Fisheries Biologist 1

State of Montana•Kalispell, MT

21h•Onsite

About The Position

This position involves formulating yearly and daily work plans to collect scientific data, establish sampling sites, and oversee methods for monitoring fish populations and habitat parameters. The role also includes entering, summarizing, analyzing, and ensuring quality control of ecological/biological data, and creating reports. Responsibilities extend to the purchase, maintenance, repair, and operation of various field equipment, including boats, outboard motors, vehicles, electro-fishers, nets, and specialized fisheries survey and inventory equipment. Additionally, the biologist 1 will manage out-flows at Ashley Lake Dam according to the management plan, catalog and report flow and staff gage data, coordinate annual dam safety inspections, perform dam maintenance, and draft an annual state of the lake letter.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in fish biology, fish and wildlife management, ecology, biology, or a related field.
Three years of progressive job-related experience or work closely related to fish and wildlife biology.
Knowledge, skills, and abilities typically attained through the specified education and experience.

Responsibilities

Formulate yearly and daily work plans to collect scientific data.
Establish sampling sites and oversee methods for monitoring fish populations and habitat parameters.
Enter, summarize, analyze, and ensure quality control of ecological/biological data.
Create reports based on collected data.
Purchase, maintain, repair, and operate field equipment such as boats, outboard motors, vehicles, electro-fishers, nets, and specialized fisheries survey and inventory equipment.
Manage out-flows at Ashley Lake Dam in accordance with the Ashley Lake management plan.
Catalog and report flow and staff gage data.
Coordinate an annual dam safety inspection.
Perform dam maintenance.
Draft an annual state of the lake letter.