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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:
- Work is performed 80% outdoors in the field and 20% in the office.
- Fieldwork involves hiking off-trail through vegetation that may be extremely dense and up and down steep slopes.
- 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.
- Periodically, navigating and driving on logging roads located on Private forestlands throughout western Washington.
- Schedule:
- Typically, work schedule is Monday – Thursday, four (4) ten (10) hour days – there is no flexibility in workdays or hours.
- Travel Requirements:
- Primarily travel is required to field sites located within distance of the Natural Resources Building (NRB).
- Occasional camping – overnights near study sites may be required.
- Tools and Equipment:
- 4WD trucks and SUVs.
- Rubber boots, caulked boots, a hard hat and high visibility vest, and raingear, waders, and wading shoes.
- iPad or other devices.
- Monitors, sensors, and standard software (e.g., Microsoft Office).
- Customer Interactions:
- 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.