A vacancy announcement is now open to fill the Branch Chief position
A vacancy announcement is now open to fill the Branch Chief position at the USGS Northern Appalachian Research Laboratory, located in Wellsboro, PA, USA. This is an exciting opportunity to lead an aquatic ecology research laboratory. All interested individuals are encouraged to apply. The mission of the NARL is to conduct research to restore, enhance, and maintain aquatic-based resources in northern Appalachia and elsewhere in the Nation. Research involves, but is not limited to, ecological assessment and restoration, genomics and population genetics, environmental chemistry, aquacultural techniques, and nutritional physiology. Research planning is coordinated with other research components of the Leetown Science Center located in Kearneysville, West Virginia (Fish Health Laboratory and Aquatic Ecology Branch) and Turners Falls, Massachusetts (S.O. Conte Anadromous Fish Laboratory), to maximize resources regionally and to reflect complementary missions and capabilities in addressing biological, aquatic ecology, and fisheries science research needs in the northeastern United States. Current major resource issues in northern Appalachia that relate to NARL work include natural gas extraction from the Marcellus Shale, climate change, coal mining, dams and dam removal, unique aquatic assemblages and ecosystems, water supplies and recreation for 35 million people, and water resource issues for the Delaware and Chesapeake Bay watersheds. Foreseeable research opportunities at NARL will involve aquatic ecosystem sustainability, land use impacts and remediation methods, dam removal and restoration of fisheries, invasive plants and animals in lentic and lotic ecosystems, and conservation strategies for endangered or at-risk organisms. For more information on the position duties and requirements, and to apply, go to the following vacancy announcement on USAJobs (http://www.usajobs.gov/): Job Title: Supervisory Biologist/Fish Biologist, GS-0401/0482-14, (DEU-ST)Department: Department Of The InteriorAgency: Geological SurveyJob Announcement Number: For more information on the NARL, its activities, and capabilities go to: https://my.usgs.gov/leetown/?q=northern-appalachian-research-branchATL-2012-0575http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/322557800
