summer field positions

[Karen Cleveland]

See the announcement below for field surveyors for the Breeding
Bird Atlas for the upcoming summer. The DNR is providing a large 
amount of the funding for the Atlas, and this is the last year of 
field data collection. There is a massive amount of surveying that 
still needs to be done to get statewide coverage. If you know of 
anyone who may have the skills and the interest in one of these 
positions, please forward this announcement to them and encourage 
them to apply ASAP. 

Thanks
Karen Cleveland


BREEDING BIRD ATLAS TECHNICIAN:  10-15 positions from 15 May 
through 7 Aug 2007.  Pay $9.50-10.25/hr (depending on experience) 
and 35¢/mi.  The last year for data collection for the Michigan Breeding 
Bird Atlas is 2007.  Duties of the MBBA technician include conducting 
area surveys of assigned quarter-townships, recording behavioral cues 
that reveal breeding status, conducting point counts, and recording 
habitat.  Ability to identify Michigan birds by sight and sound required; 
point count experience preferred.  MBBA technicians will typically be 
assigned remote areas with insufficient volunteer coverage and will 
need their own vehicle; applicants must be able to work independently 
and travel extensively.  Send letter of interest, resume, and three 
references to RAY ADAMS, Kalamazoo Nature Center, 7000 North 
Westnedge Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI 49009-6309 (radams at naturecenter.org).

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Karen T. Cleveland                                        517-241-4250
All-Bird Biologist                               clevelak at michigan.gov
Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources
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