Field Tech Forum

Forum Rules - Please Read
Guidelines for participating in this community which is meant to be positive, supportive, and informative

Announcements
Updates on changes to the board's settings and rules and anything else noteworthy.

Blog Posts
Read my latest reflections and musings on life as a field tech along with stories from the field, either my own or adapted from interviews with other current and former techs

Stories From the Field
Share your most crazy, amusing, powerful, and moving yarns

Gear
Discussions of gear including reviews and buying/selling/donating

Life on the Road
Discussions about the experience of being on the move and being a ramblin' person

Photos
Share your best wildlife and landscape shots or anything else

Job Hunting
General tips and thoughts on getting field jobs

Offseason Jobs
Food service, retail, warehouse - what do you do in the offseason?

General Discussion
(mostly) Anything goes!

Meet-Ups
Let's take this offline

Introductions
Welcome! Feel free to tell us whatever you feel comfortable sharing

Birds
Our feathered friends

Reptiles & Amphibians
Slithering and crawling herps!

Aquatic & Fisheries
Life below the surface

Small Mammals & Bats
Furry friends on the lower rungs of the food chain

Large Mammals & Carnivores
Still furry but less friendly

Insects & Arachnids
Jointed legs apply here!

Forestry & Habitat
Larger organisms, larger scale

Plants & Fungi
Seeds and spores

Statistics & Computational
Computational biologists are biologists too

Permanent Positions
For those ready to put the tech life behind them

Graduate Positions
For those ready to take the plunge into academia

Suggestion Box
Room for improvement? Features you'd like to see?

Troubleshooting
Post here if you're running into trouble