Bitterroot Chapter of Trout Unlimited Summer Intern Announcement

2012 BRTU/USFS/MFWP Fisheries Intern Announcement
 
Once again, the Bitterroot Chapter of Trout Unlimited in conjunction with Bitterroot National Forest the Montana Dept of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks will be filling a GS-3 ($11.95/hour) summer fisheries technician job.  This is one of the ways that our chapter uses the money we raise at our banquet to support Native Trout protection and restoration.

The application process is simple - send a resume and cover letter to US Forest Service Fisheries Biologist Mike Jakober (mjakober@fs.fed.us). Please note that the deadline for applications is March 26th.  Feel free to distribute the announcement to any potential candidates.

Dates For Applying  –  Resumes need to be received no later than March 26, 2012.  The application process is simply a resume that is sent to Mike Jakober.  Resumes can be sent electronically or hard copy.  Transcripts and proof of college registration will be required prior to hiring the selected individual.
Electronic address:  mjakober@fs.fed.us
Mail:  West Fork Ranger District, 6735 West Fork Rd., Darby MT  59829.  Attn: Mike Jakober.
Phone:  406-821-3269

Dates of Employment  – June 4 to August 24, 2012 (some flexibility exists).

Pay Rate –  Pay grade would be a GS-3, which is $11.95/hour.

Qualifications  –  The Forest Service would hire the intern under the Student Temporary Employment Program.  The intern would need to show that they intend to go into fisheries or a closely related field and would be attending college as an undergraduate or graduate student in the fall of 2012.

Duties  –  The intern would work from the Stevensville and West Fork Ranger Districts, with the Forest’s fisheries crews.  In August, the intern would assist Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks (FWP) biologists conducting mark/recapture electrofishing surveys.  The goal is to expose the intern to a wide range of field-going fisheries duties, including:

• Conducting fish population surveys with electrofishers and by snorkeling
• Conducting fish habitat inventories
• Conducting mountain lake surveys
• Implementing fish habitat improvement projects
• Monitoring and maintaining livestock exclosure fences and grazing allotments
• Monitoring road decommissioning and timber harvest projects
• Deploying thermographs to monitor water temperatures
• Conducting flow measurements in dewatered streams

The intern would spend most of their time in the field working alongside regular summer field crews.  There would be minimal office work.  The intern may also participate on a few backcountry mountain lake or snorkel surveys.  The intern would rotate between the West Fork and Stevensville Ranger Districts of the Bitterroot National Forest.  In August, the intern would also assist FWP biologists when mark/recapture population estimates are being conducted.  The intern would keep a concise daily log to be compiled into a brief reporting of accomplishments and suggestions for improving the intern program.  This would be provided to TU in written format at the end of the season.  If the intern is attending a Montana college, they would be expected to conduct an informal presentation at a Bitterroot Chapter Trout Unlimited meeting during the autumn or winter of 2012-13.  The Chapter would like to see and hear firsthand about the intern’s experiences.

Housing – Forest Service bunkhouse space will likely be available at either the West Fork or Stevensville Ranger Stations.  If the employee stays in a bunkhouse, rent, which is about $5.00 per day, is automatically deducted from the employee’s paycheck.

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