Title: Fisheries Biologist I, Fisheries Technician II

Location, Agency: Cordova, Alaska; Native Village of Eyak

Categories: Temporary

Salary: $14-$18/hr. DOE

Responsibilities: The Native Village of Eyak is accepting applications for the 2018 Copper River Chinook salmon monitoring field season. Six technicians 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: Late April through mid/late-July 2019. 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.

Email: HR@eyak-nsn.gov

Link: http://eyak-nsn.gov/jobs/