Great Lakes Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit

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The Great Lakes Northern Forest (GLNF) Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) is a regional network of faculty, specialists, managers, and staff from leading academic institutions, conservation organizations, and federal agencies. All units transcend political and institutional boundaries to improve the scientific base for managing public lands. They provide resource managers with high quality scientific research, technical assistance, and education. The GLNF CESU seeks to resolve resource problems at multiple scales using interdisciplinary ecosystem studies involving the biological, physical, social, and cultural sciences. The GLNF CESU has been hosted by the University of Minnesota’s Department of Forest Resources since 2002.

 

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2022-2027 Master Agreement

 

Acadia National Park: 2-year Data Analyst position

The Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park is hiring a 2-year Data Analyst position that will work closely with the National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring Division to compile, analyze, and publish long-term monitoring data collected in national parks in the Midwest Region.

Population Viability Analysis for Feral Horse Management Scenarios at Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Theodore Roosevelt National Park (THRO) is seeking a CESU member to conduct a project entitled “Population Viability Analysis for Feral Horse Management Scenarios at Theodore Roosevelt National Park.” The results of the genetic analyses and population viability models will inform horse herd management at THRO. The deadline for response is Thursday, 2/20/2025 at 5:00 PM CT. 

RSOI: Vegetation Management for Natural Resources Branch, Fort Drum, NY

The Fort Drum environmental program, which ensures military mission activities are conducted in compliance with all applicable environmental laws, regulations and policies, requests Statements of Interest for conducting vegetation management for undesirable species in Fort Drum, New York.  Deadline: January 30, 2025, at 2 p.m. Central Time.