ASSISTANTSHIP OPPORTUNITY: Natural Resources Specialist
USDA Forest Service
The Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Program is the nation’s forest census, collecting an annual field inventory of forest lands across the United States. In this position you will gain experience in all aspects of FIA program delivery from pre-field planning to publication and then work with supporting onsite and remote Forest Service mentors to develop a project that is suited to your skills and interest. Your daily role will be flexible and could range from field data collection to online group planning to individual research and much more. An engaged, independent thinker with a passion for natural resources and the environment will thrive in this opportunity to grow as a professional.
Link:
https://www.manoproject.org/internships?gnk=job&gni=8a7883a8838c33a30183b46bf7e529f7&lang=en
Assistantship: biological scientist/forester/ecologist
USDA Forest Service
This is an 8-month internship serving as a data visualization and reporting specialist.
Assistant will gain experience in all aspects of FIA program in addition to focused work on developing new and creative presentation and reporting methods.
See link below for detailed description.
Link:
https://www2.jobdiva.com/portal/?a=ldjdnwzhb3gn6r5aaohezef1uz2q470438g5bn2i6dtfsrgcmasd093311hdu2jl&compid=0#/jobs/17869796
Assitantship Opportunity: Biological Scientist/Data Collection/Analyst
USDA Forest Service
This is an 8-month internship with the USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Forest Inventory and Analysis (RMRS-FIA) program. Energetic, detail-oriented, and self-motivated individuals who are interested in learning new skills while working in a wide range of natural resource disciplines will excel in this position. As part of this internship, you will be exposed to a range of experiences covering many aspects of the forest inventory program, including both working outdoors to collect field data as well as in an office to evaluate, process, and analyze those data.
Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) is a national Forest Service Research and Development program that collects, processes, analyzes, evaluates, and communicates comprehensive information on forest resources. The FIA program is charged with conducting a nationally consistent, strategic, annual forest inventory of the United States and its territories. Results derived from this annual inventory are widely used by public agencies, private companies, and organizations to inform natural resource decisions and policies. RMRS-FIA is one of four FIA Units across the country that comprise the national FIA program. The footprint of RMRS-FIA includes the 8 interior-west states of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming.
Link:
https://www2.jobdiva.com/portal/?a=ldjdnwzhb3gn6r5aaohezef1uz2q470438g5bn2i6dtfsrgcmasd093311hdu2jl&compid=0#/jobs/17889690
Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Data Collection Support
USDA Forest Service
This is an 8-month internship with the US Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Forest Inventory and Analysis (PNW-FIA) program. We are looking for an energetic, detail-oriented, self-motivated individual interested in learning new skills while working in a wide range of disciplines. Duties will involve working outdoors in the forest during inclement weather collecting data as well as in an office environment assisting the Data Collection Leadership Team on a variety of tasks associated with ownership outreach, urban inventory outreach and projects, as well as other tasks to be determined in association with some of the program analysts.
Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) is a national USFS Research and Development program that collects, processes, analyzes, evaluates, and communicates comprehensive information on forest resources. The FIA program is charged with conducting a nationally consistent, strategic annual forest inventory of the United States and its territories. Annual inventory results are widely used by public agencies, private companies, and organizations to make informed natural resource decisions and policies. The PNW-FIA Unit is one of four FIA Units across the country that comprise the national FIA program. PNW-FIA includes the west coast states of California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, and the Pacific islands of Guam, American Samoa, the Republic of Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
The selected intern will be working on projects associated with inventories in Oregon, Washington, and California.
Link:
https://www2.jobdiva.com/portal/?a=ldjdnwzhb3gn6r5aaohezef1uz2q470438g5bn2i6dtfsrgcmasd093311hdu2jl&compid=0#/jobs/17960068
Postdoctoral Research Associate - Remote Sensing
University of Maine
Statement of the job: The postdoctoral associate will conduct research to incorporate disturbance through time and remote sensing into a scaling framework of forest structure and functional diversity using in-situ and remotely sensed data, as well as assisting with other projects to provide research support for the PI.
Specific objectives may include:
1) Spatio-temporal modeling of forest structure and diversity. We will link our theoretical framework with time series of in-situ forest data and RS disturbance and climate/geodiversity data to build predictive models of the abundance of woody vegetation functional types and species richness from the canopy to the forest floor.
2) Using RS data inputs in Obj. I models to make predictions across space. We will input RS data on size structure, disturbance, and climate/geodiversity into the models from Obj. I to predict the abundance of woody vegetation functional types and species richness from the canopy to the forest floor across space to fill in the gaps in unsampled areas.
3) Using Obj. I models to make predictions across time We will use models from Obj. I to forecast the abundance of woody vegetation functional types and species richness into the near future in Smithsonian ForestGEO plots. This third objective will require some field work, likely at Harvard Forest.
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See more by clicking "Complete Job Description" at https://umaine.hiretouch.com/job-details?jobid=78851
Link:
https://umaine.hiretouch.com/job-details?jobid=78851
Postdoc - Dynamics of U.S. Forests, University of Florida
University of Florida
We are seeking applications for a postdoctoral research position to study changes in the dynamics of U.S. forests using statistical and dynamical modeling frameworks. More than 2.5 years of funding are available for this position.
for additional details see the link below
Link:
https://people.clas.ufl.edu/jlichstein/files/postdoc_ad_US_forest_dynamics_2022_0921.pdf
NRS FIA Data Collection - Contractor
USDA FS Northern Research Station - FIA
2023 Opportunities in rural inventories in the states of Il, MI, MO, NH, NJ, NY, OH, and WV. Opportunities in urban inventories in Boston, Providence, Chicago, Morgantown, WV. Additional opportunities in future years.
Link to "How to become an NRS FIA Data Collection Contractor" below.
What better way to understand the data, than to collect it!
Contact Name: Bob Ilgenfritz. See contact info below.
Link:
https://www.nrs.fs.usda.gov/fia/data-collection/contractor-information/Become_A_Forest_Inventory_Contractor_Summer2022.pdf
Forester / Ecologist - Field Data Collector
USDA FS Northern Research Station
Planning to hire additional positions in FY23. GS 5/7/9.
We don’t have a second vacancy yet, but we’ll need to fill vacancies in 2023 at the following locations:
1. Grand Rapids, MN
2. Watersmeet, MI/Iron River, MI
3. Big Rapids, MI
4. Others...
See video in link for additional info and contact Bob Ilgenfritz to be put on list when usajobs vacancy is announced.
Link:
https://www.nrs.fs.usda.gov/fia/data-collection/
