Nursery Crew Member

DESCRIPTION:

The Tribal Nursery Crew will assist with JW Toumey Nursery functions under the Scope of Work of the GeteMiinikaanan partnership project with the Ottawa National Forest.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Seed Collection in the field

Vegetative and root cuttings for propagation

Seed Processing at the nursery

Seed Stratification assistance

Seed Sowing/Root Propagation at the nursery

Seedling care at the nursery

Lifting, packing, and shipping seedlings

Planting of seedlings at designated locations on national forest and tribal lands

Monitoring of seedling plant survival rates at planting locations

Data collection, inventory, and tracking

Other tasks specified by the LVD Ethnobotanist, Nursery Managers, including the Lead Horticulturist

One of the Tribal Nursery Crew Members will serve as the Tribal Youth Nursery Crew Supervisor. This individual will be subject to a rigorous background check.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Must have knowledge of the Lac Vieux Desert Ojibwe people and their spiritual, traditional, historical, and ancestral ties of the community, while also agreeing not to publish or otherwise distribute culturally sensitive information to the public without proper consent.
• Knowledge and understanding of missions, organizational goals, and objectives of the Tribe.
• Must be willing to work outdoors and in the field daily.
• Must be able to lift 50 lbs.
• The applicant must be insurable under the tribes insurance as well and must pass a background check as well as a pre-employment drug test.