- Agency
- US Forest Service, Tiller Ranger District
- Location
- Tiller Ranger District, Tiller Oregon
- Job Category
- Internships
- Salary
- housing and a stipend ($30/working day) will be provided.
- Start Date
- 05/01/2023
- Last Date to Apply
- 04/09/2023
- Description
- Interested in gaining experience in fisheries? The Tiller Ranger District will be filling up to three Fisheries Internship positions. These positions are designed to introduce students to fisheries management on federal lands and provide work experience. Fisheries internships include checking smolt traps, identification of salmonid and non-game species, measuring and marking of fish, stream surveys, snorkel counts, eDNA sampling, electrofishing, invasives species removal and participating in several habitat restoration projects. Starting and ending dates are flexible, housing and a stipend ($30/working day) will be provided. Interested students should submit a letter of interest, resume and transcripts (unofficial okay) via email to Amy Rusk amy.rusk@usda.gov by April 9, 2023. The Tiller Ranger District, Umpqua National Forest is a beautiful district on the west side of the Cascade Mtns in SW Oregon. The forest is characterized by deeply incised canyons, moderate mountain elevations (less than 7,000 foot elevation), and regionally significant rivers (South Umpqua, Jackson Creek etc.). The district includes the Rogue -Umpqua Divide Wilderness and very significant late successional forest reserves of habitat set aside under the Presidents NW Forest Plan for the protection of fish and wildlife. The district provides habitat for coho and chinook salmon, winter steelhead and cutthroat trout. The summers are generally hot and dry though cool, rainy weather is possible at any time of year. The duty station is located in Tiller Oregon and is approximately 26 miles from the nearest services and 50 miles from the nearest sizeable city, (Roseburg, OR and Medford, OR). Interns may also work on the Diamond Lake Ranger District as needed. For more information contact: Amy Rusk email: amy.rusk@usda.gov 541-825-3131
- Qualifications
- Fisheries education and experience are desired but not required. Interested students should submit a letter of interest, resume and transcripts (unofficial okay) via email to Amy Rusk amy.rusk@usda.gov by April 9, 2023. Start and end dates are flexible but would be between May 1 and September 30, 2023.
- Contact Person
- Amy Rusk, Hydrologist
- Contact Phone
- 541-825-3131
- Contact eMail
- amy.rusk@usda.gov
