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go to: http://www.usajobs.gov/</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Closes: July 9!</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.<br>
Botanist - Division of Scientific Authority<br>
Chair - Plant Conservation Alliance - Medicinal Plant Working Group<br>
US Fish & Wildlife Service<br>
4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Suite 110<br>
Arlington, VA 22203<br>
703-358-1708 x1753<br>
FAX: 703-358-2276<br>
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Promoting sustainable use and conservation of our native medicinal plants.<br>
<www.nps.gov/plants/medicinal><br>
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<br><font size=4 color=#00c200 face="Comic Sans MS"><b>Our GS-0401-11/12
Environmental Contaminants Biologist vacancy at the </b></font>
<br><font size=4 color=#00c200 face="Comic Sans MS"><b>Anchorage Fish and
Wildlife Field Office is now open through July 9th! </b></font><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><b> </b></font></div>
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<br><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">Check it out -- Merit Announcement
for current or previous permanent Federal employees: </font><a href="http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=88780555&JobTitle=Fish+and+Wildlife+Biologsit+(Environmental+Contaminants)&tm=0&lid=17162&sort=rv%2c-dtex&cn=&rad_units=miles&brd=3876&pp=50&jbf574=IN15&vw=b&re=134&FedEmp=Y&FedPub=Y&caller=advanced.aspx&AVSDM=2010-06-18+00%3a03%3a00"><font size=2 color=blue face="Comic Sans MS">R7-10-358450-CS</font></a>
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DEU Announcement for anyone who meets
the qualifications of the position: </font><a href="http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=88806597&JobTitle=Fish+and+Wildlife+Biologsit+(Environmental+Contaminants)&tm=0&lid=17162&sort=rv%2c-dtex&cn=&rad_units=miles&brd=3876&pp=50&jbf574=IN15&vw=b&re=134&FedEmp=Y&FedPub=Y&caller=advanced.aspx&AVSDM=2010-06-18+13%3a56%3a00"><font size=2 color=blue face="Comic Sans MS">R7-10-358879-CS</font></a>
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<br><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">If these links don't work, applicants
can find the announcement by going to: http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">Our 3-person Environmental Contaminants
Branch within our 24-person Field Office has responsibilities for a wide
diversity of challenging activities ranging from work on malformed frogs
on our National Wildlife Refuges, to work on water quality and fish within
our National Fish Habitat Action Plans, unlocking reasons behind population
declines in some of our listed species, climate change, and evaluation
and cleanup of Formerly Used Defense Sites (World War II, Cold War, and
nuclear testing). This position offers an opportunity to apply a
broad suite of technical, analytical, and social skills in addressing environmental
contaminant issues relative to fish and wildlife resources in south-central
and western Alaska. We are seeing ever more issues involving water quality
and habitat degradation and focus on assessing how activities ranging from
local roads to the largest mines in North America will affect fish and
wildlife resources and how/whether habitats affected by such activities
can be restored, particularly in view of climate change. Environmental
Contaminants Program responsibilities include identifying and monitoring
environmental contaminant levels, and evaluating their effects on fish
and wildlife. Program biologists also facilitate contaminant clean-up
activities with an emphasis on designated resources of national concern
and on National Wildlife Refuge lands. Environmental Contaminants
biologists develop partnerships and work with others to leverage our funds
and effectiveness, and provide technical expertise and assistance to other
Field Office branches and Service programs. For additional information
about the U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Environmental Contaminants
Program, visit our website at </font><a href=http://alaska.fws.gov/fisheries/contaminants/index.htm><font size=2 color=#0082bf face="Comic Sans MS"><u>http://alaska.fws.gov/fisheries/contaminants/index.htm</u></font></a><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">.
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<br><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">Anchorage prides itself on being
an all-season gateway to adventure and natural beauty. Our office
is minutes away from the 500,000-acre Chugach State Park, home to moose,
brown and black bears, wolves, and lynx -- not to mention fabulous hiking,
mountain bike and ski trails; and a few hours away from some of the most
productive (Kenai River salmon) and spectacular (Denali National Park)
places on the planet. </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">With a population of 280,000, Anchorage
also boasts an excellent school system, a diverse arts community, top notch
hospitals, two universities, an international airport, a recently expanded
museum, farmers' markets in summer, cross-country ski trails in the winter,
and numerous other assets. Temperatures typically range from 60 –
70 degrees in summer with cooler nighttimes and early mornings. Starting
in September the temperatures start to drop and average highs in the winter
are in the low 20s. More information about Anchorage can be found
at </font><a href=http://www.muni.org/homepage/index.cfm><font size=2 color=#0082bf face="Comic Sans MS"><u>http://www.muni.org/homepage/index.cfm</u></font></a>
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