Freshwater Science Jobs & Opportunities

The U.S. EPA provides geospatial watershed data on 2.6 million stream segments and nearly 40,000 lakes through the StreamCat and LakeCat datasets, respectively. These data experience broad usage by numerous academic, federal, and state researchers and practitioners. Within EPA, they serve as a primary resource to conduct research on stream and lake ecosystems across the conterminous U.S. This research training opportunity will seek to improve the access, usability, and quality of StreamCat and LakeCat data to expand their use within and outside of the EPA. This opportunity, housed at the Pacific Ecological Systems Division (PESD) in Corvallis, OR, will examine approaches to incorporate the existing application programming interface (API) for StreamCat/LakeCat into an online ArcGIS web application(s) or other web-based applications.

The Division of Ecological and Water Resources is seeking to hire a full-time permanent St. Louis River Project Manager. The St. Louis River Project Manager (Project Manager) will manage the development, design, implementation, and administration of St. Louis River Restoration Initiative (SLRRI) habitat restoration projects in close coordination with multiple partner organizations and agencies. The position will participate in acquiring and managing state, federal, and other grant awards as needed to complete projects. The position also represents Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MNDNR) on multi-agency initiatives that currently exist within the St. Louis River watershed by developing, implementing, and managing habitat projects in the estuary and surrounding watershed.

We are seeking an individual to join our ecological and physical modeling teams at the University of Michigan's Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab (NOAA GLERL).

This natural area manager position will be responsible for the management of 22 stewardship units located along the lower Columbia River and the Long Beach Peninsula totaling approximately 3,700 acres, with sizes of each unit ranging from less than 5 acres to more than 600 acres. These conservation lands are ecologically diverse to include tidal floodplain and interdunal wetlands, riparian corridors, and associated uplands. The coast and estuary natural area manager will be involved directly with the Land Trust’s work in the lower Columbia River conserving and restoring intertidal wetland habitat, re-establishing native vegetation communities, and monitoring the success of these efforts in achieving restoration goals.