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The position is with the National Park Service (NPS) to help manage fishes in Death Valley National Park (California and Nevada). Based in Pahrump, Nevada (Mojave desert), this position works closely with other biologists within the NPS, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Nevada Department of Wildlife, and other groups to help manage the Devils Hole pupfish (DHP) and a variety of other endemic fishes. The position works closely with Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge (itself a "jewel" in the desert) and the Ash Meadows Fish Conservation Facility (a new state-of-the-art facility) to foster conservation in a land of extremes. The challenges and rewards are substantial. Death Valley is the largest national park in the lower 48 states with elevations between 11,043' to 282 feet below sea level (lowest in the western hemisphere). It is one of the hottest places on earth. And DHP is one of the rarest fish on earth, with one of the smallest ranges of any known vertebrate. Other fishes in Death Valley are similarly unique. This position will join a great team of dedicated biologists that work cooperatively to manage and conserve these precious aquatic resources in a land where water is incredibly valuable. If I am not mistaken, there will likely be an opportunity for this person to become "cave-certified" (SCUBA), and enter deeper portions of the Devils Hole ecosystem. Nevada has no state income tax. Nearby Las Vegas has about 2 million people and a popular tourist industry. Pahrump is a much smaller city with "intermediate" level resources -- e.g., its own schools, shopping, and dining, but not a lot of the full blown "big city" stores and corporations. Vast open spaces (most of it public land) exists in every direction! Within a days' drive are the Pacific ocean, Sierra Nevada, Great Basin proper, Utah canyon country, Grand Canyon, and Sonoran and Colorado deserts. Plus a lot more stuff . . . but hopefully you get the idea. For more information please contact Kevin Wilson (kevin_wilson at nps.gov), head of the Pahrump office of the Death Valley National Park biologists. And please share widely!!!!
