at State of Idaho-Department of Fish and Game-170 in LEWISTON, Idaho, United States
Job Description
Incumbents must with or without reasonable accommodations be able to work a variable schedule under adverse weather conditions, lift and carry/pack up to 60 lbs.
Job Responsibilities will include:
Operating a rotary screw trap and maintaining an adult fish weir under variable weather conditions. The technicians are expected to handle and PIT tag juvenile salmonids, collect biological data from juvenile and adult steelhead, maintain field equipment, and manage data. Other duties include operating winches, chainsaws, and power tools, and conducting spawning ground surveys to identify redds and record biological data from carcasses.
These are field positions based out of the Lewiston regional office. Field work will be conducted remotely at the study sites in Idaho on Fish Creek (Lochsa River drainage) about 45 miles east of Kooskia and the Lochsa River at Lowell. Housing and food will be provided during the work shift. The working schedule is highly variable and includes weekends and holidays.
