Tweeters,

For those of you interested in citizen science and community outreach, or
know someone that might be, the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife has
a full-time, permanent job available: COMMUNITY OUTREACH & ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION SPECIALIST 4 with a listed salary of $3,819.00 - $5,010.00
Monthly.



>From the lead-in for the position description: The Department of Fish and
Wildlife is recruiting to fill one full time, permanent, Community Outreach
and Environmental Education Specialist 4 position located in the Wildlife
Program, Diversity Division. The duty station is Natural Resources Building,
Olympia, Thurston County.



The position reports directly to the Natural Resources Scientist,
Conservation Assessment Section Manager in Olympia. This position provides
statewide biological and technical support for identifying and implementing
citizen science applications to assist species and project assessment,
coordinating outreach and public awareness of species status needs, and
performing species status reviews. Included in these duties is direct
responsibility to maintain Wildlife Diversity Division interests in the
WildWatch Camera program within WDFW.



>From what I understand, developing an eBird portal and developing more
opportunities for the public to provide data for conservation purposes are
some goals.



Details, application process, etc., are on the WDFW website -
http://wdfw.wa.gov/employment/. On the "Categories" listing, check the
Natural Resources box, and go to the bottom of the page and click on "Apply
Search." Otherwise, go to the bottom of the page, type in "community
outreach" in the "keywords" box, click "Apply Search" and the job opening
info will pop up.



Good luck, and may all your birds be identified,



Denis DeSilvis

Roy, WA

avnacrs4birds at outlook dot com