Fish Hatchery Member -AmeriCorps

• Job Category Individual Placement, Ameri Corps, Fish Hatchery
• Industry Makah National Fish Hatchery , BIA, Fish and Wildlife
• Employee Type Ameri Corps

• Phone
• Email ncabral@conservation legacy.org

Position Title:

Fish Hatchery Support Member – Ameri Corps

Terms of Service:

• Start Date:
  
  02/01/2027
• End Date: 07/30/2027
• Ameri Corps Slot Classification: 900 Hour, 26 weeks

Purpose:

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 at the Makah National Fish Hatchery and will host a Fish Hatchery Support Member.

The Fish Hatchery Support Member is an Ameri Corps position that will contribute to fish hatchery operations and provide supplemental field science and public outreach support to projects alongside Makah National Fish Hatchery Staff. The hatchery’s goal is to increase area abundance of Pacific Salmon for increased harvest opportunities on the Makah Indian Reservation and surrounding watersheds. The Fish Hatchery Support Member will assist with all aspects of hatchery operations primarily focused on fish culture of Chinook, Coho, and steelhead.

Makah National Fish Hatchery operates alongside the Makah Tribe as its Co-steward, utilizing the best available science to guide decision making and production goals.

The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is working with others to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. This position will help FWS realize that mission at Makah National Fish Hatchery by supporting all aspects of hatchery operations (fish husbandry, hatchery operation, and light maintenance). Successful operations are critical to the ongoing success of rearing Pacific Salmon and steelhead.

Description of Duties:

• Fish Production (85%)
• Feeding fish, cleaning raceways, picking mortality, sampling fish, assisting with fish releases and health management.
• Abiotic data collection such as water quality to include salinity, turbidity, dissolved oxygen and temperature.
• Provide support to marking and tagging of the fish on station including preparing raceways, moving hoses, crowding raceways and operating fish pumps.
• Data entry and management, including data entry into excel spreadsheets.
• Field projects to support evaluation of hatchery programs and natural origin fish in the watershed.
• Supporting upkeep of sampling instrumentation, incubators, raceways and fish culture supplies.
• Landscaping (10%)
• Operating lawn mowers and weed whackers (trimmers) to assist in hatchery upkeep.
• Assist FWS Information and Education staff with outreach activities around the local area.
• Public engagement: answering questions from visitors, leading hatchery tours, supporting school visits/programs, and help with FWS outreach events.
• Participate in natural resource projects led by the Makah Tribe, assisting with ongoing efforts. Examples may include helping with green crab trapping, habitat evaluations, Hoko Fish Hatchery support, or watershed science.

Qualifications:

• Ability to lift at least 50 pounds
• Ability to walk at least 4 miles daily on uneven ground.
• Ability to complete over 8 hours a day, if needed, in inclement weather (rain,…