Fisheries Technician – Clearwater Fish Hatchery

One eight-month benefited temporary biological technician slot at the Clearwater Fish Hatchery in Ahsahka, on the North Fork Clearwater below Dworshak Dam. The posting runs the position from early October 2026 to early June 2027 and notes the start date can be flexible on request, with roughly forty hours a week. Core work is fish culture: weighing feed and feeding fish, cleaning and caring for fish in rearing units, sampling fish, power washing raceways, collecting and entering data, and maintaining grounds and equipment including landscaping machinery, plus cleaning hatchery offices and facilities. The announcement describes backpacking over rugged terrain along waterways, standing in cold water up to eight hours a shift, lifting sixty pounds and occasionally a hundred, and possible overnight in-state travel. Housing is available for the employee only, no pets.