This position is located in Juneau, AK. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Micheal Downs at michael.downs@usda.gov.
Responsibilities
- Collects, analyzes, and interprets watershed data for input to environmental reports.
- Participates as a member of interdisciplinary teams working on land management planning, emergency burn rehabilitation, or other Forest projects.
- Evaluates the data, identifies trends and provides oral and written feedback on the results obtained.
- Surveys areas needing restoration or stabilization following disturbance by resource activities.
- Makes recommendations on treatment needs, estimates project costs, and prepares environmental analysis reports for restoration projects being considered for implementation.
- Plans, conducts, and reports on assigned parts of hydrologic interpretive studies which typically adhere to established techniques and conventional methods of investigation.
- Participates with higher level project hydrologists in the development of project proposals or descriptions, which summarize critical information relating to the objective, approach, funding, and expected results of proposed investigations.
- Follows prescribed project plans, applies conventional methods to analyze water samples and determine the causes of data anomalies.
- This position performs work in the field in brown and/or black bear habitat and is required to be firearm certified for personal and/or crew safety.
Education
See Qualifications section above.
