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Salary- $3,294.00 – $4,286.00 Monthly

Our Fish & Wildlife Biologist 1, 

  • Participates in sampling programs designed to inform the effectiveness of specific restoration actions for improving water quality, aquatic and semi-aquatic species habitat, and state Forest Practices Rules.
  • Conducts fish, wildlife, and habitat monitoring and research.
  • Installs permanent equipment and delineates sample transects.
  • Utilizes established procedures to characterize streams and stream habitats.
  • Conducts biological surveys, including for fish and amphibians.
  • Conducts wood surveys (i.e., wood count, function, and volume).
  • Operates trucks and driving on logging roads on private forestlands.
  • Downloads temperature and other monitors and sensors in the field.
  • Enters field data on handheld iPads in the field, and uploads data.
  • Leads and oversees small crews of field staff in field data collection.
  • Tracks and prioritizes field sampling progress and completion.
  • Ensures required access permits are available and communicates with landowners if approached in the field.
  • Performs routine maintenance and ensures that equipment is functioning reliably and safely.

 

WORKING CONDITIONS:

  • Work Setting, including hazards:    
  1. Work is performed 80% outdoors in the field and 20% in the office. 
  2. Fieldwork involves hiking off-trail through vegetation that may be extremely dense and up and down steep slopes. 
  3. Will be required to carry a heavy pack (< 40 pounds) and haul awkward equipment (e.g., rebar), additionally, frequent bending, ducking, balancing, and crawling through, under, and over dense understory and woody debris. 
  4. Periodically, navigating and driving on logging roads located on Private forestlands throughout western Washington.
  • Schedule:   
    1. Typically, work schedule is Monday – Thursday, four (4) ten (10) hour days – there is no flexibility in workdays or hours.
  • Travel Requirements: 
  1. Primarily travel is required to field sites located within distance of the Natural Resources Building (NRB).
  2. Occasional camping – overnights near study sites may be required. 
  • Tools and Equipment: 
  1. 4WD trucks and SUVs.
  2. Rubber boots, caulked boots, a hard hat and high visibility vest, and raingear, waders, and wading shoes. 
  3. iPad or other devices. 
  4. Monitors, sensors, and standard software (e.g., Microsoft Office). 
  • Customer Interactions:
  1. Frequent interactions with landowners or other users of public and/or private lands when in/on route to study sites. 

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelor’s degree in fisheries, wildlife management, natural resource science, or environmental science OR equivalent education.   

OR

  • Experience may be substituted year over year for education.

Certifications/Licenses: 

  • Valid Driver’s License.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

Experience:

  • Two (2) years professional experience conducting field research, familiarity with water quality and physical monitoring.
  • Leading / supervising subordinate staff in a field setting.
  • Downloading and managing data in an Access database, conducting quality control to assure data integrity.
  • Summarizing large data sets and tracking work completed for complex projects.