[ESSP] FW: [Job]Biological Tech,Wildlife/NJ

[Vanessa Paulman]

BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIAN (WILDLIFE)
TEMPORARY JOB OPPORTUNITY

Where:  Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Salem County, New Jersey

When:     March - July 2005; 40 hrs/week

Work Description:  The person selected for this position will collect
habitat 
information at breeding bird survey points and coordinate volunteers to
conduct 
breeding bird surveys.  They will serve as a boat operator and recorder on
breeding marshbird callback surveys conducted in a 2,500-acre tidal marsh.
They will be responsible for data entry of all breeding bird survey data.
The 
technician will conduct vegetation and invertebrate sampling and coordinate
weekly shorebird and wading bird surveys in a 30-acre impounded wetland.
The 
technician will coordinate volunteers for monthly wading bird flightline
surveys.  The technician will conduct woodcock singing ground surveys.  The
technician will assist with anuran call count surveys and reptile and
amphibian 
searches.  The technician will assist with a youth fishing derby.  Other
duties 
may include invasive plant control, monitoring and maintaining the refuge’s
25 
songbird nest boxes, maintaining nature trails, posting refuge boundaries,
developing interpretive materials, conducting interpretive programs, and
maintaining refuge grounds and equipment.  Forty hour work week schedules
can 
be adapted to meet personal needs; however work will be required on most
weekends. 

Requirements:  A successful applicant will have a bachelor’s or higher
degree 
in the biological sciences or a related field.  The technician must be
comfortable operating a small boat in tidal waters and have orienteering and
navigation skills.  They must be able to identify plants commonly found in
southwestern New Jersey.  They must be in good physical condition, capable
of 
working outdoors daily in hot and humid weather with ticks and biting
insects.  
They must have a valid driver=s license.  They must also be comfortable
using 
Microsoft Excel, Access, and Word as well as DOS-based programs.

Pay:  $540/week.  Refuge housing is available (rent is required).

Send cover letter, resume, and three references to:  Attn.: Biological
Technician Opportunity
   Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
   197 Lighthouse Road
   Pennsville, NJ 08070
   856-935-1487    

Application materials must be received by February 18, 2005.

About the Refuge:  Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is located on
the 
upper Delaware Bay in Pennsville, NJ.  The 2,880-acre refuge consists
primarily 
of brackish tidal marsh and adjacent woodlands and fields.  A pair of bald
eagles nests on the refuge, and there are several nesting pairs in adjacent
marshes that forage on the refuge.  Pea Patch Island, the site of one of the
largest heronries on the east coast, is located in the Delaware Bay about
one 
mile from the refuge, and all nine species that nest on the island forage on
the refuge during the breeding season.  At dawn and dusk hundreds of wading
birds can be seen flying between the refuge and the island.  In the spring,
large numbers of shorebirds can be seen feeding in the refuge tidal marsh.
There are 80 acres of grasslands on the refuge, and in late summer hundreds
of 
tree swallows may be seen foraging over them.  Refuge woodlands are home to
a 
great diversity of plant and animal species, including a variety of reptiles
and amphibians found in the wetter parts of the woods.  Refuge management is
focused on protecting and enhancing high quality habitat for migratory
birds.  

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