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Posted on February 7, 2025February 10, 2025 by JMM

We’re hiring!

The INHS PaCE Lab is hiring a botanist and a mammalogist (primarily bats) to conduct biotic surveys throughout the Tollway region of northern Illinois. Closing date for these two positions is extended to February 28, 2025.

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