Turtle Research Assistant

The Wetlands Institute in Stone Harbor, NJ, is hiring a seasonal Research Assistant for a study on diamondback terrapins and Eastern box turtles. Responsibilities include conducting surveys, maintaining road mitigation fencing, and assisting with telemetry studies. The role requires working in adverse field conditions and handling turtles. This is a temporary, hourly position with approximately 40 hours per week, including early mornings, weekends, and holidays.
The Wetlands Institute, located in Stone Harbor, New Jersey, is seeking qualified applicants for a seasonal Research Assistant position to assist with long-term study of diamondback terrapins and Eastern box turtles. Primary responsibilities include assisting with mark-recapture surveys, conducting surveys of nesting areas and roadways, maintaining road mitigation fencing, and assisting with telemetry studies. This is a temporary, hourly position (approx. 40 hrs/week) that will include regular early morning, weekend, and holiday hours. The regular responsibilities of this position will require frequent work in adverse field conditions (heat, humidity, exposure to thorns, poison ivy, ticks and other biting insects) for sometimes long periods; handling live, injured, and dead turtles; conducting necropsies; assisting with animal husbandry; and participating in community-based outreach programs. The Research Assistant will be responsible for recording detailed observations and data...