Bitterroot Chapter of Trout Unlimited Summer Intern Announcement

Dates For Applying – Resumes need to be received no later than April 13, 2010. The application
process is simply a resume that is sent to Mike Jakober. Resumes can be sent electronically or hard
copy. Transcripts and proof of college registration will be required prior to hiring the selected individual.
Electronic address: mjakober@fs.fed.us
Mail: West Fork Ranger District, 6735 West Fork Rd., Darby MT 59829. Attn: Mike Jakober.

Dates of Employment – June 7 to August 28, 2010 (some flexibility exists).

Pay Rate – Pay grade would be based on the applicant’s qualifications, but would be limited to either a
GS-3 or GS-4 (approximate wages):
GS-3, $11.90/hour
GS-4, $13.40/hour

Qualifications – The Forest Service would hire the intern under the Student Temporary Employment
Program. The intern would need to show that they intend to go into fisheries or a closely related field
and would be attending college as an undergraduate or graduate student in the fall of 2010.

Duties – The intern would work from the Stevensville and West Fork Ranger Districts, with the Forest’s
fisheries crews. The goal is to expose the intern to a wide range of field-going fisheries duties, including:
 Conducting fish population surveys with electrofishers and by snorkeling
 Conducting fish habitat inventories
 Conducting mountain lake surveys
 Implementing fish habitat improvement projects (consists of building riparian fence, and
assisting with road decommissioning and culvert /fish passage projects)
 Monitoring and maintaining livestock exclosure fences and grazing allotments
 Monitoring road decommissioning and timber harvest projects
 Deploying thermographs to monitor water temperatures
 Conducting flow measurements in dewatered streams
The intern would spend most of their time in the field working alongside regular summer field crews.
There would be minimal office work. The intern would participate on a few backcountry trips including
mountain lake surveys, and snorkel surveys in the Selway River drainage of Idaho. The intern would
rotate between the West Fork and Stevensville Ranger Districts of the Bitterroot National Forest. The
intern would also assist FWP biologists on an as needed basis, particularly when mark/recapture
population estimates are being conducted. The intern would keep a concise daily log to be compiled
into a brief reporting of accomplishments and suggestions for improving the intern program. This would
be provided, and presented to TU at the end of the season. If the intern is attending a Montana college,
they would also be expected to conduct an informal presentation at a Bitterroot Chapter Trout
Unlimited meeting during the autumn or winter of 2010-11. Chapter would like to see and hear
firsthand about the intern’s experiences.

Housing – Forest Service bunkhouse space may be available.