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Salary– $3,401.00 – $4,425.00 Monthly

Our Juvenile & Adult Salmon Monitoring Biologist, 

Leads juvenile and adult salmonid monitoring following establish protocols:

• Leads, trains, and conducts summer parr surveys, adult salmonid spawning ground surveys, and juvenile downstream migrant trapping operations. 
• Leads, trains, and participates in installation, maintenance, and removal of juvenile downstream traps (rotary screw trap and fence weirs). 
• Maintains trap integrity during high flow and heavy debris events. 
• Records data using electronic data capture devices (i.e. iPads and ToughPads). 
• Collects biological data from live and dead fish species.
• Identifies redds to species. 
• Conducts data QA/QC to ensure dataset is a high-quality product and ready for analysis. 
• Communicates progress and status of field data collection to the F&W Biologist 3 on a regular basis to ensure project efficacy. 
• Analyzes biological data from established databases and/or spreadsheets with specific direction for supervisor review. 

Leads stream temperature monitoring following established protocols: 

• Deploy, remove, and download stream temperature data loggers. 
• Maintain the integrity of the loggers by checking housing and cables for any defects, making repairs as necessary. 

Supervises Scientific Technician 2 positions:

WORKING CONDITIONS: 

• Work Setting, including hazards: 
  1. Up to 90% of the time will be spent in the field – fieldwork includes wading in streams that will be slippery and hiking off-trail through vegetation that may be extremely dense and up and down steep slopes, up to 5 miles per day.
  2. Exposure to insect bites and stings, wildlife, thorny and spiny vegetation, pollen, all weather conditions typical of Western Washington.  
  3. Frequently carrying buckets full on water (up to 40 lbs.) to transport fish for distances up to 200 yards, bending, ducking, balancing, and crawling through, under, and over dense understory and woody debris. 
  4. Accessing sampling sites can be difficult and requires driving on narrow logging roads and navigating complex, undeveloped road networks while utilizing a CB radio when required to avoid collisions. Employees must be comfortable navigating off-trail using a GPS and hiking throughout forested landscapes on foot. 
  5. Snorkeling occurs in low velocity stream environments – stream depth is typically less than 3 ft. 
• Schedule: 
  1. Generally, 40 hours per week, including weekends, evenings, and holidays – overtime hours may be necessary to complete project goals. 
  2. Weekly schedules fluctuate based on the season, environmental conditions, and fish migration schedules. 
• Travel Requirements: 
  1. Daily travel to study sites – minimal overnight travel.
• Tools and Equipment: 
  1. 4-wheel drive trucks and SUVs, personal flotation devices (i.e., a life vest), waders, wading shoes, iPads, hand tools (i.e., cleaning rakes, shovels, crow bars, sledgehammers) and power tools (i.e., chain saws, drills, circular saws), fish collections equipment (i.e., nets, seine, minnow traps, screw traps, electrofishing equipment) and fish sampling equipment (i.e., knives, scalpels, scissors, measuring boards, syringes) and Passive Integrated Transponders (PIT) tagging equipment. 
• Customer Interactions: 
  1. May be approached by landowners or other users of public and/or private lands when in or on route to study sites. 
  2. Must interact with individuals in a respectful manner and provide proof of access permits if requested.