Now Hiring: Fisheries Restoration Project Manager

SYRCL seeks an experienced Fisheries Restoration Project Manager. We are looking for someone with a passion for the environment, who enjoys a combination of field and office work, takes initiative, and likes working as part of a team.

The Fisheries Restoration Project Manager works within the Yuba River watershed to plan and implement SYRCL’s river restoration projects, conduct scientific monitoring, and work collaboratively with federal, state, and local agencies and contractors. In addition, the Fisheries Restoration Project Manager works as a key team member on SYRCL’s Interdisciplinary Watershed Science Team.

SYRCL’s Strategic Action Plan identifies ecosystem restoration and scientific monitoring projects as key aspects of SYRCL’s mission. SYRCL has a sustained program of planning and implementing projects focused on meadows, floodplain, and salmon habitat restoration.

This position will focus on floodplain and spawning habitat restoration and conservation projects in the lower, anadromous portion of the Yuba River. Specifically, this position will coordinate and help with long-term monitoring of salmon habitat in the lower Yuba River across restoration projects. It will include management of the Upper Long Bar restoration project, Upper Rose Bar project, and Lower Deer Creek project.

In addition, this position will be responsible for maintaining and building complex partner relationships and identifying and developing new project opportunities. This position is focused on the lower watershed and requires an understanding of larger river systems with a focus on fish biology, ecology, botany, geomorphology, hydrology, or a related field. This person will work with large collaborative teams to plan and implement projects in the lower Yuba River.