The USDA Forest Service Region 8, Forest Health Protection, is outreaching a 2-year Term Biological Science Technician position at the Resistance Screening Center (RSC) located in the Bent Creek Experimental Forest in Asheville, North Carolina. The RSC is a facility where tree seedlings are propagated and screened against a variety of plant pathogens to determine resistance. Priority diseases include fusiform rust & pitch canker on southeastern pines, Phytophthora root rot on hybrid chestnut, dogwood anthracnose, and brown spot needle blight. The RSC partners with a variety of cooperators including state departments of forestry and agriculture, universities, private industry, and non-profit organizations. Screening activities support reforestation and conservation initiatives, academic research, and tree improvement efforts. The facility consists of a glass greenhouse, two poly greenhouses, a soil mixing building/dirty lab, a head house, a laboratory, and administrative offices. The Biological Science Technician will assist with seed sowing & transplanting; monitoring greenhouse-grown seedlings for insects & diseases; laboratory culturing of fungal pathogens, controlled inoculation techniques, data collection, and maintenance of greenhouse facilities and systems.
Please reply by COB January 31, 2021 using the attached outreach form emailed to Katie McKeever (kathleen.mckeever@usda.gov) or using the link to the announcement on Forest Service’s outreach database https://fsoutreach.gdcii.com/?id=57167325F5BA45FCAD8F7C9464C2EA62
Please share far and wide and feel free to contact me with any questions at (828) 667-5089 x202.
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