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POSITION DETAILS
Position ID(s): 4478
Position Title: Biology Assistant - AmeriCorps
Conservation Legacy Program: Scientists in Parks, Stewards Individual Placements
Site Location: Glacier National Park, West Glacier, Montana
Number of positions available: 1
TERMS OF SERVICE
Duration: 20 Weeks (not flexible)
Flexible Start Date: Yes
Start Date: 11/16/2026
End Date: 04/05/2027
AmeriCorps Slot Classification: 675 hours - this is the minimum number of hours the selected candidate must serve throughout the duration of their position.
BENEFITS
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Segal AmeriCorps Education Award: $ 2,817.00 upon successful completion of position (pre-tax)
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Weekly Living Allowance: $ 675.00 per week, fixed rate (pre-tax)
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Relocation Allowance: $ 450.00 (distributed as a one-time lump sum with first paycheck) (pre-tax)
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Student Loan Forbearance if applicable (administered by MyAmeriCorps, directly)
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Student Loan Interest Payments if applicable (administered through MyAmeriCorps, directly)
APPLICATION TIMELINE
Preference given to applicants who submit applications before Sunday, June 14, 2026. Applications will be reviewed after the application deadline passes. Positions will close after receiving 60 complete applications, or at 11:59 p.m. EDT on June 14, 2026, whichever occurs first.
KEYWORDS: Clark’s nutcrackers, Bird densities, bats, swift recorder analysis, Sonobat
PURPOSE
This Biology Assistant is an AmeriCorps position.
National
Parks play a key role in the world for the conservation of birds because they are protected from human disturbances such as hunting, logging, and development. Bird data collected in GLAC could prove especially useful in better understanding some of the factors causing declines in bird populations. GLAC, like all national park units, uses research, inventory, and monitoring programs to fulfill our mandate to “conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wildlife therein …unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations” (Organic Act, 1916). Most of our bird and bat projects are designed to both inventory (what we have) and monitor (how numbers and presence is changing over time) birds and bats considered SOC. The SIP will leave here with a unique set of skills focused on bird and bat SOC, that potentially could lead to long-term employment. The need to understand bird species, their movements, distributions, population indicators, and overall health concerns is critically important in the face of emerging wildlife diseases such as Avian Influenza, white-nose syndrome, habitat changes or loss due to global environmental changes, introduced pathogens, and/or human disturbances. The SIP will help bridge the communication gap between scientists and the public by assisting us in the preparation of reports and/or publications written in appropriate and easy-to-understand formats.
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES
Glacier National Park (GLAC) includes 279 species on its bird list. Many of these species are common or accidentals, which refers to birds that show up in GLAC outside of their normal range. Some of these birds, however, are classified as Species of Concern (SOC).
SOC are “native taxa that are at-risk due to declining population trends, threats to their habitats, restricted distribution, and/or other factors” (Montana Natural Heritage Program). Several of these species are the focus of GLAC’s Bird Research, Inventory, and Monitoring Programs (Bird Programs). We collaborate with biologists from multiple agencies (federal, state, and tribal), states, and provinces, on several of these Bird Programs.
Every fall, after the field season is completed, we focus on data compilation and analysis to summarize our findings in reports that we can then share with park staff, volunteers, collaborators, and the public. We also submit these reports to the National Park Service Integrated Resource Management Application (IRMA). We have an enormous amount of data generated from these Bird Programs.
Our field season runs from the end of April through October, which progresses nearly non-stop in a National Park the size of GLAC with its varied habitats and species variety. Seasonal staff often leave in mid-October, making it difficult, if not impossible, to finalize reports for each project within the calendar year. In the fall of 2025, the federal government
