About the Watershed Research and Training Center
The Watershed Research and Training Center (WRTC) sustains healthy lands and healthy communities. What started in the early 1990’s as a local project to re-train displaced loggers and mill workers in Trinity County, CA is now a vibrant nonprofit organization working locally, statewide and nationally on a host of landscape conservation and community development issues. In addition to putting dozens of our community members back to work in the woods each year, we lead several forest and watershed conservation programs, coordinate state biomass and fire management partnerships, and have played an influential role in state and federal policy-making and program direction.
Job Summary
Job duties include but are not limited to; data collection, audio/visual surveys focus on Northern Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis; NSOW) but include Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), and pond surveys. Surveys are often late afternoon and night or early dawn hours.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to hike and navigate difficult terrain in inclement, hot, or smoky weather; use electronic devices such as computers, tablets, phones, GPS, or data collectors; and will occasionally need to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Job Duties and Core Responsibilities
- A strong work ethic and enthusiasm conducting fieldwork
- Communicate regularly and effectively with Crew Leader(s)
- Interact positively and professionally with landowners, locals, and agency employees
- Use of handheld GPS devices/programs (e.g. Garmins, Two Trails, Field Maps, Avenza)
- Use of field tools (e.g. rangefinder, compass, Foxpro call box, Kestrel)
- Understand and follow provided survey protocol
- Collecting accurate and thorough data during surveys for behavior and habitat evaluation