Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
The CPCESU is a cooperative network, transcending political and institutional boundaries, which creates innovative opportunities for research, education, and technical assistance in support of the management and stewardship by partner agencies of the Colorado Plateau’s natural, cultural, and social resources.
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NPS Academy-Internships
NPS ACADEMY OVERVIEW: Since 2011, more than 400 interns have participated in the NPS Academy, an innovative, experiential learning program designed to introduce undergraduate and graduate students from under-represented and diverse communities to careers with the National Park Service. Program details: Explore NPS careers with a 12 - 16 week summer internship at National Park sites across the country. Internship focus areas include visitor services, education, resource management, and more. Kick off your internship by attending a week-long, expenses paid…
Research Fellowship
Glacier National Park Conservancy – Jerry O’Neal Student Research Fellowship -2020 Call Applications are now being accepted for the Glacier National Park Conservancy – Jerry O'Neal Research Fellowship for work in Glacier National Park, Grant-Kohrs Ranch NHS, and Little Bighorn Battlefield NM in Montana. The fellowship aims to provide educational assistance for students seeking to understand natural and cultural resources issues and how these interact with human values. Special consideration will be given to proposals that address the following: natural resource issues such…
Funding Opportunity-Water Quality Trends
REQUESTS FOR STATEMENTS OF INTEREST NUMBER W81EWF-20-SOI-0002 PROJECT TO BE INITIATED IN 2020 Project Title: Assessing Water Quality Trends and Suspended Sediment Surrogates Above and Below Reservoirs Using High-Frequency Sensors in New Mexico and Southern Colorado Responses to this Request for Statements of Interest will be used to identify potential investigators for a project to be funded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Albuquerque District (SPA), in Albuquerque, NM. Approximately $200,000 is expected to be available to support…
Job Opportunity - PhD Assistantship – Forest and Fire Ecology
PhD Assistantship – Forest and Fire Ecology The University of Montana Wilderness Institute seeks to fill a PhD assistantship to work on a funded project entitled, “Ecosystem Response to Fire in the Wilderness.” This project will measure vegetation and fuels data across sites that burned in the last 40 years in order to assess the potential for fire-caused changes to forest structure and function, including the possibility of conversions to non-forest. This project is a collaboration with the Aldo Leopold…