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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'">Technical Modeling and
Analysis</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Branch Chief </B><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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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 Technical
Modeling and Analysis Group (TMAG) Branch Chief during May-June, 2004.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is a supervisory interdisciplinary
position requiring an advanced degree in physical or biological sciences.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The successful applicant will become a
full time federal employee with the Bureau of Reclamation at the GS-13 grade
level (salary range of $69,762 to $90,692, 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
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The incumbent is the
senior scientist and lead spokesperson for the science branch of this program,
and supervises a multi-disciplinary team of scientists and resource
specialists.<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
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The TMAG Branch Chief
reports to the Executive Director who coordinates overall program management
with policy direction provided by the Trinity Management Council (TMC).<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The TMC 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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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">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>.</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>