Senior Salmon Habitat Restoration Planner – Nooksack

Washington Department of Natural Resources; Washington; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

The Nooksack Senior Restoration Specialist will lead and coordinate salmon recovery planning and habitat restoration across the Nooksack River watershed. The role requires engaging tribal partners, regional teams, and community stakeholders to advance restoration projects and secure funding.

You will develop fundable proposals, coordinate with biologists and engineers, and oversee budgeted scopes of work while ensuring alignment with recovery objectives and timelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in a relevant field.
• Five (5) years of professional experience in land use, urban, regional, environmental or natural resource planning, and/or program development.
• Alternatively, one (1) year of experience as an Environmental Planner 3.
• Valid Driver’s License.

Responsibilities

• Lead internal and external coordination to develop restoration and habitat projects and identify funding opportunities.
• Engage tribal partners and other restoration entities to ensure open communication on progress.
• Develop fundable restoration project proposals and manage planning, design, and implementation.
• Develop and manage grants and budgets, monitor expenditures, and report variances.

Skills

Environmental planning

Stakeholder engagement

Habitat restoration biology

Fish and wildlife management

Environmental engineering principles

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in urban, regional, environmental or natural resource planning, landscape architecture, geography, land use or environmental law, public administration with an environmental emphasis, or closely related field

Job description

The Nooksack Senior Restoration Specialist will lead and coordinate salmon recovery planning and habitat restoration across the Nooksack River watershed. The role requires engaging tribal partners, regional teams, and community stakeholders to advance restoration projects and secure funding.

You will develop fundable proposals, coordinate with biologists and engineers, and oversee budgeted scopes of work while ensuring alignment with recovery objectives and timelines.