{"id":47141,"date":"2022-03-07T13:30:31","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T20:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/?p=47141"},"modified":"2022-03-07T13:30:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T20:30:31","slug":"grassland-job-eastern-montana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/2022\/03\/07\/grassland-job-eastern-montana\/","title":{"rendered":"Grassland Avian Survey Technician : Eastern Montana"},"content":{"rendered":"

GRASSLAND AVIAN SURVEY TECHNICIAN (2) needed for a study of breeding landbirds on a collaborative ranching conservation program in eastern Montana and NW South Dakota. The field effort is in partnership with the World Wildlife Fund\u2019s Northern Great Plains Sustainable Ranching Initiative (WWF-SRI<\/a>). The Northern Great Plains (NGP) is one of the few intact temperate grasslands left in the world, and provides critical habitat for a cohort of bird species that have shown steep declines in recent years. You can read more about this project on WWF’s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Employer: Intermountain Bird Observatory & World Wildlife Fund<\/p>\n

Location: Eastern Montana
\nLast Date to Apply: 04\/01\/2022
\nOpen Until Filled<\/p>\n

FULL TIME \/ SALARIED \/ EXEMPT
\nMay 16 – July 9, 2022<\/p>\n

Salary<\/strong>: $17.50 – $19.00\/hour, DOE<\/p>\n

Technicians will support a collaborative effort between Intermountain Bird Observatory, World Wildlife Fund, and local ranchers to collect breeding landbird data on program-enrolled ranchlands. Data will inform WWF ecologists, and participating ranchers in grassland conservation practices that promote bird-friendly cattle ranching in the NGP. Duties consist of conducting standardized avian point count surveys on ranchlands in E. Montana or NW South Dakota. Job includes some vegetation\/habitat assessment and data entry. As a field technician on this project, you will serve an important role in the future conservation of our grassland prairie landbird populations.<\/p>\n

Qualifications include:<\/p>\n