Niwot Ridge LTER Summer 2022 Field Technician Jobs

Do you want to spend your summer working outdoors at our high-altitude research site above Boulder, Colorado, at the University of Colorado’s Mountain Research Station and Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) site at Niwot Ridge? The Niwot Ridge LTER is hiring a general field technician and a vegetation field technician for the summer of 2022.

General Field Technician

The General Field Technician position will involve working on a number of LTER research projects including plant and animal surveys, alpine lake sampling, soils monitoring, and meteorological instrument installation. Some laboratory and data entry work may be expected as well. Driving the field work suburban on 4WD Forest Service roads, and between the University of Colorado’s East Campus and the Mountain Research Station may be part of the position. Accepting applications through Monday, April 4th. View and apply for the position here.

Vegetation Field Technician

The Vegetation Field Technician will assist with vegetation surveys, plant biomass harvests and general plot maintenance in long-term experimental plots in the alpine tundra. Most of the work will be done outdoors, in the alpine tundra, and much will require accurate plant species identification in plots from a range of long-term projects established to detect and document changes in alpine vegetation in response to various and changing climatic conditions. Some work will also be done in the laboratory and entering data. Driving the field work suburban on 4WD Forest Service roads, and between the University of Colorado’s East Campus and the Mountain Research Station may be part of the position. Accepting applications through Monday, April 4th. View and apply for the position here.

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