Fish Biologist

Department of the Interior

You will serve as a Fish Biologist for the Bureau of Reclamation.

• Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Prepares and/or oversees the preparation of highly technical and/or programmatic input into complex environmental evaluations, including environmental compliance documents, environmental chapters in planning reports, and related appendices as requested by the Bay Delta Office (BDO) and Regional divisions and area offices. Prepares budget projections and tracks group expenditures. Performs the duties of a contracting and grants officers' representative (COR/GOR) to obtain additional resources to support BDO and Regional efforts. Communicates and coordinates with BDO and Regional staff responsible for budget and accounting activities and presents budget or accounting issues identified to the BDO Manager with proposed resolutions. Maintains state-of-the-art knowledge on the technical aspects of fishery science, Bay-Delta and California Great Basin (CGB) Region operational issues, implementation of the Endangered Species Act, and other environmental statues that affect fishery/operational interactions in the Bay-Delta CGB Region. Oversees highly complex data gathering and interagency efforts in the areas of water quality and biological resources assessment, correlates efforts with a wide variety of other Federal, State, and local interests in an efficient and effective manner. Under supervision of the Branch Chief, conducts original applied scientific research in support of the BDO and Reclamation's CGB regional information needs. Conducts continuing liaison with other divisions and offices within the BDO and Region, local public and private organizations, and other Federal and State agencies involved in land and water resource development and biological resources management; represents BDO and Regional interests in obtaining the widest possible participation and assistance for the BDO and the Region's scientific resource work, and relates the BDO and Region's priorities and programs to programs being considered or conducted by other agencies, including BDO, Reclamation-wide, and Regional policies and objectives. Prepares and/or oversees the preparation and review of technical and policy-related comments on water quality, fisheries, and other aquatic biological aspects of technical and management reports dealing with a broad array of resources development and/or management prepared by numerous other Federal, State, and local agencies, particularly related to the Sacramento, American and San Joaquin rivers and the Bay-Delta. Consults with the BDO Manager and Science Division Chief in the formulation of policies, programs, standards, and procedures associated with fishery-related environmental compliance requirements, particularly the Endangered Species Act, relative to the Region's project operations that affect water quality, fisheries, and aquatic biology, and in establishing priorities and deadlines for the completion of work assignments. Assists the BDO Manager in administration of an effective safety program by promoting on-the-job-safety through discussions and distribution of literature. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.

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