Stream Habitat Assessment Technician

Description: The Alaska Center for Conservation Science at the University of Alaska – Anchorage is hiring two (2) field technicians to help implement the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) lotic Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring (AIM) sampling. Technicians will sample stream habitat conditions in remote southwestern Alaska and will be required to work in the backcountry for long hours at mainly helicopter-access sites. 

Responsibilities: Successful applicants must have a high degree of comfort working in difficult conditions, including wading and working in cold, fast-moving water. The AIM sampling initiative aims to collect standardized, quantitative data across the landscape to support land management decisions, including restoration efforts.

Qualifications: Two years relevant college coursework and one year’s experience in a relevant field OR multiple years of experience living or working in the backcountry or rural Alaska – including subsistence hunting and harvesting, guiding, or recreating.

Positive attitude, work ethic, and willingness to learn.

Ability to work in harsh weather conditions, with little contact to the outside world for a prolonged period of time.

High degree of comfort wading in streams – including navigating slick rocks, fast water, cold water, and large obstructions.

Willingness to work long days (10 – 12h).

Ability to work closely with 2 – 3 other field technicians for several days at a time with little to no contact with other people.

Ability to interact and communicate with a variety of stakeholders – community members, recreationalists, hunters, anglers, etc.

Preferred: Remote backcountry experience (for example, harvesting, hiking, backpacking, camping, or conducting field work).

Experience in boreal and arctic ecosystems in general and in Alaska specifically. 

Experience with Bureau of Land Management’s Assessment, Inventory and Monitoring program and/or Survey123 data collection and entry procedures.

Leadership skills and experience.

Navigation and orienteering experience.

Knowledge of stream and river habitats.

First aid/CPR or WFA/WFR.

Learn more and apply here.