Research and Salmon Recovery Field Biologist

Job description: Provide field leadership for SRSC and its diverse staff in a variety of projects. Specifically, coordinate personnel and plan and execute logistics for fish and habitat field sampling and data collection and compilation in support of Pacific Salmon recovery. Application deadline May 2, 2024, 5:00 PM.

In this position you will lead small groups of natural resource technicians (2-5 people) in implementing SRSC field projects, including planning field logistics, implementing sample and/or data collection field projects, and managing data, with approximate allocation of ~80% field work and 20% office work. You will need to use contract deliverable information, maps, GPS waypoints, weather and hydrologic information, fisheries protocols, safety considerations, and group logistics to plan tasks and destinations for your crew. In the field you will collect and supervise the collection of biological, chemical, and physical habitat samples and/or data. You will conduct and lead others in performing fisheries survey techniques that can include backpack and boat electrofishing, snorkel surveys, fence weir smolt trapping, beach seining, fyke trapping, and spawning ground surveys. You will coordinate and perform the maintenance of equipment including, but not limited to, nets, boats, trailers, vehicles, and other specific field equipment (e.g., electrofishers, drysuits, water quality instruments) used in the performance of assigned tasks. You will perform assigned tasks that involve physical labor from among the following, but not limited to, hiking over uneven terrain in remote wilderness situations, wading in deep mud in Fisheries and Environmental Services Management for the Sauk Suiattle and Swinomish Indian Tribes estuaries and swift flowing streams and rivers with uneven footing, sampling site preparation, carpentry, heavy lifting, hauling, boat operation (8-20’ motorized aluminum boats, rowboats, 3 person inflatable pontoon rafts, etc.). In the office you will record, compile, and maintain field records and notes including logbooks, data sheets and electronic data collection equipment, as well as coordinate and perform electronic record dataset quality control. In this position you may assist in the preparation of reports. You will also perform other duties and responsibilities that may be assigned by Biologists, Senior Scientists, Program Directors and/or the SRSC Board.

Apply here: 2024 Field Biologist

Research Natural Resource Technicians, part time/seasonal/on-call

Job Description: Support a variety of SRSC projects in the collection and compilation of samples and/or data for salmon related research. Application deadline: rolling application review upon receipt; final deadline May 2, 2024, 5:00 PM.

In this position you will support SRSC’s mission of salmon recovery in the Skagit River watershed through a variety of fisheries research field data collection activities. A typical day is 8-10 hours and might begin at 4 am for tidally dependent beach seine sampling or 8 am for upper basin stream sampling. We collect data on juvenile fish in habitats throughout the watershed, from river floodplains and mainstem sites to riverine tidal distributaries and estuarine tidal blind channels or bayfront beach sites. We observe, collect, identify, measure, and release juvenile salmon and non-salmon species, as well as collect physical habitat data and water quality. These data are typically used in project-specific effectiveness monitoring or as reference data for larger spatial status and trend questions. In general, we investigate whether habitat restoration actions increase salmon use of estuary or floodplain sites and ultimately increase salmon populations. Fisheries and Environmental Services Management for the Sauk Suiattle and Swinomish Indian Tribes To be successful in this job, you’ll need to be comfortable doing physical work, outside, in remote locations without cell service, in both pleasant and inclement conditions. You will conduct fisheries field techniques that can include beach seining, fyke trapping, smolt trapping, snorkel surveys, boat and backpack electrofishing, spawn ground surveys, habitat assessment, and water quality monitoring. You’ll need to do physical tasks that might include hauling, lifting, post pounding, field construction, boat operation, hiking in remote backcountry situations, wading in estuaries and swift flowing streams, site clearance, preparation, carpentry, etc. You must learn to identify common fishes found in the Skagit River and the Skagit Estuary. It is helpful but not necessary to have experience in operation and maintenance of nets, boats, trailers, vehicles and other field equipment. As a part of this job you will record, compile and maintain field records and notes including logbooks, data sheets and electronic data collection equipment. You may be asked to assist in the preparation of reports or perform other duties and responsibilities that may be assigned by a Field Biologist, Biologist, Research Scientist, Program Directors and/or the SRSC Board.

Apply here: 2024 Research Recovery Tech