Position: Biological Science Technician (Native Trout Conservation) GS-05

Organization: National Parks Service

Dates of Employment: 5/16/2016-8/23/2016; 5/21/18 - 11/2/2018

Duties: Worked extensively on the Lake trout suppression program using gillnets to remove invasive Lake trout from Yellowstone Lake. Led crews of technicians, interns, and volunteers aboard large gillnetting vessels. Collected biological information from fish and entered data into long-term, parkwide databases. Assisted biologists, technicians, and researchers with work as needed, including but not limited to, spawning surveys, telemetry & PIT tag studies, electrofishing, and eDNA sampling.