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Freshwater Science Jobs & Opportunities

Freshwater Science Jobs & Opportunities

  • SFS members, academic institutions, public agencies, and nonprofit organizations may post jobs and opportunities freely at no charge.
  • For-profit companies may submit postings, but a $35 donation to an SFS endowment fund is suggested.
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  • The board is updated twice weekly.

Temporary Biological Science Research Technician 1 — Oregon State University

Posted: 
Friday, March 21, 2025
Expiration Date: 
Friday, March 28, 2025

Position will assist in scientific research in the Columbia River basin (Southwestern Washington, Northern & Eastern Oregon, and Southwestern Idaho). This project is a high-resolution, watershed level mercury monitoring effort to characterize spatiotemporal trends in mercury levels, using dragonfly larvae (Anisoptera) as biosentinels.

Fisheries Program Supervisor — Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs

Posted: 
Friday, March 21, 2025
Expiration Date: 
Friday, April 4, 2025

Develop, manage and supervise the Warm Springs research program located in Warm Springs, Oregon. It is one of 4 programs within the fisheries department. The Warm Springs Program comprises research and monitoring project evaluating adult and juvenile spring Chinook, fall Chinook, summer steelhead and Bull Trout located within the boundaries of the Warm Springs Reservation.

Lamprey Program Supervisor — Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs

Posted: 
Friday, March 21, 2025
Expiration Date: 
Friday, April 4, 2025

Develop, manage and supervise the Lamprey Program both on and off the reservation from Warm Springs, Oregon. The Lamprey program consists of overseeing lamprey project personnel in 3 offices (Warm Springs (main office), The Dalles Field Office and Willamette Falls Field Office).

Environmental Analyst, Long Island Sound Regional Coordinator — NEIWPCC

Posted: 
Friday, March 21, 2025
Expiration Date: 
Sunday, April 6, 2025

NEIWPCC is seeking a full-time Environmental Analyst to serve as the regional coordinator for the Long Island Sound Partnership (LISP), assisting with the planning and implementation of activities and projects to restore and protect the water quality of the Long Island Sound.

EVOME Postdoctoral Researcher, Stream ecosystem ecologist — Woodwell Climate Science Center

Posted: 
Friday, March 21, 2025
Expiration Date: 
Wednesday, April 30, 2025

We are looking for a broadly trained stream ecosystem ecologist to lead research on stream/riparian ecosystem responses to environmental change such as litter inputs and decomposition, metabolism, nutrient uptake and trophic subsidies. Our cross-disciplinary research investigates multiple species’ responses to changes in river and streamside willows in Arctic environments by conducting landscape surveys and large-scale experiments across a thermal/genomic gradient of 300 miles from the Yukon River to the Arctic Coastal plain.  

EVOME Research Assistant I or II — Woodwell Climate Research Center

Posted: 
Friday, March 21, 2025
Expiration Date: 
Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Join Woodwell’s Evolving Meta-Ecosystems (EvoME) project as a Research Assistant in stream ecosystem ecology. We are looking for a broadly trained ecologist to lead research on stream/riparian ecosystem responses to environmental change such as species composition changes (aquatic and terrestrial), litter inputs and decomposition, metabolism, nutrient uptake and trophic subsidies.

Habitat Restoration and Management Program Manager — Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife

Posted: 
Friday, March 21, 2025
Expiration Date: 
Monday, April 21, 2025

The Habitat Restoration and Management Program Manager is responsible for the planning, implementation, and coordination of science-based habitat management and restoration projects on lands managed by MassWildlife throughout the Commonwealth.  The Program Manager leads a multidisciplinary team of Habitat Biologists, Restoration Ecologists, and Foresters to restore and manage habitat to benefit wildlife, including species of greatest conservation need identified in the State Wildlife Action Plan, while maintaining or enhancing opportunities for hunting, fishing, and other wildlife-based recreation.

California Delta Independent Science Board Member — Delta Stewardship Council

Posted: 
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Expiration Date: 
Monday, March 31, 2025

The Delta Stewardship Council, a California State agency, is seeking three prominent scientists to serve on the Delta Independent Science Board, which provides oversight of the science that underlies environmental decision-making in California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Desired expertise include physical hydrology, geology, ecology and/or Traditional Knowledge.

Junior Specialist, Hydro-Ecology, Montane Streams and Meadows — Center for Watershed Sciences, UC Davis

Posted: 
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Expiration Date: 
Monday, June 30, 2025

The Center for Watershed Sciences at the University of California, Davis seeks to potentially fill 3 non-tenured, academic term appointments as a Junior Specialist. This position will aid in interdisciplinary studies of the interactions of hydrology and ecology in montane stream and meadow systems.

Assistant Professor, Water Quality and Impacts of Climate Change — Michigan State University

Posted: 
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Expiration Date: 
Tuesday, April 15, 2025

The Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Michigan State University (MSU) invites applications for a full‐time, 9-month tenure system Assistant Professor with a 50% research, 30% teaching, 10% extension, and 10% service assignment.

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