Jim, I'm sorry you had a bad experience working with the USGS. There will always be problems when work involves working closely and living with the same people for weeks at a time and it takes a special tolerance to be able to do that and having the right boss does make it easier. Now the problem I have with your email is that you're lumping all of USGS (specifically the Biological Resources Division) into the same category (work experience wise). Your job was based in Las Vegas, NV, this one is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA, and I'm assuming with a different boss (since I don't know who the "Pill" is). Also the work area is different, Central Nevada vs. Southern, and for me no area is more beautiful than Central NV, with the jagged peaks of the Toiyabe, Mt Jefferson in the Toquima with their Bighorn Sheep, and the Aspen covered slopes of Table Mountain in the Monitors where big Elk abound. The job is also different, Birds vs. Plants.
I work for the USGS-BRD in Reno, NV. We conduct research mainly on threatened and endangered desert fishes. We also spend a lot of time in the field and we've had crews that have gotten along well together and a few crews where they're ready to strangle each other when they get back. I've also had this as my own experience working with the Forest Service and State Parks, very few things in life work out perfectly. My office will be advertising for a Fishery Biologist or two in the near future though I can't guarantee that everyone will get along, I will guarantee that you will get some valuable work (fishery) experience and visit some of the more beautiful places in Nevada. Pete Rissler USGS-BRD Fishery Biologist Reno, NV > -----Original Message----- > From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Boone > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Summer Field Assistants Needed in NV > > Colleagues, > > Anyone considering this position should read my blog entries > from last year. > > http://www.birdandhike.com/Postcards/USGS2006/USGS_2006.htm > > > Cheers, Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 7:28 PM > Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Summer Field Assistants Needed in NV > > DON'T REPLY TO ME! I'M SENDING THIS FOR A FRIEND. > > > > > > > FIELD RESEARCH ASSISTANTS (4) needed for continuation of > long-term > studies > of bird responses to fire and fuels > management and riparian bird > community > dynamics in the > mountains of central Nevada. Primary duties > include daily > > morning surveys (point counts) and vegetation sampling at > survey > locations. > > Great opportunity to explore these little-known, > spectacular > mountain ranges > (Shoshone, Toiyabe, Toquima, > and Monitor). Duration approximately > 5 weeks > (29 May > through 30 June) with few days off, but some afternoons free. > > Research assistants will work independently and in small > teams (two-> three), > ____________________________________________________ > > ______________________________________________________________ > __________ > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about > what's free from AOL at AOL.com. > > > > >
