The Peatland Restoration Assistant will gain real-life work experience in ecology, science, restoration and monitoring of peatland ecosystems. They will add capacity to the Conservancy’s Climate Mitigation Team and contribute their abilities to building the evidence base for climate and other ecosystem service benefits from restoration of ditched peatlands. The technician will gain significant experience as a field and lab assistant for the lead technician working with world-class researchers at one of the premier long-term ecological research facilities in the US.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND SCOPE
- Assist with installation of field sampling infrastructure
- Assist with data collection using field equipment to support GHG monitoring across a gradient of peatland sites
- Assist with download and initial processing of field data as well as data management and processing
- May work in variable weather conditions, at remote locations, on difficult or hazardous terrain and under physically demanding circumstances