[APWG] Fw: [ma-eppc] Fw: WSSA: EPA Liaison Position Announcement

[Jil_Swearingen at nps.gov]

Hi,

Please see message below from Lee Van Wychen, Science Policy Director for
National and Regional Weed Science Societies.

Thank you,

Jil

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jil M Swearingen
Invasive Species Management Specialist
National Capital Region IPM Program
Center for Urban Ecology
4598 Macarthur Blvd NW
Washington DC 20007
202-342-1443, ex 218
202-282-1031 fax
www.nps.gov/plants/alien
www.ma-eppc.org
www.nps.gov/cue

Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail

----- Forwarded by Jil Swearingen/NCR/NPS on 08/04/2008 03:47 PM -----
                                                                                    
                                                                                    
                                                                                    
 WSSA Seeking Next Liaison with EPA for 2009                                        
                                                                                    
 The Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) is seeking a qualified                  
 individual to interact with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)         
 and serve as a liaison between WSSA members and EPA employees. Dr. Steve           
 Dewey from Utah State University has served in this role over the past             
 18-months and will be making his 12th and final liaison trip to EPA during         
 the week of December 8, 2008.                                                      
                                                                                    
 Ideally, this individual will travel to Arlington, VA for one week per             
 month for the first six months and then approximately a week every two             
 months to work in EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP). This individual        
 will interact with EPA employees and provide input on a wide range of              
 topics such as the utility of label mitigations for herbicide use, spray           
 drift management, invasive plant management near endangered species, and           
 the role of weed control in land management.                                       
                                                                                    
 This individual should be willing to learn the registration and                    
 reregistration processes for herbicides, become familiar with the EPA              
 scientific committees and how they operate, and develop a basic                    
 understanding of how EPA OPP risk assessments are conducted.                       
                                                                                    
 This individual must be a member of the WSSA, and prepare a quarterly              
 report for the WSSA Newsletter and a semi-annual report to WSSA Board of           
 Directors.                                                                         
                                                                                    
 The WSSA will help reimburse this individual for travel and per diem               
 expenses while working at EPA up to a predetermined limit, while the               
 applicant continues to receive a salary through their employer.                    
                                                                                    
 The application period will end on September 30, 2008. Ideally, the                
 individual selected would be able to make their first week-long visit to           
 EPA in January of 2009, but start time is negotiable.                              
                                                                                    
 Please send a letter of intent and resume by email to: Lee Van Wychen at           
 Lee.VanWychen at wssa.net. If you have questions, please contact me or WSSA           
 President Jeff Derr at jderr at vt.edu                                                
                                                                                    
 Thanks,                                                                            
                                                                                    
 Lee Van Wychen                                                                     
 Science Policy Director                                                            
 National and Regional Weed Science Societies                                       
 900 2nd St. NE, Suite 205                                                          
 Washington, DC 20002                                                               
 Lee.VanWychen at wssa.net                                                             
 Work: 202-746-4686                                                                 
                                                                                    
                                                                                    
                                                                                    
                                                                                    
                                                                                    
                                                                                    
 .                                                                                  
                                                                                    


(Embedded image moved to file: pic11585.gif)
__,_._,___
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: pic11585.gif
Type: image/gif
Size: 43 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.plantconservation.org/pipermail/apwg_lists.plantconservation.org/attachments/20080804/a88dbdb6/attachment.gif>