Spawning Ground Surveyor - Scientific Technician 2

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Appointment/Season Length-

Two (2) positions: Sept.16-Dec.31,2025 - 3.5 months

Two (2) positions: Oct. 1 - Dec. 31, 2025 - 3 months

WDFW Program-

Fish

Program – Region 6

Duty Station-

Lacey, Washington – Thurston County

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• Enumerate and monitor hatchery and wild salmon/steelhead redds plus live/dead fish counts
• New redds are numbered with flagging
• Data is accurately recorded onto field cards
• Surveys conducted by foot, raft, drift boat, and or jet sled during all weather conditions and difficult terrain
• Biological data (scales, fin marks, coded wire tag, otoliths, DNA) collected on dead fish
• Survey includes enumerating Pacific and Brook lamprey visible redds and live/dead counts
• Driving to and from surveyed reaches on both highway and off-road conditions
• Includes gaining access onto private properties, map reading, GPS coordinates, radio operations, vehicle maintenance and repairs
• Enumerate and monitor salmon/steelhead redds plus live/dead fish counts with "Supplemental" type surveys during peak spawning
• Timing of surveys based upon "Index" type vis/cum. relationships
• Biological data (scales, fin marks, coded wire tag) collected on dead fish
• Misc. duties
• Including gear/equipment/vehicle maintenance and repairs, sampling lowland trout lakes, documenting habitat alterations within surveyed areas
• Hatchery sampling, mainly Chinook, lengths, scales, check for CWT
• Safety courses and/or online training as required
• Survey schedule planning
• Tracking weather and stream flows
• Data organization and error checking

• Graduation from high school or GED, including one year of high school science
• Two (2) years of experience as a Scientific Technician 1
• Graduation from high school or GED, including one year of high school science
• Two (2) years of laboratory or field experience as an assistant to a biologist, chemist, or zoologist

• Medical (including vision), dental and basic life insurance
• Medical flexible spending account
• Basic life and long-term disability insurance
• Dependent care assistance
• Auto, boat, home, and renter insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement and Deferred Compensation
• Social Security and Medicare
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness
• Paid holidays and one paid personal holiday per calendar year
• Sick leave
• Vacation (Annual Leave)
• Military Leave
• Bereavement Leave
• Additional Leave

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