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Field Technician (1), Breeding Bird Use of Managed Forests University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, south-central Illinois A position for 1 technician to assist with research on the abundance and diversity of breeding songbirds and woodpeckers in managed Illinois forests is available with a tentative start date of late-April to mid-May 2021. The position will have an end date of no later than 15 August 2021. Primary responsibilities will include determining how forest management in Illinois directly affects bird abundance, diversity, and habitat use during the breeding season. Spe

Field Technicians (4), Ecology and Habitat Use of Wild Turkeys University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, south-central Illinois Positions for up to 4 technicians to assist with research on the behavior and habitat use of wild turkeys in Illinois are available with a tentative start date on or around January 11, 2021. Two positions will have an end date of June 30th 2021 with the other 2 positions ending March 31st 2021. Primary responsibilities for all positions will include trapping, radio-tagging, and tracking wild turkeys and remotely downloading data from their transmitters. Ad

Waterfowl Ecologist/Field Station Director Illinois Natural History Survey Prairie Research Institute University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS) is seeking an Assistant Research Scientist, Waterfowl Ecologist/Director of the Forbes Biological Station (FBS) and Bellrose Waterfowl Research Center. The Forbes Biological Station (FBS), located along the Illinois River on Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Havana, IL, was founded by Stephen Forbes in 1894, and is the oldest inland field station in North America.