AVIAN FIELD TECHNICIANS (3) needed for woodpecker survey projects in the Boise (1 position) and Caribou-Targhee (2 positions) National Forests.
Location: Idaho
Time Period: April – June
Salary: $18- $19.50/hour, DOE
Last Date to Apply: 1/15/26 *We will review applications and offer positions on a rolling, first-come, first-served basis.
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Duties consist of forest-wide standardized point-count surveys, vegetation surveys, and data entry of woodpecker survey sites. Technicians will complete one survey per day (9 survey points in a 1 km square grid) using call broadcasts starting 15 minutes before sunrise and finishing within 5 hours. Then moving camp to the next location.
All work is solo, but may occasionally co-locate camping with other team members. In the Caribou-Targhee National Forest, housing is provided for days off, otherwise camping near surveys during the week.
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