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The Norwegian Polar Institute has a vacant researcher position in marine ecology with a focus on seabird and prey interaction. The position is part of the SEATRACK project, which aims to map the year-round distribution of 16 seabird species in the North Atlantic and understand how changes in environmental conditions affect their demography and population trajectories. Deadline to apply: April 7, 2025!
The Seabird Oceanography Lab at Oregon State University is hiring one eligible university undergraduate to serve as a seasonal field technician from July through August to conduct bill load photography of Tufted Puffins, monitor disturbances by eagles, interact with the public, curate photos, and identify prey items in photos. Deadline to apply: April 14, 2025.
Content submissions and regional reports are due on March 15th for inclusion in Pacific Seabirds—PSG’s twice-yearly online publication.
PSG asks congress to take immediate action to protect and restore life-saving and essential scientific research thatbenefits American families and communities.
The Seabird Oceanography Lab at Oregon State University is seeking to hire a currently enrolled undergraduate student as a seabird monitoring technician for seabird productivity monitoring projects along the Oregon Coast. Deadline to apply: March 17, 2025!
Real Time Research, Inc. is seeking a Colonial Waterbird Monitoring Technician to assist in monitoring piscivorous colonial waterbird colonies in and around the Columbia River (American white pelicans, double-crested cormorants, Brandt’s cormorants, Caspian terns, ring-billed gulls, and California gulls), with the goal of quantifying avian predation impacts on Endangered Species Act-listed juvenile salmonids. Deadline to apply: March 24, 2025!
Catalina Island Conservancy, jointly with California Institute of Environmental Studies, is seeking one (1) Wildlife Research Technician to contribute to wildlife conservation projects alongside CIC staff. Hiring will begin immediately, and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Deadline to apply: March 1, 2025!
Real Time Research, Inc. is seeking a self-motivated professional that is interested in being part of a research team. The incumbent will work on a predator-prey study involving endangered salmonids and piscivorous colonial waterbirds in the Columbia River basin. Deadline to apply: March 10, 2025!
The Sea Duck Joint Venture has published “The Sea Duck Key Habitat Sites Atlas”, which identifies 85 important areas in North America that are essential to the welfare of sea ducks, highlighting habitats that are most critical to sea ducks during at least one season.
Pūlama Lānaʻi is hiring a Plant Ecologist/Habitat Restoration Manager to plan, develop, prioritize, implement, and manage habitat restoration and plant conservation programs on Lāna‘i. Deadline to apply: ASAP!
Marine Ornithology is an open access journal that is published through a partnership of the African Seabird Group, Australasian Seabird Group, Dutch Seabird Group, Japanese Seabird Group, and Pacific Seabird Group.
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The objective of the Conservation Fund is to advance the conservation of seabirds in developing countries primarily in or bordering the Pacific Ocean by providing funds for conservation and restoration activities, and building within-country seabird expertise. Learn More »
