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AWG E-MAIL NEWS 2004-7
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CONTENTS
1) GEOLOGIST IN THE PARKS 2004
2) CONTACT INFORMATION
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Thanks to everyone who contributed to this issue of E-mail News
The application deadline for GIP is April 1, 2004!
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1) GEOLOGIST IN THE PARKS 2004
Looking for a unique field opportunity? Career enhancement? High-profile research project to broaden your graduate school experience? Planning a sabbatical? AWG, in cooperation with the National Park Service, is pleased to announce its support of new Geologist-in-the-Parks positions for 2004. These were chosen for their outstanding scientific and educational potential, spectacular locations, time-frame flexibility, and housing availability. All appropriately qualified women are welcome to apply, including students. As long as credentials match a position, any application is welcome; you do not have to be a member of AWG to apply. Stipend for each position is a flat rate of $2500, payable in three installments, with the final installment contingent upon submission of a final report and photographs to AWG.
2004 GIP positions include:
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, N.W. Nebraska – wetland delineation
While this park is renowned for its Miocene quarries of mammal fossils, this remote hill-and-valley, 3000-acre site is in need someone with expertise in wetland delineation. The wide and shallow Niobrara River flows west to east, the four-mile length of Agate Fossil Beds National Monument. Two 1:24K quads in the National Wetlands Inventory cover the park, but the maps are 20 years old, and the park needs a more accurate delineation for its GIS. The GIP will work directly for the park’s superintendent, and in communication with National Park Service’s Water Resources Division, specifically the chief of the Water Operations Branch and the Servicewide Wetlands Program Manager. The wetlands data will be used extensively in the management of the park’s natural resources.
Mojave National Preserve, S.E. California – caves inventory
Mojave National Preserve is internationally known as a place to conduct desert research, and its lands are known for geological features such as Cima Dome, the Cinder Cones, and the “singing” Kelso Dunes. The Preserve, covering well over a million acres, has limited information on the caves within its boundaries and needs someone who has cave knowledge and experience. Forty-five sites have been tentatively identified. All sites need a site-specific inventory of the geologic, paleontologic, cultural, biologic, and other resources associated with the site. The GIP will GPS and map cave entrances, as well as look for new sites. A key to this position will be to work with park staff to help identify the data to be gathered at each site. It may be an opportunity to work with other BPS cave parks to examine their inventory formats. The GIP will work with the park’s geologist. The data will be needed for monitoring and managing the park’s natural resources, and the general in formation regarding caves is needed to help inform park visitor’s of the ecosystem’s dynamics.
Florissant Fossil Beds national Monument, Central Colorado – stabilization of fossilized tree trunks
This park is one of the most fossil-rich sites on Earth, known for its Eocene paleo-botanical and paleo-insect specimens. Some of the park’s primary resources are its large, petrified, redwood tree stumps. They are the park’s only paleontological resource that can be seen in-situ, with nearly 95% of the Monument’s 80,000 annual visitors viewing them. Two permanent shelters have been constructed as a means of stabilizing the physical environment surrounding some of the stumps. The stumps themselves, however, need further conservation attention. Florissant needs someone who can help examine different methods of stabilization to determine which methods are most effective at preventing further deterioration, and will do no long-term harm to the appearance or integrity of the stumps. The GIP will work with the park’s paleontologist. Information gathered may be helpful to other paleontological parks examining stabilization methods.
George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia (near Washington D.C.) – smorgasbord
The George Washington Memorial Parkway preserves the natural and historic scenery along the Potomac River, including the most spectacular natural feature in the Washington, D.C. area, Great Falls. The park needs someone who can compile baseline geological data and who can help with one or more other park projects, such as developing a geological bibliography, creating a database of geological maps, researching geological studies and reports, developing a geological site bulletin or brochure, and collecting/displaying geological data using GIS/GPS. The opportunities are wide open. The GIP will work with park resource and interpretive staff. The GIP will help the park address resource needs and will provide the park’s visitors with a better understanding of the area’s geosciences.
Instructions for Applying:
To apply for any of the AWG GIP positions, write a cover letter detailing your relevant experience for each position, provide a well-constructed resume or CV, and the names and contact information of three people who can speak directly about your work experience and qualifications. Application information should be sent to AWG’s GIP Coordinator, Dr. M. A. Toscano, via email to office@awg.org. MS Word, rtf, pdf, Star Office and Word Perfect files are acceptable. THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS APRIL 1, 2004. Please pass this announcement on to colleagues.
For more information on the Geologist in the Parks program and full descriptions of the above positions, park geology, and park contacts visit http://www.awg.org/about/gip.html.
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