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Please remember to attach the required documents listed in this announcement.

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Applications missing the requested documents will be considered incomplete and may not progress further in the process. Documents not requested will not be considered in the recruitment process. The State Application is not a substitute for a Resume. This position closes at 11:59 PM Mountain Time on November 17, 2025. You must apply through the State of Montana Career site.

Special Information:

Identity of applicants who become finalists may be releases to the public if the Department deems it necessary. Employees who exceed 1,040 hours in a calendar year are also provided health, dental and life insurance. Other benefits include retirement, paid vacation, sick and holidays. This position may be covered by a VEBA (Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association).

A successful applicant will be subject to a background investigation.

Women and minorities are under-represented in this job category and are encouraged to apply.

Identity of applicants who become finalists may be released to the public if the Department deems it necessary. Employees scheduled at full time are also provided paid health, dental and life insurance. Other benefits include retirement, paid vacation, sick and holidays.

This position will be expected to work outside in remote and challenging terrain often in inclement weather throughout the Big Hole Valley, MT. Daily travel is required on poor road conditions and four-wheel-drive only roads. Work schedule is variable involving overnight stays in remote field locations, sometimes for periods up to 10 days. Experience with ATVs, four-wheel-drive, problem solving, and survival skills in remote back country are preferred. Good organizational and preparation skillsets are also desirable for completing all monitoring requirements in the Big Hole. Irrigation and riparian monitoring often require hiking 1 O+ miles daily in or around water in steep, dense willow terrain. Good physical condition is preferred as the incumbent will be expected to carry a 25+ pound backpack for all irrigation and riparian monitoring. Must be able to lift and carry 75 pounds a distance of 100 yards under adverse conditions. Field and lab work is usually accomplished in coordination with the CCAA Riparian Ecologist or senior specialist. This position's monthly work plan objectives, tasks, and schedule are established by the CCAA Riparian Ecologist.

The position is based in Dillon, MT. Dillon (population 9000) is the county seat and major trading area for over 13,000 people in Beaverhead and western Madison counties. It is the headquarters of the Beaverhead-Deer Lodge National Forest, the Dillon Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, and the University of Montana-Western. Dillon also forms the center of Montana's largest cattle and hay producing areas and is one of Montana's top agricultural centers. Dillon and Beaverhead County provide abundant outdoor recreational opportunities including world-class blue-ribbon fly fishing and hunting, trailheads to national forests and wilderness, cross country and downhill skiing, PRCA rodeo weekends, and the Ratpod, an annual road cycling race. The watersheds in and adjacent to Dillon drain the nearby continental divide and seven mountain ranges that include parts of the greater Yellowstone ecosystem.

Women (and/or) minorities are under-represented in this job category and are encouraged to apply.

A Bachelor of Science in either Hydrology, Natural Resources, Wildlife Habitat Ecology and Management, Range Management, Fish and Wildlife Biology or a related field are encouraged.

Job Duties:

FWP is seeking to hire a Hydrology Technician to assist with the Arctic Grayling Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances program (CCAA Program), in the Upper Big Hole River, MT. The incumbent will assist with annual conservation monitoring within the Arctic Grayling CCAA program. The ability to work effectively as part of a team across several disciplines and agencies is a requirement for this position to complete annual monitoring responsibilities. The incumbent will be working on private lands throughout the Big Hole Valley. The ability to build and maintain relationships and foster of Arctic Grayling conservation through partnerships with private landowners is an essential skillset for this position. Additional desirable competencies include familiarity with hydrologic monitoring, plant identification to species level, general livestock and grazing management, and ArcGIS data entry and mapping. Familiarity with wetland delineations, report preparation, data management and analysis, and backpack electrofishing are preferred. The incumbent will assist various supervisory program staff with the following responsibilities: 1) Hydrologic and irrigation compliance monitoring, including stage logger deployment, flow measurements, reading measuring devices, etc. under the supervision of the CCAA Hydrologist, 2) Riparian assessments, wetland delineations, and grazing management inventory and analysis under the supervision of the CCAA Riparian Ecologist, 3) GIS mapping, data entry, and geospatial summarization for riparian and CCAA conservation projects, 4) Conservation project development and monitoring, 5) Entering and summarizing data for the annual Big Hole CCAA Report, 6) Arctic Grayling electrofishing, ditch entrainment monitoring, and gamete collection under the supervision of the CCAA Arctic Grayling Biologist.

Minimum Qualifications (Education and Experience):

Bachelor of Science degree in Fishery Management or closely related field with two years of progressively responsible experience conducting field work, compiling and analyzing data, and contributing analysis and interpretation of fishery data to written reports; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Direct experience in the various listed duties and some supervisory skills are desirable.

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