The Texas Associate Director of Freshwater oversees all aspects of protection, science, stewardship and community relations for a multi-faceted state-wide freshwater conservation program that includes partnership development and the conservation of priority aquifer, spring, stream, and river habitats across Texas. Provides strategic leadership and support for TNC's freshwater conservation planning work and establishes overall aquatic conservation priorities for the Texas Chapter. Supplies technical and program support to Conservancy field operations. Serves as the Chapter's principle freshwater contact to government agencies, other conservation organizations, foundations and the academic community. Additionally the position works with other Chapter staff on freshwater and agriculture public policy initiatives at the statewide and basin-specific levels as they relate to the conservation of freshwater biodiversity and the health of Texas bays and estuaries. The Associate Director will also take the lead on identifying needs and securing resources needed to successfully implement the program's freshwater conservation strategies.
To apply for position number 39675, submit a resume and cover letter as one document. Apply from our website at www.nature.org/careers and search for Job ID# 39675. All applications must be submitted in the system prior to 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on March 9, 2012.
Environmental Science (MS) Online Option
Faculty, Biology
Lone Star College - Montgomery
Recognized nationally and ranked #1 by the Houston Business Journal as the largest College or University in the Houston, Texas area with a total enrollment of more than 85,000 students, Lone Star College System is poised for greatness. Lone Star College-Montgomery, the premiere student-centered educational institution in Montgomery County. Serving The Woodlands and Conroe communities, LSC-Montgomery provides a relaxing and conducive learning atmosphere while offering leisure learning opportunities, individual classes, and unique programs such as radiologic technology and physical therapy.
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Chief Water Scientist
The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) seeks a highly qualified water scientist to serve as Chief Water Scientist for advancing research and extension programs responding to high-priority water management needs in Texas and the South-central US. The position requires a seniorlevel scientist dedicated to leading multi-disciplinary teams of faculty scientists and researchers.
Student Summer Internship Program
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Inland Fisheries Division Opportunities
Responsibilities & Duties:
Assists in fisheries management activities, instream flow studies, research and applied management projects on the lower Guadalupe River. Duties include participation in field based data collection, data entry, assisting in data analysis, and assisting in development of public scoping surveys and meetings.
Wetland Biologist
Job Description: Do the best work of your life! URS is a leading provider of engineering, construction and technical services for public agencies and private sector companies around the world. The Company offers a broad range of planning, engineering and architectural design, environmental, construction, program and construction management, systems integration, operations and maintenance, management and a wide range of specialized technical services for the U.S. federal government, state and local government agencies, Fortune 500 companies and other multinational corporations. We provide services for transportation, hazardous waste, industrial infrastructure and process, petrochemical, general building, water/wastewater, military facilities and equipment platforms, and defense and security programs.
Lone Star College - Montgomery
Faculty, Biology (#4707)
Recognized nationally and ranked #1 by the Houston Business Journal as the largest College or University in the Houston, Texas area with a total enrollment of more than 85,000 students, Lone Star College System is poised for greatness. Lone Star College-Montgomery, the premiere student-centered educational institution in Montgomery County. Serving The Woodlands and Conroe communities, LSC-Montgomery provides a relaxing and conducive learning atmosphere while offering leisure learning opportunities, individual classes, and unique programs such as radiologic technology and physical therapy.
Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center - Dallas Intern – Water Resources Management
Responsibilities
Provides assistance for an effective educational/outreach program that supports water conservation and water quality improvement
Assists in implementing, and evaluating an effective outcome-based program that supports identified water issues in the DFW Metroplex
Assist in effectively reporting, marketing, and interpreting results of programming efforts
Delivers educational presentations dealing with water conservation and water quality to the general public, school age children, professional organizations, municipal officials etc. to promote effective and efficient use of water in the DFW Metroplex
Assists AgriLife Researchers and Specialists to update and develop educational materials related to water conservation and water quality
Gathers information related to water conservation issues to be posted on project Web sites and to be used by AgriLife Extension Specialist in developing program material.
Phenoscape with Amphibians
CNAH ANNOUNCEMENT The Center for North American Herpetology Lawrence, Kansas http://www.cnah.org 7 December 2011
PHENOSCAPE POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW Vertebrate Morphology and Bioinformatics
We are seeking a scientist with training in comparative vertebrate anatomy to participate in the Phenoscape informatics initiative (https://phenoscape.org) to render morphological data computable and interoperable with genetic data. The successful candidate will: 1) lead data curation and ontology development for early living and extinct vertebrates (fishes) and amphibians as part of a team comprised of scientists and software developers, and 2) conduct large-scale, data driven evo-devo research on the store of phenotypic and genetic data in the knowledgebase (kb.phenoscape.org).
Data Specialist Position: Dauphin Island Sea Labe
The Dauphin Island Sea Lab proposes to hire a full-time, 12 month, Data Specialist to perform the following functions and achieve the goals enumerated in the Statement of work:
Minimum Requirements: B.A degree in Biology, Earth Science or a related field. Experience with metadata creation preferred. Knowledge of relational database concepts. Be able to maintain tables and to query database. Be skillful at SQL database, Microsoft Access. Knowledge of one or more programming languages (VB Script, Cold Fusion, PHP, C). Must be detail oriented. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Be able to work well in a collegial relationship with faculty, be flexible, and highly motivated.
Functions: Collects research data sets from faculty; assembles metadata information of data sets; writes metadata using FGDC compliant tools (such as MERMAid on National Coastal Data Development Center web site); submits metadata to NCDDC; has the opportunity to work with and guide faculty and staff to create metadata records; will be an integral part of bringing valuable input for a lab wide project that will house research data and metadata records for Dauphin Island Sea Lab; creates interface to allow easy access to these data items.
There are two entry-level biologist positions open (East Texas), as well as multiple seasonal positions at three different state hatcheries. There is also a link for the TPWD Internship Program on the same web page.
Contact me if you have any questions:
Mandy K. Scott Assistant District Fisheries Biologist Inland Fisheries Division Texas Parks & Wildlife Department San Angelo, Texas
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Program Specialist IV
NOTE: TEMPORARY FULL TIME POSITION ENDING APRIL 4, 2012. CONTINUATION CONTINGENT UPON FUNDING. 40% TRAVEL REQUIRED.
GENERAL POSITION DESCRIPTION: Under the direction of the District 2 Leader, the Landscape Conservation Coordinator is responsible for planning and implementation of conservation activities on private lands in the Panhandle. Involves developing, planning, coordinating, implementing, and monitoring habitat improvement and restoration activities that are partially funded through a cooperative agreement between Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Works directly with private land owners/managers, state and federal agencies, Non-Government Organization (NGO), and others in the development of conservation projects for terrestrial and migratory wildlife species in the Texas Panhandle portion of the Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative. Responsible for completing reports of conservation activities and accomplishments. Works under general direction with extensive latitude for use of initiative and independent judgement. Complies with all Agency, Division, and branch rules, regulations, and procedures. Performs additional duties as assigned.
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