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O wl Research Institute

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Field technician- 2023 nesting season, description.

The Owl Research Institute in western Montana is hiring a field tech for the 2023 nesting season, to begin ASAP and extend through July 15. This is an excellent opportunity to spend the summer gaining field research experience, learning about owls, and living and working in beautiful western Montana.  

Field techs will work closely with senior owl resear chers and receive training research methods from planning to banding to analysis. By the end of the summer, successful techs will have gained valuable skills to prepare them for full-time wildlife positions and graduate school. Fun will also be had. Shared field housing is provided at no cost.  

Activities will include conducting field work on Great Gray, Short-eared, Long-eared, and Northern Pygmy Owl. Early season will begin with surveys to detect nesting owls using a combination of nighttime, dawn, and dusk surveys, callbacks, and ARUs. Nest searching will begin in early April, followed by nest monitoring in May and June. Methods will vary depending on species, and will include transects, remote cameras, and rope dragging. Occasional capture and banding of owls will be conducted. Other field tasks will include habitat assessments, pellet analysis, and behavioral observations. Data entry and management will be expected. Participation in educational programs and presentations is also possible.

Qualifications

Enthusiasm and proven interest in owls, natural history, and conservation

Physically fit and able to hike off trail in steep terrain carrying up to 40lbs of gear for up to 10 miles daily

Excellent observation skills and attention to detail, including nest searching in tall, dense forests and acute sense of hearing

Ability to identify Montana owl and raptor species by sight and sound (or learn very quickly)

Comfortable with navigation using GPS, mapping apps, compass, or maps

Willingness to work long, irregular hours while keeping a positive attitude for the duration of the season. Strong work ethic

Great team player and works and lives well with others in shared housing

Work confidently and effectively in grizzly bear country and carry bear spray

Comfort working outdoors at night, in harsh weather conditions, with biting insects or other potentially hazardous wildlife

Data recording, data management, and data entry skills

Respectful communication skills with teammates and the public

Experience operating 4WD vehicles, ATVs, pulling trailers and clean driving record preferred, willingness to learn required

Coursework in wildlife biology or related field or similar experience is preferred

Technicians will be responsible for collecting detailed data, staying safe in the field, following protocols, and entering data accurately. Responsibilities will also include organization and maintenance of field equipment, volunteer management .

Charlo, Montana

Compensation

$1,500 - $2,400/month depending on experience

Shared housing provided

April 5 (or as soon as possible) through July 15, 2023

How to apply

Email your resume/CV and cover letter in a single document to Beth Mendelsohn ( [email protected] ).

State your interest and address each qualification concisely in your cover letter.

Applications will be reviewed as they come in and the position will be closed once filled.

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At Least 14 Dead From Storms in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kentucky

ABC Affiliate WFAA via REUTERS

By Maria Caspani and Steve Gorman

(Reuters) -Search teams on Sunday picked through wreckage left by tornado-spawning thunderstorms that swept the U.S. Southern Plains and Ozarks, killing at least 14 people and wrecking hundreds of buildings as forecasters warned of more severe weather over the holiday weekend.

In Indiana, storms delayed Sunday's scheduled start of the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, or Indy 500, the premier U.S. auto racing event traditionally held over the Memorial Day weekend.

At least seven people perished and nearly 100 were injured on Saturday night when a powerful tornado struck communities in north Texas near the Oklahoma border, Governor Greg Abbott said at a news conference the next day.

He said two children, aged 2 and 5 from a single family, were among the dead in and around the tiny Cooke County town of Valley View, which bore the brunt of the twister.

More than 200 homes and other structures were listed as destroyed, with another 120 buildings damaged in a zone that stretched over 50 miles, Abbott said.

Dozens of motorists abandoned their vehicles on a highway and fled to a nearby truck stop seeking shelter as the twister struck. According to Abbott, about 125 people took cover inside the gasoline station as the tornado shredded the facility.

Everyone there survived, but it took rescue teams about an hour to free scores who were trapped in the wreckage.

"I was just waiting for it to pick us up or slam something on top of us," Elizabeth Hernandez, who had huddled inside a restroom in the building, recalled in an interview with Dallas television station WFAA. "I don't know how that didn't kill us."

MOBILE HOMES 'COMPLETELY GONE'

A National Weather Service official said the Valley View tornado packed top winds of 135 miles per hour. Multiple twisters hit the region, but the precise number had yet to be determined, she said.

As the scale of the disaster came into fuller view on Sunday, officials were wrapping up initial search-and-rescue operations, the governor said. He said authorities would make one final sweep of damaged buildings for possible additional victims but that nobody else was reported missing by day's end.

Cooke County Sheriff Ray Sappington said some of the many trailer homes in the area were "completely gone" after the storm.

Video footage from the aftermath of the disaster showed wide swaths of homes and other buildings in shambles or reduced to piles of rubble, with vehicles smashed and trees uprooted or stripped of limbs and foliage.

A tornado also crossed into Denton County, northwest of Dallas, on Saturday night, damaging homes and other property, and knocking down power lines. Officials said that "a number of individuals" with injuries were transported to area hospitals.

More than 450,000 utility customers were without electricity across a 10-state region on Sunday stretching from Texas to Michigan, according to the website poweroutages.us.

Officials in Arkansas also reported at least three storm-related fatalities from late Saturday, including a 73-year-old woman in Baxter county. Responding authorities described roads closed and clogged with debris, downed trees and power lines, homes and businesses destroyed, as well as numerous injuries.

Storms caused widespread damage and at least two deaths on Saturday night in parts of Oklahoma.

On Sunday, as storms shifted to the northeast, unleashing more extreme weather across the U.S. heartland, a landscaper was killed by a tree toppled in winds that gusted to 80 mph in Louisville, Kentucky, police said.

The Weather Service warned of additional storms moving through the Ohio and Tennessee valleys, bringing a mix of damaging winds, large hail and more tornadoes, as well as heavy downpours capable of triggering flash floods.

As Texas residents struggled to regain their footing from a night of thunderstorms and tornadoes, excessive heat warnings and heat advisories were posted on Sunday across the southern tier of the state and along the Gulf Coast into most of Louisiana.

The latest bout of extreme weather came just days after a powerful tornado ripped through a rural Iowa town, killing four people, and more twisters touched down in Texas last week.

Meanwhile, the U.S. was preparing for what government forecasters have called a potentially "extraordinary" 2024 Atlantic hurricane season beginning June 1.

(Reporting by Maria Caspani in New York and Steve Gorman in Los Angeles; Devika Nair and Jahnavi Nidumolu in Bengaluru; editing by David Evans, Diane Craft and Aurora Ellis)

Copyright 2024 Thomson Reuters .

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