Monitoring the response of Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus) to habitat changes created by Hurricane Sandy. The GIS technician will be working with field technicians to improve conservations efforts for Atlantic Coast population of Piping Plovers. This project is just one of multiple shorebird projects based at Virginia Tech. Please see our project webpage https://fishwild.vt.edu/vtshorebirds/ for more information about shorebird conservation at Virginia Tech.

Primary responsibilities are collecting training points for an elevation and vegetation change analysis using multispectral imagery and LIDAR. Other responsibilities include trapping, banding and

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