Description
The Illinois Department of Transportation is seeking a roadside ecological strike team to assist with wildlife surveys and conservation practices to improve grasslands. The team will implement brush management, non-native invasive species control, prescribed burning, development/monitoring of prairie management plans, enhancement/diversification of grasslands for pollinators, tree/shrub plantings, prairie plantings, and other roadside ecological best management practices. The grant is for $5,000,000 and the project duration is 60 months. The applicant must have experience in prescribed burns, non-native invasive species removal, discing and inter-seeding, prairie establishment, and writing natural resources management plans.
• Experience in performing prescribed burns
• Experience in non-native invasive species removal
• Experience in discing and inter-seeding
• Experience in prairie establishment
• Experience in writing natural resources management plans
• Commercial Pesticide Applicator license from the IL Department of Ag
• Certified in Basic Incident Command System (I-100), Fire Fighter Training (S-130) and Wildland Fire Behavior (S-190)
• Burn Boss Type 2 (RXB2) license
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with colleagues and partner agencies