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Santa Rosa, California

Conducts environmental review of timber harvest plans (THPs) for the Timberland Conservation Program. Assesses potential benefits and impacts of timber operations on natural resources. • Authors reports analyzing timber harvesting projects and provides recommendations to avoid, minimize and mitigate potential biological impacts.• Prepares and issues environmental permits as required by Fish and Game Code: Lake or Streambed Alteration Agreements, Incidental Take Permits (ITPs), and Safe Harbor Agreements.• Participates in pre and post- timber harvest inspections and other on-site field assessments.• Conducts consultations for listed, special status and sensitive species.• Communicates and coordinates with the public, landowners, stakeholders, and other agencies regarding guidelines, policies and procedures pertaining to the protection of biological resources.

Stockton, California

Assisted with the collection and recording of biological and environmental data aboard research vessels from the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.• Deployed fish and zooplankton sampling gear. Sorted, identified, and measured biological samples.• Processed biological samples in the laboratory; preservation and storage of samples; identification and measurement of larval and juvenile fish and invertebrates.• Conducted data entry and review, and quality control procedures of field and laboratory data.

Fort Bragg, California

Assisted the California Department of Fish and Wildlife in a long-term regional monitoring program for assessing California's Coastal Salmonid abundance trends in Mendocino County.• Performed spawning ground surveys and fishery presence/absence research.• Conducted anadromous fish escapement surveys (carcass, redd, trap/weir, snorkel), or tag detection and mark recovery surveys (PIT tagging juvenile salmonids).• Performed stream habitat assessments and completed inventory reports on habitat conditions.

Redwood City, California

Presented interactive marine science curriculum to the public designed to educate and promote stewardship of the San Francisco Bay Estuary and its marine life.• Instructed hands-on marine science classes, workshops, and demonstrations in school classrooms, aboard a research vessel, and at shoreside facilities.• Prepared and presented lectures and interpretative talks designed for the general public.• Used scientific equipment to collect, exhibit and handle live aquatic species.