Salamander Research Field Assistant

This project will consist of a minimum of 7 nights per month (Mar-Nov) performing field surveys across Southeastern Kentucky. These will be late nights, likely finishing up around 2-3 AM. Each night, we will survey a minimum of 4 road cuts out of the 30 that need to be surveyed each month. (I can be flexible if you are only available 6 nights a month). Surveys will consist of: 1) collecting environmental data and 2) performing visual scans of each road cut and documenting all species that are detected. Having 2 people will speed up this process as these duties can be divided between us. The majority of time each night will be spent driving between road cuts. Applicants should have a valid driver’s license and be comfortable driving at night on unfamiliar, uneven, and winding country roads. We can share driving duties. We will be taking an EKU vehicle from campus each time we go out in the field. Our base of operations will be at EKU’s Lilley Cornett Woods in Letcher County. However, some of the road cuts are considerable distances away. This means that some nights may be spent in hotels, or camping outdoors in summer.