Consider for your students, -Tedd Edward (Tedd) Huffman Watershed and Air Program Mgr Cibola National Forest and Grasslands 2113 Osuna Rd NE Albuquerque NM 87113 505-346-3908 office elhuffman@xxxxxxxxx The Gallatin NF will be filling either a Hydro SCEP position or a Fish Biologist SCEP position depending on applicants. Please forward to any students who may be interested. I have already forwarded to the watershed university departments. To quality the student must be in a hydrology program and able to complete 640 hours of work before graduation. . The Gallatin National Forest in USFS Region 1 is recruiting candidates for a Hydrologist trainee position. The program is called the Student Career Experience Program (SCEP). The program is designed for degree seeking candidates in watershed sciences, hydrology, or engineering/hydrology, to work for a Forest Hydrologist for at least 640 hours. Candidates successfully completing the work portion of the program would be converted to a career or career-conditional appointment as a Hydrologist, Hydrologist Trainee with the Forest Service - most likely on a National Forest in Montana or Idaho. The program requires at least 640 hours of work with a Forest and completion of a degree (BS, MS, or PhD) to be eligible for placement. Commonly, SCEP programs consist of 2 summers of work experience with placement upon graduation. Student seeking a MS or PhD could incorporate the work experience into their thesis or dissertation program on a case-by-case basis. The Gallatin Hydrologist SCEP position would work directly for Mark Story, Forest Hydrologist in the Supervisors Office in Bozeman, Montana. The Gallatin NF is directly adjacent to the north and west sides of Yellowstone National Park and provides a wide variety of watershed hydrology training opportunities including water quality monitoring, geomorphic assessments, a very active watershed rehabilitation program, fish habitat improvement, a large CERCLA (mine reclamation project), water rights, and a wide variety of hydrologic interactions with other programs including timber, range, lands, fuels, fire rehabilitation, and air quality. Bozeman is the location of Montana State University and hub of a wide variety of year round recreation opportunities. The attachments below include the SCEP positions announcement, application form (OF-612), and SCEP program questions and answers. Note that the applications can me emailed, mailed hard copy, or by FAX to the USFS Regional Office in Missoula per the address shown in the announcement. Inquiries are encouraged and potential applicants can contact Mark Story per the phone number or email addresses below. Applications must be postmarked by March 3, 2008. (See attached file: R1_SCEP_Bulletin_2008.doc)(See attached file: SCEP.program-Q&A.doc) Mark T. Story Hydrologist Gallatin National Forest PO 130 Bozeman, Mt 59771 406-587-6735 mtstory@xxxxxxxxx -- Chris Hohnholt Director of Recruiting & Advancement School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science Michigan Technological University 906 487.2417 forest.mtu.edu
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