Forest Ecology Summer Field Technician Position: Forest ecology summer field technician position is offered for work in the Cross Timbers forests of Oklahoma. This is a full time summer job for May, June, July and early August. The pay scale starts at $10 per hour and all work related travel expenses will be paid. The project office is in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Type of work: The job requires extensive field work in the Okmulgee, Lexington and Cherokee Wildlife Management Areas. These sites are all within a two-hour drive of Stillwater, Oklahoma. We will be measuring and sampling vegetation along randomly located transects. There will be some office work managing data bases and analyzing data. Project: This position is part of the project "Fire Frequency Effects on Habitat Quality of Three Wildlife Management Areas Dominated by Cross Timbers Forests" supported by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. Dr. David M. Leslie, Jr., Leader of the Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit is co-director of the project. The objective is to quantify relationships among fire frequency, habitat quality, and wildlife values in Cross Timbers forests including vegetation composition and structure, forage production and amount and quality of litter and coarse woody debris. Qualifications: The persons applying for the job should be capable of extensive field work in Oklahoma in the summer. It would be best if they have strong background in biology or ecology and are capable of identifying plant species. Contact: Steve Hallgren, 022 Ag Hall, 744-6805, [email protected] Steve Hallgren 022 Ag Hall Natural Resource Ecology and Management Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK 74078 office: 405-744-6805 FAX: 405-744-3530
