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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Outreach Notice –
Employment Opportunity<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Trinity River
Restoration Program, Weaverville, California<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Fishery Biologist –
Aquatic Ecologist</SPAN></B><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The Trinity River
Restoration Program (TRRP) will be advertising for the position of Fishery
Biologist – Aquatic Ecologist during May-June, 2004.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">This
position requires a</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">n advanced degree in
aquatic biology, aquatic ecology, or fisheries sciences that included specific
coursework or experience in pacific coast salmonid life history, and the habitat
requirements of fish and other aquatic species found in western river
systems.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The successful applicant
will become a full time federal employee with the Bureau of Reclamation at the
GS-12 grade level (salary range of $58,665 to $76,261, depending on
qualifications and experience).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The
position will be advertised both internally (current federal employees) and
externally (all U.S. citizens) on the USAJobs website (<A
href="http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/">www.usajobs.opm.gov</A>).
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Located in Weaverville,
California, the TRRP is a specialized field unit of Reclamation’s Northern
California Area Office charged with restoration of anadromous fish populations
and habitat of the Trinity River.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>While staff members are Reclamation employees, the office represents a
multi‑agency program and provides the technical, scientific, and administrative
support needed to implement the December 2000 Record of Decision and
Implementation Plan for the Trinity River Mainstem Fishery Restoration EIS.<SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">The
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Fishery
Biologist – Aquatic Ecologist is a key member of the Technical Modeling and
Analysis Group (TMAG).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Working in
one of the most progressive adaptive environmental assessment and management
(AEAM) programs in the United States, the TMAG develops annual flow schedule
recommendations, uses models </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">(e.g.,
SALMOD, PHABSIM) </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">to predict restoration
outcomes, and </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">develops
specific monitoring strategies.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The
TMAG also works cooperatively with the Implementation Branch to integrate these
products into practical management objectives and design recommendations for
specific projects such as bank rehabilitation, gravel augmentation, riparian
revegetation, sediment management, and watershed rehabilitation throughout the
subbasin, with a special emphasis on 40 miles of the mainstem.<SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">This position reports to
the TMAG Branch Chief. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The
Executive Director implements overall policy direction provided by the Trinity
Management Council (TMC), which consists of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, USDA Forest Service, NOAA Fisheries, the Hoopa Valley and Yurok Tribes,
the Resources Agency of California, and Trinity County.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A 19-member federal advisory committee,
the Trinity Adaptive Management Working Group, provides a formal means of
stakeholder participation in the program.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Scenic
Weaverville is located 45 miles west of Redding and 100 miles east of Eureka
(and the Pacific coast) on State Highway 299.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This historic mining town (population
3,500) is the County Seat of Trinity County. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The economy is based on outdoor
recreation, tourism, forest management, timber harvest, and federal, state, and
local government. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Outdoor
recreation opportunities are plentiful in the Whiskeytown/Shasta/Trinity
National Recreation Area and the Trinity Alps Wilderness Area.
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">For
more information, contact Doug Schleusner, Executive Director, by phone at
530-623-1800, by mail at P.O. Box 1300, Weaverville, CA 96093, or email at <A
href="mailto:dschleusner@mp.usbr.gov">dschleusner@mp.usbr.gov</A>.
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