Biologist Technician Fisheries 2025-02839
About The Position
GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is seeking to hire a Biologist Technician-Fisheries. This seasonal position will assist fisheries management crews with all aspects of aquatic resource management activities; however, this position will spend approximately half of their time working in a laboratory/office environment. This position will be based out of Casper, Wyoming. This is a contract position funded from March 20 to September 18, 2026. Note: This announcement is for a separate position different from the statewide announcement to hire 26 Biologist Technician - Fisheries (2025-02803). Please apply for that announcement and this one if you wish to be considered for both. Human Resource Contact: Dezzaree Schott /[email protected] ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: The listed functions are illustrative only and are not intended to describe every function that may be performed in the job level. The first three months of this position will focus on laboratory work, including mounting, sectioning, and aging otoliths, counting fish eggs, and peeling fish eye lenses. There will also be extended periods of data entry and equipment repair. The last three months of this position will be variable and may include gillnetting and hydroacoustic surveys on reservoirs and lakes, electrofishing rivers and small streams, amphibian and reptile surveys, assisting on chemical restoration projects, data entry, and equipment maintenance. Biological technicians will also assist with watercraft inspection and decontamination in cooperation with the state's aquatic invasive species program and assist with the aquatic habitat program. Candidates need to be willing to learn and successfully perform routine fisheries management tasks.
Requirements
- Applicants must attach a cover letter and resume with their online state application. The cover letter should include dates of availability (starting and ending dates are particularly important), career plans, suitability for the job, preferences for the type of work, and any limitations on work location.
- Must have a valid driver's license
Nice To Haves
- Preference may be given to those pursuing a career or degree in fisheries.
- Preference may include those with a high school degree plus experience in fish and wildlife resource management, research, or college course work towards a degree in fishery or wildlife management, ichthyology, hydrology, watershed science, or other closely related fields.
- Preference may be given to those with experience with mounting, sectioning, and aging otoliths.
- Preference may be given to those with experience operating motorized watercraft and/or gillnetting.
Responsibilities
- Assist fisheries management crews with all aspects of aquatic resource management activities
- Laboratory work, including mounting, sectioning, and aging otoliths, counting fish eggs, and peeling fish eye lenses
- Data entry and equipment repair
- Gillnetting and hydroacoustic surveys on reservoirs and lakes
- Electrofishing rivers and small streams
- Amphibian and reptile surveys
- Assisting on chemical restoration projects
- Watercraft inspection and decontamination in cooperation with the state's aquatic invasive species program
- Assist with the aquatic habitat program
- Learn and successfully perform routine fisheries management tasks
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