) Due 1/6/2017

    Dec 14, 2016 11:00 am18 views

  • Multiple USDA-NRCS Soil Conservation Positions

    Dec 13, 2016 10:15 am68 views

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service has many openings for Soil Conservation Technician and Soil Conservationist, several of them in Illinois.

  • Permanent Seasonal Restoration Crew Leader, HLR Engineering (Elgin, IL)

    Nov 23, 2016 2:45 pm24 views

    HLR is currently seeking a Permanent Seasonal Restoration Crew Leader to join our Environmental Department. This highly motivated individual will work on a variety of sites (prairies, woodlands, wetlands, and/or lakes) and be knowledgable in native plants, invasive species, and herbicides. The position would be based out of our Elgin, Illinois office. Full description at http://www.hlrengineering.com/careers/permanent-seasonal-restoration-crew-leader/. 

  • Science Communication Coordinator, University of Illinois Extension (Urbana-Champaign, IL) Due 12/20

    Nov 23, 2016 2:30 pm26 views

    The Science Communication Coordinator (IWRC and IISG) serves as a regular, full time, 12 month academic professional. Illinois Water Resources Center (IWRC) is co-administered with Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG), and this position will share duties between these organizations. This position will manage communication programming for the IWRC research and outreach programs. This position will also participate in the IISG communication team based on skills and experience. Focus areas may include: drinking water, water quality, private wells, storm water management, and other areas related to IWRC and IISG research and outreach programming. Communication mechanisms include print, web, social media, and video. Coordination of timelines, personnel, and competing projects will also be required. Some travel may be required. Full description at https://jobs.illinois.edu/academic-job-board/job-details?jobID=73111.

  • Fish Biologist, US Fish & Wildlife Service (Wilmington, IL) due 12/2

    Nov 23, 2016 2:15 pm38 views

    This permanent, full-time Fish Biologist position is located with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 3 at the Carterville Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office in Wilmington, IL. Incumbent will work on Asian carp management and control efforts in the Chicago Area Waterways and the upper Illinois River to help prevent Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes.  Innovative sonar work in and around the Electric Dispersal Barrier will be conducted as will sampling using nets and electrofishing.  Incumbent will use teamwork, creativity, and partnering skills to help solve complex and evolving problems. Full listing at https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/456978000/. 

  • Graduate Research Assistantships in Forest Soils, Hydrology, and Watersheds

    Nov 16, 2016 9:45 am48 views

  • Forestry Jobs in America Newsletter

    Nov 16, 2016 9:45 am11 views

  • Fish and Wildlife Biologist

    Nov 16, 2016 9:15 am21 views

    USAJOBS - Job Announcement 

    You too can make a difference in our world.  The work of the US Fish and Wildlife Service is meaningful and varied.  Want to know more about what it is like to work for us?  Click here to watch short podcasts entitled Meet Your New Boss! and Diversity is our Strength

    This vacancy announcement is part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Hiring Initiative to fill professional biological science/natural resource management positions at the GS-05, 07, 09 and 11 grade levels. One or more positions may be filled at various locations.

    YOU MUST APPLY FOR ALL OF THE DUTY STATIONS FOR WHICH YOU ARE INTERESTED.

    Students who will complete the requirements for their degree by December 31, 2016, may apply to the national recruitment vacancy announcements.

  • Natural Resources, Department of Director of Wildlife Management Bureau - Career Executive

    Nov 16, 2016 9:15 am19 views

    State of Wisconsin Government Jobs - Job Announcement

    The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has a rewarding and challenging position available as a Bureau Director of Wildlife Management.  This is a high profile and critical role within the wildlife program that will provide strategic direction and leadership of bureau staff. This position works from the DNR Central Office, 101 S. Webster Street, Madison, WI and will travel throughout the state, as needed.

  • Forestry Jobs in America Newsletter

    Nov 9, 2016 3:30 pm9 views

  • Weekly Jobs Update from the US Forest Service Northern Region

    Nov 9, 2016 2:15 pm12 views

    Please see below for a number of great positions.  The links will take you to our Forest Service Outreach Database for more information on each job including contact information for the hiring manager, job duties, etc.

    Unless otherwise noted, these jobs are being outreached only and are not yet advertised in USAjobs at www.usajobs.gov.  Please contact the hiring manager found at each positions weblink given below to be notified when position will be advertised.

  • Udall Foundation Scholarships

    Nov 9, 2016 2:00 pm5 views

    The Udall Scholarship awards $7,000 to sophomores or juniors committed to a career related to the environment *OR* to Native American sophomores or juniors interested in tribal policy or health care. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or U.S. permanent residents.

  • Natural Heritage Graduate Residency

    Nov 7, 2016 9:00 am22 views

  • Wabash Valley Waterfowl: Mallard and Teal Migration Project – Field Technicians (2)

    Nov 7, 2016 8:00 am16 views

    Technicians are needed for a project investigating stopover duration and habitat use of spring migrating Mallards in the Wabash River region of southeastern Illinois and southwestern Indiana. Duties include, but are not limited to: baiting and deploying duck capture traps, rocket netting, taking metrics and banding ducks, deploying radio transmitters, using radio telemetry to track and monitor ducks, equipment maintenance, and data management. Work will involve early mornings (e.g., 4 am departures), long days in the field, and a variable work schedule. Field vehicle and housing provided and overtime is authorized

  • USDA-Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Jobs - Week of October 31, 2016

    Nov 7, 2016 8:00 am45 views

  • Natural Resources Biologist II - Three (3) vacancies Monitoring and Non-Tidal Assessment

    Oct 28, 2016 9:45 am8 views

    The Department of Natural Resources, Monitoring and Non-Tidal Assessment Division, is currently accepting applications for Natural Resources Biologist II positions. These positions are located in our Annapolis, MD office. The selected candidates will participate in the planning and implementation of freshwater stream ecological assessments and will serve as a member of a field crew responsible for the collection of data on fishes, benthic macroinvertebrates, herpetofauna, crayfishes, freshwater mussels, physical habitat, water quality, and land use in non-tidal streams and rivers as part of the Maryland Biological Stream Survey. General duties for all three positions will include field data collections, data analysis and interpretation, and reporting related to the status and distribution of Maryland's aquatic resources.

  • Forestry Jobs in America Newsletter

    Oct 26, 2016 9:30 am24 views

  • Mid-Continental Monarch Conservation Strategy Technical Coordinator

    Oct 21, 2016 3:00 pm20 views

    The Midwest Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (MAFWA) is seeking a contractor to provide technical coordination and plan-writing services to assist MAFWA’s member states, plus Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and other interested states with Monarch Conservation efforts. The successful candidate will be an independent contractor to MAFWA, eligible for monthly payments for work performed and for approved travel reimbursement; the position will not be eligible for benefits. To allow for better partnership and communication with the member states, the successful contractor will be provided office space in a state fish and wildlife office, ideally within the region (potential locations include Des Moines, IA; Lansing, MI,; etc.) but location negotiable, and provided with office equipment and support from that state.

     

  • Digital Soil Mapping Position

    Oct 21, 2016 2:15 pm136 views

  • Doctoral student opportunity in Forest Biogeochemistry

    Oct 21, 2016 2:15 pm20 views

    We are seeking a PhD student to work on a multidisciplinary project investigating the long-term carbon and nutrient dynamics following clearcut harvesting a red spruce – balsam fir forest in northern Maine.  This project has high relevance to sustainable forest management and renewable energy priorities in the modern forest sector for this region. The overall research project involves: quantifying trends in ecosystem carbon and nutrient pools 35 years after clear-cutting the balsam fir-red spruce forest at Weymouth Point paired-watershed study area; comparing 35-year ecosystem carbon pool dynamics with carbon dynamics predicted by an IPCC-relevant forest carbon budget model (e.g. CBM-CFS3); and informing development of criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management (SFM) in forest policy and certification systems adopted for balsam fir – red spruce forests in northern New England. A start date of July 2017 is possible to initiate field work prior to doctoral program enrolment in September 2017.

  • Natural Resources Technician 2

    Oct 21, 2016 2:00 pm36 views

  • Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship

    Oct 19, 2016 10:00 am20 views

  • Forestry Jobs in America Newsletter

    Oct 19, 2016 9:00 am14 views

  • U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOREST SERVICE SOUTHERN RESEARCH STATION RESEARCH BIOLOGIST

    Oct 14, 2016 1:45 pm18 views

    The scientist is a Research Biologist in the Southern Research Station’s Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center (SRS-4854). The mission of the Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center (EFETAC) is to generate knowledge and tools needed to anticipate and respond to environmental threats. The most serious threats to forests and the benefits they provide inevitably involve complex factors interacting across multiple spatial and temporal scales. The Center’s challenge is to maintain a comprehensive and integrated research program to tackle these complex issues, while delivering knowledge to forest landowners, managers, decision-makers, scientists, and other interested audiences in a timely, useful, and user-friendly manner.

  • Open Rank Faculty Position in Stable Isotope (Bio)geochemistry or Ecology

    Oct 14, 2016 1:00 pm6 views

    The University of California Merced invites applications for an open rank faculty position in stable isotope (bio)geochemistry or ecology. Successful candidates should have a record of accomplishment including a productive and nationally/internationally visible research program in stable isotope (bio)geochemistry or ecology. We will consider candidates in a broad range of research areas, including but not limited to: geosciences, biological sciences, and chemistry. We particularly welcome candidates with established records in stable isotope research and development of applications that have led to significant scientific advancements across a range of environmental science disciplines.

  • Forestry Worker I, City of Evanston (Evanston, IL) due 10/21

    Oct 13, 2016 11:30 am149 views

    This is a full-time, entry level public works Forestry Worker I position involving on-the-job training to perform a variety of unskilled and semi-skilled forestry work, and operate a variety of equipment within the Public Works Agency.

  • Harry S. Truman Scholarship - for juniors

    Oct 11, 2016 4:15 pm14 views

  • USDA-Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Jobs - Week of October 10, 2016

    Oct 11, 2016 4:15 pm30 views

  • Group Leader, Forest Health GS-13

    Oct 7, 2016 10:00 am11 views

    This outreach is an early alert to inform potential applicants that the USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Area, State and Private Forestry will soon be advertising a permanent, full-time GS-0414 (Entomologist) or 0434 (Pathologist) -13 Group Leader, Forest Health position. The position is located at the St. Paul Field Office in St. Paul, MN.  If you are interested in this position please respond, since the responses to this outreach notice will help managers decide how to advertise this position. 

  • Research Biologist

    Oct 7, 2016 10:00 am13 views

    The scientist is a Research Biologist in the Southern Research Station’s Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center (SRS-4854). The mission of the Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center (EFETAC) is to generate knowledge and tools needed to anticipate and respond to environmental threats. The most serious threats to forests and the benefits they provide inevitably involve complex factors interacting across multiple spatial and temporal scales. The Center’s challenge is to maintain a comprehensive and integrated research program to tackle these complex issues, while delivering knowledge to forest landowners, managers, decision-makers, scientists, and other interested audiences in a timely, useful, and user-friendly manner.

  • Forestry Jobs in America Newsletter

    Oct 5, 2016 4:15 pm13 views

  • LDWF Waterfowl Technicians

    Sep 30, 2016 3:00 pm56 views

  • Forestry Jobs in America Newsletter

    Sep 29, 2016 8:30 am22 views

  • Job Outreaches from the US Forest Service Northern Region

    Sep 28, 2016 4:00 pm15 views

  • U.S. Forest Service Student & Recent Graduate Hiring Event in Madison, WI

    Sep 26, 2016 9:15 am55 views

    The U.S. Forest Service will conduct a Student and Recent Graduate Hiring Event at the 2016 Society of American Foresters Convention, held November 2-6 in Madison, Wisconsin.  Over 140 Pathways Student Intern and Recent Graduate positions will be available at the event. Many of these positions are for foresters, forestry technicians, natural resource managers, or biological technicians. In addition, a few of the positions will be for fisheries and wildlife biologists, and GIS technicians.  On-site applications will be accepted at the Society of American Foresters (SAF) Convention in Madison, Wisconsin, from 2 p.m. to 7p.m. on November 2nd, and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on November 3rd.

  • Forestry Jobs in America Newsletter

    Sep 23, 2016 4:45 pm16 views

  • AGFC BIOLOGIST PROGRAM SPECIALIST (Quail Program Coordinator)

    Sep 23, 2016 4:30 pm32 views

    The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) Biologist Program Specialist is responsible for the management and life processes of fish, wildlife, and their habitats; collecting and analyzing biological data; and, specializing in fish and wildlife research, management, husbandry, and/or habitat management. This position is governed by state and federal laws and agency policy.

  • BIOLOGIST II - SURVEY COORDINATOR – Wildlife Division

    Sep 23, 2016 4:30 pm2 views

    This position is within the Wildlife Division of the North Dakota Game and Fish Department and the employee also serves as a team member of the Game Management Section.  This section is responsible for conducting a wide variety of surveys, research and management activities for big game, upland game, furbearers, migratory game birds, and wildlife diseases in North Dakota.  The successful candidate will be the primary source for sound statistical survey design related to conducting and evaluating the aforementioned and other Department programs.  This includes working independently and providing direction to Administration and other Department staff on appropriate survey methods and courses of action.  

  • Job Outreaches from the US Forest Service Northern Region

    Sep 23, 2016 4:30 pm17 views

  • RESOURCE SCIENCE TECHNICIAN Statewide Mussel Program

    Sep 23, 2016 4:15 pm5 views

    We are accepting applications to fill the vacant Resource Science Technician position with the Statewide Mussel Program, stationed at the Central Regional Office and Conservation Research Center in Columbia, Missouri. Duties include work in the field, laboratory, and office, including maintenance of gear and equipment, collection of mussels and habitat data, data entry and database management, GIS work, literature searches, assistance with report preparation, and other duties.

  • USDA-Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Jobs - Week of September 19th, 2016

    Sep 20, 2016 11:30 am28 views

  • Seeking prospective MS student

    Sep 20, 2016 10:45 am56 views

  • Assistant Waterbird Ecologist

    Sep 16, 2016 9:30 am15 views

    The Stephen A. Forbes Biological Station, established in 1894, is located along the Illinois River on Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge near Havana, Illinois. It is the oldest inland field station in North America and one of nine field stations of the Illinois Natural History Survey. The Frank C. Bellrose Waterfowl Research Center is housed at the Forbes Biological Station. Staff of the Bellrose Waterfowl Research Center conduct research on a variety of topics relevant to wetland ecosystems, with a specific focus on the ecology and management of wetlands, waterfowl, and other waterbirds. Our research efforts focus on the Illinois and Mississippi rivers and the wetlands throughout the State.

  • Assistant Professor of Fire Ecology

    Sep 15, 2016 4:45 pm34 views

    The Department of Wildland Resources is seeking applications for a full-time, 9-month tenure track faculty position in fire ecology and management. We are seeking a scholar dedicated to basic and applied fire science. This is an Assistant Professor position consisting of 50% research, 40% teaching, and 10% service, to start by August 2017. Application review will begin by September 30, 2016. For more information on the position or how to apply contact search committee chair Jim Lutz, james.lutz@usu.edu, 435-797-0478. All applications must be submitted through the online system at http://jobs.usu.edu/.