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JOB OPPORTUNITY; Seasonal Project Officers
June 2019

The Scottish Invasive Species Initiative wishes to recruit two seasonal project officers to assist in the management of volunteers and the delivery of biosecurity and invasive non-native species control and monitoring in summer 2019.

Closing date - Mon 24 Jun (12 noon)

Job…

Looking back over 2018

The Scottish Invasive Species Initiative has achieved a great deal in Year 1 of the project, with the support of our partners and volunteers.

Some of the headline facts and figures are illustrated in this infographic, which is also available to download…

EVENTS - Volunteers Week 1-7 June

We've got several conservation volunteer events on during Volunteers Week that you are welcome to get involved in, come along and meet the team and find out what volunteering with our project is all about. No previous experience necessary, everyone welcome.

Wear old clothes, stout shoes/…

NEWS: Gaelic welcome to Volunteers
June 2019

The Scottish Invasive Species Initiative celebrates Volunteers’ Week this week by extending a special welcome to Gaelic speakers interested in joining the project’s team of volunteers.

The project, already running a suite of volunteer and community-based activities across the north of…

EVENT - Invasive Species Week

Walk & Talk: Mink and mink raft monitoring
Wednesday 15th May - Loch of Skene, Westhill (Nr Aberdeen)

Join Invasive Species officer, Estee, from the River Dee Trust for a walk at Loch of Skene and learn more about how mink impact the environment and why they…

EVENT - Invasive Species Week

Conservation Volunteer Day: Giant Hogweed Control
Thursday 16th May - Birnie, Nr Elgin (Moray)

Join SISI project officer James to tackle some Giant hogweed a nasty invaisve plant taking over our riverbanks. The activity will include spraying hogweed plants. 

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