Fisheries Technician - AmeriCorps

• Location Conservation Legacy,Sitka, AK, 99835,United States
• Job Category Individual Placement, Ameri Corps
• Employee Type Ameri Corps

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Fisheries Technician - Ameri Corps

Stewards Individual Placements

Sitka Tribe of Alaska, 204 Siginaka Way, Sitka, Alaska, 99835

Preference given to applicants who submit applications by 01/04/2027. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the posting will be closed when filled.

• Ideal
  
  Start Date:
  
  March 1, 2027
• End Date:
  September 27, 2027
• Ameri Corps Slot Classification: 900 hour, 26 weeks

Stewards Individual Placements (Stewards), a program of Conservation Legacy, provides individuals with Ameri Corps service and career opportunities to strengthen communities and preserve our natural resources. Participants serve with federal agencies, tribal governments, and nonprofits to provide institutional capacity, develop community relationships, and support ecosystem health. Stewards partners with the Bureau of Indian Affairs to facilitate the Water Corps Program to provide opportunities to federally enrolled Tribal Members seeking to gain experience in the water resources field.

This Water Corps position will be hosted by the Sitka Tribe of Alaska, who is seeking a Fisheries Technician.

The Fisheries Technician is an Ameri Corps position based in Sitka Alaska, a small close-knit community on Baranof Island. The Technician will serve within Sitka Tribe’s Resource Protection Department to implement fisheries research and monitor projects that support Tribal access to culturally important resources and Haa ?usteeyí (“our way of life”).

• Conduct projects safely in all weather conditions in a remote field environment in brown bear habitat.
• Catalog salmonids by species and collect age, sex, and length data.
• Collect environmental data and conduct limnological sampling.
• Build, maintain, and break down picket weir, field camp, and project equipment, such as skiffs, outboard motors, and solar panel arrays.
• Coordinate and collaborate with multidisciplinary interagency teams.
• Participate in small teams at remote field camps for up to 10 conseutive days.
• Safely operate skiffs up to 16' in length in nearshore waters.
• Record, check, and report data to Fisheries Biologist and US Forest Service daily.
• Travel by boat and float plane.
• Assist with Sitka Tribe of Alaska fisheries projects.
• Assist in Traditional Foods Program harvest and distribution.
• Assist with routine lab work, such as processing shellfish samples.

• Must be a member of a Federally recognized Indian Tribe, Band, or Village;
  Alaska Native; or meet one of the following descriptions:
• Persons who possess at least one-half degree Indian blood derived from Tribes Indigenous to the United States.
• Descendants of Members of Federally recognized Indian Tribes, Bands or Communities who were residing on any Indian Reservation on June 1, 1934 – shown by providing information asked on a BIA Form 4432.
• United States citizen, United States national, or a lawful permanent resident alien
• Has received a high school diploma or equivalency certificate; or has not dropped out of secondary school to enroll as an Ameri Corps participant and agrees to obtain a high school diploma or its equivalent prior to using the education award.
• Agrees to provide information to establish eligibility and to complete National Service Criminal History Checks for Conservation Legacy and the host site.
• Ability to complete projects outside in all weather conditions.
• Ability to regularly lift 50lbs

• Experience working outdoors and around water.
• Comfortable…