[APWG] Fw: Invasive Plant Newsbrief #16

[Jil_Swearingen at nps.gov]

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FORWARDED BY THE NEW ENGLAND INVASIVE PLANT GROUP (NIPGro)
No. 16, September 26, 2005

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1. Position Available: Vegetation Management Coordinator/ Invasive Plant
Atlas of New England (IPANE)
Coordinator (New England Wild Flower Society)

Chris Mattrick, long-time invasive plant specialist with the New England
Wild Flower Society and indefatigable IPANE
Volunteer Coordinator, is leaving NEWFS for a new position with the U.S.
Forest Service in the White Mountains.
NEWFS is accepting applications for from those interested in the position.
(Chris, we will miss you!!!)
Responsibilities for this full time, permanent position include:
·        Design management plans and implement vegetation management to
control invasive plants and/or to
·        benefit rare plant species.
·        Oversee NEWFS initiatives for IPANE including the recruitment,
training and maintenance of IPANE
·        volunteers and associated databases.
·        Assist in training and maintenance of Plant Conservation Volunteer
(PCV) Corps.
·        Assume staff responsibility for management of NEWFS Sanctuaries.
·        Collaborate with other NEWFS departments to develop educational
interpretation, develop print and web-
·        based informational resources, make formal and informal
presentations, teach courses, and write articles.
·        Help procure funding for the above activities.

For additional information about this position, visit
http://www.newfs.org/jobs.htm#vegman. Applications must be in by
14 October 2005.

Contact:
Bill Brumback, Conservation Director
New England Wild Flower Society
180 Hemenway Rd.
Framingham, MA  01701-2699
508-877-7630 ext. 3201
bbrumback at newfs.org
www.newfs.org
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