DENR Fisheries Technician II and Biologist I
Cordova AKTitle: Fisheries Biologist I, Fisheries Technician II
Location, Agency: Cordova, Alaska; Native Village of Eyak
Categories: Temporary
Salary: $14-$28/hr. DOE
Responsibilities: The Native Village of Eyak is accepting applications for the 2018 Copper River Chinook salmon monitoring field season. Six technicians and two biologists will assist permanent staff using fishwheels and mark-recapture techniques to estimate the inriver abundance of adult Chinook salmon. One week of preseason training will occur in Cordova, Alaska prior to mobilizing remote field camps where personnel will remain. Work duties include fishwheel deployment and operation, TBAR-PIT tagging, ARIS Sonar operation, morphometric measurement, data entry, and camp maintenance. Employment dates: April 25th through mid/late-July 2018. For project videos visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AuxygPCVKY and http://scienceandmemory.uoregon.edu/baird-canyon.html
Qualifications: See job description at NVE website for specific qualifications. Boating experience is required. Remote field work experience is highly preferable. Wilderness medicine, firearm proficiency, carpentry, mechanical, and engineering experience is desirable. Hiring open until positions filled.
Both positions are open until filled.
To Apply: Send completed NVE application, resume, and cover letter to:
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Posted December 22, 2017