'TAG' Team

Do you enjoy being out in nature and identifying the plants and animals you find? Whether you consider yourself an expert naturalist or a novice looking to grow your skills, consider joining our Technical Advisory Group 'TAG' Team. A group of dedicated Naturalists who help with assessments and species inventories of flora and fauna at new and potential land acquisitions!

Role Responsibilities:

·       Work in a team to identify and record all flora and fauna on new and potential land acquisitions

·       Hike through various terrains, including forests, wetlands, steep areas, and rock barrens; in various conditions, including rain, heat, and with biting insects

·       Take photos and recordings of species at risk (SAR), mark their location with GPS coordinates, and report SAR to Muskoka Conservancy staff

Qualifications:

·       Able to confidently identify the plants, birds, amphibians, reptiles, invertebrates, mammals, fungi, mosses, and/or lichens of Muskoka by sight and/or sound

·       Knowledge and ability to confidently identify species at risk and their habitats

·       Comfortable navigating through different terrains

·       Educational/work background in the environmental field is helpful

Why we do it?

·       When a potential land acquisition project is brought to MC, we run each project against our Strategic Land Acquisition Guidelines to ensure it meets the required criteria to be accepted. This means that we complete desktop analyses of each project as well as thorough field investigations with the TAG Team to gain important insight into the ecological features of the land!

·       New land acquisitions often require several site visits to gather all the baseline data on the ecosystems and flora and fauna found on the land. We call on the TAG Team to support these inventories!

*Note that there are limited positions available, and you will be required to answer some screening questions*