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The Great Basin Institute, in cooperation with the USFS, is recruiting a Botany Crew Lead to perform and help manage vegetation surveys within the Stanislaus NF. These projects all serve the Basin & Range Forestry program’s greater mission of helping the USFS in their critical goal of improving forest resilience in the face of worsening climate conditions and increased wildfire threats. The work that you will do directly improves the quality of these forests helping ensure they continue to thrive for generations to come. 

Botany crew lead will assist agency staff and crew members in conducting botanical surveys to establish distributional occurrences of targeted species and populations in designated project sites and access routes. Data from these surveys will inform mitigation measures set to protect targeted plant species, measures to disrupt the prevalence of invasive species, and protect vegetation communities considered habitat for designated wildlife. Crew leads will be responsible for crew safety and oversight, including coordination of daily tasks and affiliated project and crew needs, provide or assist in training, communicate frequently with agency staff to plan and assess crew accomplishments, and communicate with GBI staff as needed. Specific duties include, but are not limited to:

•  Botanical surveys to determine species identity, population characteristics, environmental conditions, factors affecting vigor and extent of species and their habitat.
•  Laying out of monitoring plots.
•  Photograph or collect specimens.
•  Produce maps of survey areas.
•  Record, enter and summarize data.
•  Use botanical keys to identify plants.
• Assist with reporting tasks.

Required:

• Degree in botany, plant ecology, or a closely related field in the biological sciences, including coursework in plant taxonomy and/or systematics (by position start date) AND one year of botany related field work;
• Experience leading crews in the field, including oversight of crew safety, communication, fidelity to methods and data quality;
•  Proficiency in navigation using GPS, topographic map and compass;
•  Experience conducting rare plant surveys and other botanical field work;
•  Experience using technical keys to identify plants to the species or subspecies level;
•  Possess a clean, valid, state-issued driver’s license & the ability to safely operate and maintain a 4WD vehicle on and off paved roads;
•  Ability to work effectively in a team setting with USFS staff, GBI staff, interns, volunteers, academic, state, and federal partners;
•  Ability to work safely and productively in remote field settings under adverse conditions. This includes occasionally overnight camping in remote areas for consecutive nights;
• Ability to understand, implement and adhere to established data collection, inventory, assessment, and monitoring protocols while collecting and maintaining field data in an organized manner that is easily understood and accessible to other resources staff;
•  Strong organizational skills and ability to work cooperatively as well as independently;
•  Strong communication skills with a diverse audiences, both written and oral; and
•  Physically fit to work outdoors, withstanding the rigors of a forested and/or high desert environment in all seasons.

Preferred:

•  Familiarity with and interest in resource management issues of western states and the ecology of the Sierra Nevada ecoregion;
•  Knowledge of the flora of the Eastern Sierra /Great Basin transition zone; and
•  Advanced skill using specialized software such as Microsoft Office Suite, ArcMap GIS, and Google Earth.

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