From:    Chuck Racine 
Subject: job at CRREL

Ecological Field Research Assistant /Botanist

A full time 2-5 year or longer position with a salary of 27-30K per year.
At the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratoy (CRREL) is
a Corps of Engineers laboratory in Hanover, NH. The position is located in
the Remote Sensing/GIS center at CRREL.

Duties:   Provide support to a research team mapping and sampling
vegetation, wetlands and ecosystems at a broad range of sites from the
northeastern US, desert southwest, coastal California, to Alaska. Help
sample vegetation, develop databases, prepare maps and write reports.

Qualifications: Willingness to travel 15-40% of the time.  Ability to work
in the field under various conditions; a good working knowledge of basic
plant identification and vegetation sampling; some experience with GIS
software and GPS technology; ability to photointerpret and map vegetation;
and the ability to present data and help write reports.

Education: Preferably a MS or higher with an emphasis in plant ecology or
botany.  Applicant should have  course work in field taxonomy and
vegetation sampling.

Submit: Application to include a resume and list or copy of transcripts
outlining college course work.

Contact: Robert Lichvar, CRREL, 72 Lyme Road, Hanover, NH 03755,
603-646-55657, email "rlichavr@crlo2.crrel.usace.army.mil"



Dr. Charles H. Racine
USA Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab.
72 Lyme Road
Hanover, NH 03755
Phone: 603-646-4519
Fax 603-646-4785
email: cracine@crrel.usace.army.mil