Gateway National Recreation Area anticipates hiring 13 Biological Science Technician Positions under job announcements HRFS 08-211 (SR179909) and HRFS 08-212. I will be hiring 5 of those 13 Biological Science Technician Positions to assist with the Jamaica Bay Marsh Restoration Monitoring Program. Information and application procedures can be found at the following websites.

The vacancy announcement for GS-0404-04 is open from March 11-25, 2008: Click Here.

The vacancy announcement for GS-0404-05 is open from March 12-26, 2008: Click Here.

Below is a brief overview of the Jamaica Bay Marsh Restoration Monitoring Program:

Jamaica Bay is located in the Jamaica Bay Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area (GATE), a unit of the National Park System. GATE brings the national park experience to residents of the nation's most densely populated city as well as protecting portions of the coastal ecosystem of one of the world's most highly developed commercial and industrial regions. Jamaica Bay is a complex of marsh islands and shallow brackish water located within the highly modified New York City landscape. Jamaica Bay is experiencing a dramatic loss of Spartina alterniflora marsh. NPS has partnered with the New York District Army Corps of Engineers, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New York State Department of State, and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to restore saltmarsh islands in Jamaica Bay.

A comprehensive monitoring and adaptive management program has been implemented for the restoration of a 16 hectare salt marsh at Elders Point East. Marsh restoration, by increasing elevation through the addition of sediment to the marsh surface, is one tool that is being used to understand and manage marsh loss in the bay. The goal of the monitoring program is to determine factors contributing to the success or failure of the restoration, test various Spartina planting techniques, justify adaptive management actions, and better understand factors contributing to marsh loss throughout Jamaica Bay. Monitoring of vegetation, nekton, birds, benthos, sediment elevation, habitat, and landscape parameters at a treatment and reference marsh was conducted prior to restoration (2005) and will continue for 5 years.

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