One seasonal field technician position is available with Kansas State University. The technician will assist a graduate student with field work related to a research project investigating the response of bird and butterfly communities to grassland restoration with prescribed fire and livestock grazing. Field work will take place in Geary and Woodson Counties in the Flint Hills of Kansas, which contains the largest remaining tract of tall-grass prairie in the world. The tall-grass prairie is critical habitat for grassland birds, which are the fastest declining group of birds in North America, and for butterflies, which are experiencing global population declines. As a technician on this research project, you will be assisting with the conservation of the unique tall-grass prairie habitat

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