Habitat Biologist ; PCN

Job Description

This position is open to Department Employees only.

This dynamic position in the ADF&G Habitat Section Region 1 (Douglas) office is responsible for reviewing, issuing, monitoring, and enforcing Title 16 permits for activities in streams supporting resident and anadromous fishes and in legislatively designated Special Areas; participating in the state’s Large Mine Project Team; and updating the Catalog of Waters Important for Spawning, Rearing, and Migration of Anadromous Fishes.

Duties include training and overseeing field staff; completing field work and preparing trip reports; properly collecting and processing biological and sediment samples; accurately compiling and analyzing data, maintaining data sets; writing, peer‑reviewing, and publishing technical reports; collaborating with staff in the department, other agencies, and developers; presenting project proposals, results, and recommendations at public and agency meetings and symposiums; and developing and implementing aquatic resource study plans.

This position also supervises one habitat biologist II, serves as the Douglas Island Building laboratory officer, assists the Fish and Game Coordinator with projects and budget management, and facilitates office function.

ADF&G strives for a diverse and inclusive workforce where safety and wellbeing are paramount and employees at all levels promote a culture where everyone is valued, treated equitably, and treated respectfully.

The Habitat Section mission is to protect the state’s valuable fish and wildlife resources and their habitats as the population and economy expand. Habitat biologists participate in agency reviews of proposed development activities; issue Title 16 permits prescribing measures to protect, fish, wildlife, and their habitats; and monitor approved activities. This position primarily reviews and manages large projects, including industrial activities such as hard rock mines, hydroelectric power, and highway and airport construction, as they relate to ADF&G Title 16 authorities;

and implements and oversees work for several aquatic biomonitoring programs collecting aquatic resource data near potential and developed projects. Maintaining positive working relationships is important for achieving resource protection with land and resource use.

Our team strives to embrace the diverse and challenging components of our delegation through open discourse, critical evaluation, and collaboration; the incumbent will contribute to and learn from a variety of interagency project discussions and field work. This position is a leader among habitat biologists in the Habitat Region 1 office, requiring mentoring in the field and office and general oversight of office workload progress.

Field work involves working long days, often several days in a row during the summer.

The position is located in the ADF&G Region I office on Douglas Island, which is connected by bridge to downtown Juneau, and within walking distance of trails and the Douglas boat ramp. We are surrounded by the Tongass National Forest, the largest contiguous temperate rainforest in the world and living here offers access to abundant outdoor adventures; fieldwork to project sites includes traveling across Southeast Alaska, providing opportunities to work in different parts of the region.

• Fishery Biology:
  Knowledge of the concepts, principles, and theories of aquatic life, including classification, taxonomy, population dynamics, distribution, habitat requirements, life histories, reproduction, behaviors, conservation, and care of aquatic species.
• Technical Competence:
  Uses knowledge that is acquired through formal training or extensive on-the‑job experience to perform one’s job; works with, understands, and evaluates technical information related to the job; advises others on technical issues.
• Decision Making:
  Makes sound, well‑informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to…