Open Position: Natural Resource Economist
Employer: The Wilderness Society
Location:Anchorage, Alaska

Description:
The Wilderness Society seeks an applied economist who can synthesize existing information and develop new information critical to improving understanding of the relationships between wildlands and sustainable economies in Alaska and to supporting sound conservation and management decisions affecting those wildlands.

The Natural Resource Economist is responsible for designing, developing and implementing a program of economic research, extension and demonstration in support of The Wilderness Society’s Alaska conservation campaigns. Major areas of inquiry include: estimating the economic benefits of public land conservation and protection; fostering ecologically sustainable development opportunities; clarifying the economic importance of recreational and subsistence uses of public lands; and otherwise exploring the relationships between regional economies and ecosystem health.

The Natural Resource Economist will also communicate information gained through this inquiry in written and oral forms to a variety of audiences, including decision-makers in management agencies, reporters and others in the media, conservation organizations, business and economic development community, and community members. As part of this outreach, the economist is expected to help write scientific reports, fact sheets, science and policy briefs, comment letters, and peer-reviewed journal articles.

For a complete job description with a list of qualifications, duties and responsibilities go to: http://www.wilderness.org/AboutUs/careers.cfm