The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC) is seeking one Junior Habitat Assistant to work utilizing common ecological restoration tools to establish and manage a suite of conservation practices. The primary purposes of these positions will be to work with landowners to implement the best restoration or management practice application for the particular site and utilize the necessary tools to successfully accomplish the conservation goal while preparing practitioners to think at landscape scale levels as it pertains to conservation application. This position is part of a partnership between Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) Illinois Recreational Access Program (IRAP) and Lewis and Clark Community College/National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC).
The assistant will be technical experts on all aspects of the conservation restoration and management, working to restore and improve conservation acres on the ground. Primary focuses will include providing on the ground conservation restoration or management for landowners enrolled in IRAP. Additional land focus areas may include state, federal and private lands which complement the IRAP program. This position will utilize conservation restoration and habitat management tools including but not limited to tractor, ATV, rear mount broadcast seeder, trailer, brush cutter, hand tools, chemical sprayers/applicators, chainsaw, and tree spade as well as being responsible for maintenance and repair of equipment. This position is one of several new positions of the private lands conservation hub developing at the National Great Rivers Research & Education Center. Additional professional development through field training, professional workshops, and online courses may be available for this position. The Junior Habitat Assistant's primary duty station will be at the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center located in East Alton, IL. Habitat Strike Team will work within approximately a 90-mile radius of Godfrey, IL. Please see link<http://bit.ly/NGRRECPOSTING> for more details and to apply. Contact Justin Shew ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>) with questions regarding the position. http://bit.ly/NGRRECPOSTING ________________________________ This communication, along with any attachments, is covered by federal and state law governing electronic communications and may contain confidential and legally privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, use or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this in error, please reply immediately to the sender and delete this message. Thank you.
