Are you interested in gaining some field experience working in headwater streams alongside an experienced biologist? Do you want to contribute to a field project that will improve the long-term conservation prospects for under-appreciated headwater streams that protect clean water and fish habitat?

Participants will learn the basics of fish identification, culvert/fish passage assessment, habitat and fish population survey techniques (using an electrofisher), and about the challenges of protecting headwater streams.

The project is a partnership between Molalla River Watch, Native Fish Society, and Kingfisher Ecological Services with the goal of groundtruthing and updating error-prone stream maps used to protect and restore fish habitat. Another goal of the effort is to engage headwater landowners in learning about and safeguarding their streams.

Volunteers need to be comfortable navigating slippery stream banks while carrying gear. No prior experience with fish identification or stream surveys is needed. Volunteers will need to provide their own lunch, raingear, and waders (chest waders preferred). A brimmed hat and lighter-hued polarized sunglasses are also helpful to have along but are not required. All other field gear will be provided.

All fieldwork will be supervised by Ted Labbe and will be conducted in late April through May 2015. If you are interested in participating, please contact Ted at [email protected] and sign up for survey days here http://doodle.com/sr5dxu4upxbmkfzc. This signup is limited to one volunteer per day since my car is tiny and doesn't have room for two volunteers plus field gear. 

We'll keep to a comfortable schedule: meeting up at 9a and finishing by 3:30 or 4p, with the rendezvous spot at the Starbucks inside the Molalla Safeway (at 1524 W Main St, Molalla, OR 97038). With prior arrangement, I can pick up/drop off volunteers enroute to Molalla on my way there from north Portland. The work will be physical but I want to keep it from being grueling. And I want it to be fun and informative for volunteers and landowners alike. 

Please contact Ted Labbe directly with any questions about the work:
[email protected]
503-758-9562

Work Description 
Data Coordinator collects, organizes, analyzes and shares data to support Verde’s social enterprise and Outreach-Advocacy activities. Outreach-Advocacy activities include Living Cully, where the Data Coordinator leads partner organizations to ensure consistent data management on Living Cully’s capital improvement projects and programmatic activities. Data Coordinator provides information on Verde to diverse audiences -- community members, partners, funders and policy makers -- through presentations and other communication activities.

For full job description:  http://www.verdenw.org/images/stories/documents/datacoordinatorpositionannouncement.pdf

Monday, April 15, 2015 from 6–8:30pm
Portland State University Cramer Hall - 4th floor

Website
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/PDX-OSGEO

Description 
Monthly meeting of the open source GIS group PDX-OSGeo.

SpiderOSM is an open source python package for matching segments in one path network, e.g., streets and trails, to corresponding segments in another, based on geography and network connectivity. This allows joining together attribute data from separate sources. Importantly authoritative jurisdictional data can be correlated with the rich, crowd-sourced, user editable and extensible, Open Street Maps data. Multifactor match scoring, allows data to be joined only for high confidence matches.

The initial version of the matcher was coded in early 2014 specifically to combine Open Street Map data with Portland Oregon area jurisdictional data (RLIS) to facilitate pedestrian infrastructure analysis and planning. Since then the code has been refactored into a generally useful python package that installs, via pip, and works on all three major platforms: Mac OSX, Linux and Windows. The code is stable and mature, with version 1.0 is just around the corner.

The developer, Michael Arnold, is now focusing on developing applications, and finding users and collaborators. On going projects where help would be very welcome include:

1. 1. The Portland Area Mismatched Name Survery (looking at name mismatches between OSM and RLIS identified by SpiderOSM.) Some folks at TriMet and others at PDOT have begun this project, but there is ALOT to be done!
2. A QGIS Plug-in for spiderOSM. Ryan Peterson has recently begun this project, and would welcome help.
3. Help getting the word out: publicizing spiderOSM online and at appropriate events. Alternately, advice and encouragement in this process. :)

Another opportunity, not yet begun: looking for someone interested in developing an ESRI Plug-in for spiderOSM. 

Position Summary:
The Enterprise GIS Support Specialist applies an interdisciplinary approach to supporting the Conservation & Business Planning unit in implementing appropriate GIS solutions to support priority projects across the network for the National Audubon Society.  S/he is an expert in creating and managing GIS web services, desktop GIS, multi-user spatial data management,  and SDE creation and management.  The Specialist will use basic programming skills in java script, flex, and python to support custom applications and COTS for geographic information systems.

This opportunity will be based in the US, and remote environments will be considered if not near an Audubon office.

For full job description and application details:  https://careersaudubon.icims.com/jobs/2374/enterprise-gis-support-specialist/job?mobile=false&width=900&height=500&bga=true&needsRedirect=false&jan1offset=-480&jun1offset=-420