Forest and Fire Ecology Research Technician
The University of Montana Wilderness Institute is hiring research technicians to assist a team of researchers and graduate students with fieldwork exploring the effect of climate on forest development following wildfire. Research will take place in an old-growth forest plot in Yosemite National Park (yfdp.org) and at numerous locations across the 1.3-million-acre Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. Data collection includes measurements of forest structure, tree demography, fuels, causes of tree mortality, mapping woody debris and tree locations, coring trees, and tree seedling surveys. This work is remote and will require front-country camping and multi-week wilderness backpacking trips. Applications received by December 15, 2021 will receive highest consideration.

