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Snohomish County

-Inspecting power lines for encroaching vegetation-Responding to customer requests for on-site consultations concerning trees and power lines-Issuing work to tree crews, both in-house and contracted-Directing work to be performed on specific trees-Managing customer relationships-Coordinating necessary tree work between interested parties (homeowners.

San Diego County

-Inspecting overhead power lines for encroaching vegetation-Assessing of tree health to determine tree hazard potential-Making assessments based on clearance and tree growth rates-Inspecting power poles to assure compliance with regulations-Educating customers (homeowners/community members) about vegetation management and answering questions about utility.

-Using CNPS-established plant community descriptions to conduct vegetation mapping-Create new communities according to established procedure if no adequate description exists-Detailed surveying for pre-determined plant species, but also for anything that might not be known (i.e. new records).-Using detailed maps to navigate in the field, both on and off.

-Sorting of oceanic and freshwater benthic samples to count number of different taxonomic species (Polychaeta, Echinodermata, Mullusca, Crustacea, and various other lesser taxa). -Performance of laboratory grain size classification.-Field benthic sampling, both oceanic and freshwater.-Field classification of stream quality.-As-needed field sampling duties.

-Curation and rehousing of the museum’s approximately 40,000-slide photographic collection of botanical images.-Create protocols for integrating the collections into archival housing in a classification system that correlates to the arrangement of the SD Herbarium-Use of the 30-volume Flora of North America to verify and correct plant names from the.