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Public Land Name:
White Sands National Monument

Position Title:
Field Paleontologist

Agency: NPS

Position Type: GeoCorps

Position ID Number:
2015068

Location:
Alamogordo, NM

Accepting Applications?

# of current Applicants: 0

Position Description:
Working under the supervision of the park’s Resource Manager, the GeoCorps participant will conduct an on-the-ground paleontological survey of the White Sands National Monument . The participant will examine exposed outcrops of the Otero Formation on the monument documenting and finding new fossilized track ways, as well as bones and teeth of both large mammals and smaller vertebrates and shells of invertebrates. All fossils discovered would be documented using a hand-held GPS unit to establish UTM coordinates (NAD 83 datum) and elevation, and would also be located within the local stratigraphic section of the Otero Formation, GPS equipment provided by the National Park Service. The participant will excavate fossils that are at risk due to rapid weathering using standardized data collection procedures and equipment; uses judgment to apply precedents and established techniques to new situations. This position is offered through the Geological Society of America’s GeoCorps America Program in partnership with the National Park Service’s Geoscientists-in-the-Parks Program.

If you have questions about the application and selection process, please contact GSA's GeoCorps managers.  If you have questions about any aspect of the position — description, qualifications, housing, dates — please direct them to the contact(s) listed in the project description. Remember, application materials can only be submitted online. The project contact(s) will not accept application materials sent to them via e-mail, mail, fax, etc. See the full program details at the GeoCorps homepage.