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Company

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

Location

Ephrata, Washington

Salary

$5,241.00 - $7,043.00 Monthly

Job Posted On: October 28, 2024

Description: this is an opportunity to perform fish management duties that contribute to improving recreational fishing opportunities for warmwater fish, while protecting sensitive fish stocks.

With your experience, you will formulate management solutions to improve warmwater fishing opportunities.

You thrive on building collaboration and teamwork, developing partnerships with local communities to promote warmwater fishing opportunities.

Responsibilities: 

Organize and conduct warmwater fishery surveys on Washington lakes, and reservoirs across multiple districts within Region 2, managed for warmwater and mixed species fisheries: 

Develop, organize, and conducts warmwater fishery surveys to collect various metrics, data, and biological samples from warmwater fish populations in Region 2. Implement both standardized and non-standardized surveys using a variety of sampling gears including (but not limited to):  boat electrofishing, gill and fyke netting, , etc. Design and implement statistically valid creel surveys to quantify angler effort, catch, and harvest. Collect environmental data to quantify and characterize warmwater fish habitat and determine habitat quality.

Maintain fish survey and creel databases, direct data entry, and ensure data quality.

Select and perform appropriate statistical analysis and tests on large and small data sets. Summarize large data sets to inform regional management goals and objectives. Write and direct completion of agency reports summarizing research finding.

Develop fishery management projects and implement actions that create, enhance, and maintain warmwater angling opportunities in Region 2: 

Design and implement management actions such as:  broodstock collection, fish stocking, habitat enhancement/modification, access planning/improvement, and lake rehabilitations.

Investigate aquatic plant management methods and pursue projects that enhance habitat for warmwater fish and fisheries. May pursue herbicide applicator license/certification and perform herbicide treatment to manage aquatic vegetation.

Coordinate projects with governmental entities and agencies (federal, state, local, tribal, etc.), private landowners, and other fishery stakeholders.

Utilize biological knowledge and data to review, evaluate, and/or develop warmwater fish management plans. Interpret and apply agency and commission policy, Washington Administrative Code, and state and federal environmental law to the implementation of fishery management programs: 

Function as the Region 2 warmwater program expert that provides technical assistance, make harvest management recommendations, and evaluate the impact of proposed regulation changes to warmwater fish populations.

Determine measurable objectives and use data to evaluate the success of management actions relative to established goals.

Communicate, both orally and in writing to senior technical and policy agency staff, the scientific community, project cooperators, and  the public via responding to information requests, and presentations to angling or civic groups regarding the purposes and on-going activities of respective projects.

Supervise team members and complete administrative and fiscal tasks: 

Supervise, train, and mentor subordinate staff (as well as agency volunteers where necessary) to support an effective, inclusive, and motivated team. Promote WDFW’s values and encourages a diverse workplace where multiple viewpoints are valued.

Coordinate schedules/logistics for field projects, assign work tasks, and review work for compliance with established standards.

Oversee and track project activities to ensure progress, accuracy, and timely completion of work. Participate in team meetings to communicate status of ongoing projects and/or job tasks.

Set goals and objectives, develop expectations, prioritize work, evaluate and correct employee actions.

Qualifications: 

Experience in/with:

Warmwater fish species and populations.

Sampling equipment and techniques.

Identifying regionally applicable species of resident fish including juvenile life stages.

Independently conducting study design, implementation, and reporting.

Utilizing warmwater fisheries management and research techniques.

Directly supervising field staff.

Technical writing.

Operating 4×4 vehicles.

Equipment and techniques commonly used to capture all life stages of resident fish.

Operating and towing boats up to 24 ft, including deploying sampling gears during day, night, and under adverse weather conditions in rivers, reservoirs, and lakes.

Knowledge of:

Personal computers, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, and Power Point), and statistical analysis software.

Environmental regulations, aquatic habitats, aquatic system(s) productivity, fish biology, and principles of population dynamics modeling and harvest management.

The “scientific method,” scientific technical writing, applicable recording of information on resident fish populations, a strong knowledge of report style and formatting, and statistical methods.

State and Federal boating laws and ability to communicate laws and requirements, as well as vessel operating techniques.

Ability to:

Lead, delegate, supervise, train, plan, organize, and work in teams in carrying out project work.

Define research problems and design study protocols.

Communicate effectively with agency management biologists, biologists from other agencies and tribes, agency technicians, and interested constituents.

Provide training to personnel.

Independently develop, implement, and complete fisheries research including experimental design.

Independently organize, analyze, and interpret data.

Develop meaningful biological information and management recommendations from collected data

Learn more and apply here.

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