Creel Surveyor (Scientific Technician 2) – Snake River Region

WDFW’s Fish Program is hiring a full-time career-seasonal creel surveyor based in Dayton in southeast Washington. The surveyor interviews anglers and samples their catch on the Snake, Grande Ronde, Tucannon, Touchet and Walla Walla rivers to track steelhead and Chinook fisheries, recording species, length, sex, marks and genetic samples and scanning fish for coded-wire and PIT tags. Expect long drives, ten-hour days, evenings, weekends and holidays, and field work alone in all weather. Applicants need a high school diploma with a year of science and two years of field or lab experience assisting a biologist, though college coursework in biology or fisheries can substitute, plus a valid driver’s license. This year the job is expected to start December 1, 2026 and run to the end of May, paying $3,653 to $4,866 a month. Apply through the Washington state careers portal by October 25, 2026.