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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NB:
I am only passing this along. Please DO NOT contact me for more info. Details
of who to contact are at the bottom. Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>****************************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='color:#981E32'>Graduate Research Assistantship<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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style='color:#981E32'>Alkali Bee Environmental Assessment in the Walla Walla
Valley<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:19.2pt;background:white;vertical-align:
top'><span style='color:#262A2D'>This project will involve a comprehensive
environmental assessment of the habitat requirements of the alkali bee <i>Nomia
melanderi</i>. The Alkali bee colonies that are established and managed in the
Walla Walla Valley of Washington State are the greatest aggregation of native
ground-dwelling bees used for pollination in commercial agriculture in the
world. The project will involve detailed environmental measurement of the
conditions below and above ground in and near alkali bee beds. Techniques will
be developed and evaluated to quantify alkali bee population abundance among
bee beds. Mitigation efforts will be developed and evaluated to limit
collateral bee death from motor vehicular traffic. This is a PhD project
and is funded for a period up to 4 years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:19.2pt;background:white;vertical-align:
top'><span style='color:#262A2D'>A O.50 FTE Graduate Research Assistantship
will be provided and tuition expenses paid during academic semesters and a
summer hourly wage will be provided. Some subsidized student housing may be
available in Prosser, WA on a first-come first-served basis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:19.2pt;background:white;vertical-align:
top'><span style='color:#262A2D'>For more information contact<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:19.2pt;background:white;vertical-align:
top'><span style='color:#262A2D'><a
href="http://entomology.wsu.edu/Profiles/walsh.html">Dr. Doug Walsh</a><br>
WSU Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center<br>
Prosser, WA 99350<br>
509-786-9287, <a href="emailto:dwalsh@wsu.edu">dwalsh@wsu.edu </a>(11/2010) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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