<div dir="ltr">All, <div>In case you know of anyone looking for a pollinator conservation job.<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Best Wishes,</div><div dir="ltr">Quinn S. McFrederick</div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://melittology.ucr.edu/" target="_blank">McFrederick Lab</a><br><div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.7273px">Associate Professor</span><br></div><div>University of California, Riverside </div><div>Department of Entomology</div></div><div><span style="font-size:12.7273px"><br></span></div>Shipping address: <br>Quinn McFrederick<br>UC Riverside Entomology<br>Entomology 162<br>3401 Watkins Dr.<br>Riverside, CA<br>92521<br>USA<div>
</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Mace Vaughan</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:mace.vaughan@xerces.org" target="_blank">mace.vaughan@xerces.org</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Jan 7, 2022 at 12:02 PM<br>Subject: Fwd: FW: [External Email]Fwd: NRCS and Xerces announce exciting new job opportunity: Pollinator Conservation Specialist, Urban/Small Farms in Underserved Communities<br>To: <br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Hi everyone, <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Before the holidays, we sent this announcement out to various list-serves, USDA liaisons at the 1890 land grant universities, job boards, and other avenues. Now that folks are back from the holidays, I want to do another push to help get this out to a broad applicant pool with experience working with bees and pollinator conservation and with urban or small farm agriculture in underserved communities. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Xerces Society and USDA NRCS are very excited to announce an <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fxerces-jobs&data=04%7C01%7C%7C02e7df14101c423433a908d9cfcb60da%7Ced5b36e701ee4ebc867ee03cfa0d4697%7C0%7C0%7C637769294681305431%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=s2tbf7nK4kFX70aoqejYK2xKdlQ9O9oOiKfWqIEPuxQ%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">exciting
new job opportunity</a>. Xerces is hiring for a Pollinator Conservation Specialist to serve as a Partner Biologist with the USDA NRCS, focusing on support to urban and small farms in underserved communities. The ideal candidate will have: <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u>a history of working with urban farms, small farms or community gardens in underserved or under-resourced communities, <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The ideal location for this position will be in Atlanta, GA, Cleveland, OH, or Detroit, MI, but other locations in the Southeastern U.S. and Upper Midwest will be considered. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would greatly appreciate any assistance you can provide in sharing this announcement with job boards, students, collaborators, listservs, urban or small farm networks, and other avenues you think will help it reach potential candidates who have interests in supporting underserved communities and pollinators. Redundancy is good.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It is currently set to close on January 18, 2022. Please, let me know if you have any questions. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1f497d">Mace Vaughan</span></b><span style="color:#500050"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Co-Director, Pollinator Conservation and Agricultural Biodiversity Program</span><span style="color:#500050"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation</span><span style="color:#500050"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Conservation Entomologist, Partner Biologist</span><span style="color:#500050"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> USDA-NRCS West National Technology Support Center</span><span style="color:#500050"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1f497d">Cell: (503) 753-6000 </span><span style="color:#500050"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#500050"><a href="mailto:mace.vaughan@xerces.org" target="_blank">mace.vaughan@xerces.org</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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