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Forest Monitoring Crew Lead (Lakeview, OR)
Description of Duties
GBI is recruiting two Crew Leads to work with GBI, Lake County and LCRI staff. Each Field Lead will coordinate a field crew (one Lead will supervise one Technician) to document fire effects, identify native and invasive flora, and appraise potential for future treatments (FIREMON). Crews will be employing FIREMON and other protocols including: Plot Description (PD), Tree Data (TD), Fuel Load (FL), Species Cover (SC), Cover/Frequency (CF), Line Intercept (LI), Density (DE), Point Intercept (PO), Rare Species (RS), and Composite Burn Index (BI).
Duties include following established field protocols to perform vegetation sampling and field data collection at new sampling plots. Data will be used by resource specialists and land managers to inform decisions regarding land management at various temporal and spatial scales. During field work, working in remote locations will typically be required.
Field work will include:
Maintaining safety awareness and practices;
Extensive 4×4 driving on unmaintained roads;
Navigating off-trail to sampling sites;
Establishing sampling plots and transects;
Collecting vegetation data (including tree canopy data, tree characteristics, seedling/ sapling characteristics, fuels, and vegetation)
Collecting soil data (including depth, moisture, and temperature)
Additional duties include:
Regular communication with GBI support staff and agency staff
Participation in GBI and agency trainings
Entering data on paper datasheets and excel
Identifying plants to species using dichotomous keys
Employing extensive QA/QC data checks;
Leadership:
Supporting and managing a field crew
Coordinating field logistics and scheduling;
Report writing and completing administrative paperwork
– Leadership experience, including supervising field crews and managing projects simultaneously.
– Experience, education, or a combination in botany, range management, and or soils to meet the following:
– Bachelor’s degree in botany, biology, ecology, or rangeland ecology or other natural resources with coursework in plant or biological sciences or a minimum of 1 years of field data collection identifying plants;
Technical requirements:
– Experience conducting plant surveys using various monitoring protocols, including standard rangeland monitoring protocols, photo plots, and site observations;
– Experience with data entry and management;
– Experience with technical writing and/or producing written project summary reports;
– Ability to read, interpret and navigate using topographic maps;
– Experience safely operating 4WD trucks on paved and unpaved roads, often in remote areas on unimproved roads;
– Experience navigating and collecting coordinates with hand-held GPS units;
– Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access)
Additional requirements:
– Willingness and ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic setting, and to consistently enact high performance standards and a strong work and team ethic in support of the goals and objectives of the project and the mission of GBI;
– Willingness to mentor and foster professional development for members of your crew;
– Valid, state-issued driver’s license and clean driving record;
– Familiarity with native and invasive plants of the sampling area and associated natural resource issues preferred;
– Ability to work productively as part of a team to accomplish mutual goals;
– Ability to work independently;
– Ability to communicate effectively with team members, agency staff, and a diverse public;
– Ability to accurately complete administrative tasks on time i.e. timesheet, paperwork, etc;
– Excellent organizational skills;
– Familiarity with best practices for field safety and Leave No Trace principles;
– Willingness to work irregular hours (e.g., early mornings, late nights); and
– Ability to work in harsh and rapidly changing environments, work in all types of weather conditions, traverse uneven terrain, carry upwards of 40 pounds in a backpack, and otherwise maintain good physical condition.
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