Funds under this award are to be used to conduct and support habitat restoration visitor services and management projects at the tualatin river national wildlife refuge complex through the hiring of a…

Funds under this award are to be used to conduct and support habitat restoration visitor services and management projects at the tualatin river national wildlife refuge complex through the hiring of a year round and or seasonal habitat and biological coordinator position focused on volunteer coordination and biological program assistance. This position would first provide support to the complex biological program by assisting with a variety of tasks with an emphasis on work associated with the chicken creek rock creek olsen and wapato lake restoration projects such as native plant installations invasive plant species control biological inventory and monitoring data entry and volunteer coordination. Secondly provide support to the visitor services program by coordinating community science projects to engage the public in conservation work such as second saturday work parties christmas bird count and amphibian EGG mass surveys as well as assisting with environmental education interpretive opportunities and social media outreach in the communities surrounding the refuges and historically underserved communities in the area. Third provide daily field supervision for volunteers and seasonal field staff and crews assisting with invasive plant species control projects biological inventory and monitoring native plant installation projects and visitor services programming. Lastly the position will provide coordination with various conservation partners on restoration projects on and off refuge.