Field Assistant Vegetation Monitoring

To Apply, Visit: https://sierranevadaalliance.org/snap-position-descriptions-2/

Each year, the Sierra Nevada Alliance places 32 AmeriCorps members with partner conservation organizations throughout the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California. During their terms of service, members restore and monitor impaired Sierra watersheds, educate local residents and visitors on environmental issues, and recruit and manage volunteers for various programs. SNAP members gain skills and technical training, are mentored by outstanding environmental leaders, and provide a meaningful contribution to the communities of the Sierra Nevada.

To apply visit https://sierranevadaalliance.org/join-snap/

Applications submitted only through Indeed will not be considered.

Service Commitment:

Service Commitment:April 1st, 2024 - September 30, 2024. Members make an 6.5-month, full-time commitment to serve a nonprofit organization or public agency in the Sierra Nevada. OPEN UNTIL FILLED

Compensation and Benefits

Monthly stipend of $2,318 per month

$3,447.50 Education Award
Standard health and dental insurance
Up to 170 hours of technical, ecological, and skills-development training with a $250 stipend
Child Care Reimbursement Options

Full and additional position descriptions are available on our website:

https://sierranevadaalliance.org/join-snap/

Positioins include: Field Assistant Vegetation Monitoring Inyo County Water Dept.

Position Description: The Water Department’s SNAP member will be primarily responsible for field vegetation sampling across the Owens Valley, CA, which spans from just north of Bishop to just south of Lone Pine. Owing to the various types of environmental monitoring data that ICWD collects, the SNAP member will be exposed to various vegetation, soil, or hydrologic sampling techniques.

Primary activities will involve vegetation sampling as part of novel riparian studies or within groundwater dependent vegetation communities. Riparian studies will involve working in a crew of 2 or 3 with a team leader, locating new transect startpoints, setting up transects, marking start and end locations, recording vegetation along the centerline, recording canopy cover, and identifying and recording riparian tree positions within a 10-m wide belt transect. At these riparian transects, members may also collect soil samples, record fluvial geomorphic surfaces, or assist in collecting tree core samples. Ongoing long-term vegetation monitoring includes revisiting permanent vegetation transects within groundwater dependent vegetation using a combination of GPS and printed maps and identifying and recording plant species present.

SNAP members will also be involved in assessments of riparian tree recruitment sites on the lower Owens River to help identify locations for future restoration work, such as recording riparian sapling size and height measurements, and possible vegetation removals to assess the role of competition in successful tree recruitment. Finally, SNAP members may assist in condition assessment at mitigation sites identified in the Long Term Water Agreement to help determine if goals are being met.

Site-Specific Training Provided:

• Line point vegetation sampling technique
• Vegetation identification skills
• Riparian vegetation sampling techniques including running belt transects, identification of fluvial geomorphic surface types, and riparian tree species
• Assist with tree core sampling
• Use of a spherical densiometer and a GRS tube densitometer for measuring tree canopy
• Training for work in adverse conditions
• ArcGIS data collection and navigation

The full position descriptions for this and other positions are available on our website: www.sierranevadaalliance.org

Questions? Find answers in our SNAP pages at sierranevadaalliance.org

The application period is open until positions are filled!

Program information: More information about the program can be found at sierranevadaalliance.org/join-snap. Full position descriptions are available at: https://sierranevadaalliance.org/snap-position-descriptions-2/

Application Instructions are available at: sierranevadaalliance.org/join-snap.

Application period open until positions are filled!

Job Types: Full-time, Contract, Temporary

Salary: $2,318.18 per month

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance