The City of Albuquerque's ABQ BioPark is seeking candidates for the Curator
of the Aquatic Conservation Facility and Tingley Beach position.

This position is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the ABQ BioPark,
which includes a Zoo, Aquarium, Tingley Beach and Botanic Gardens. The
Curator of the Aquatic Conservation Facility (ACF) and Tingley Beach
provides highly responsible and complex assistance to the Aquarium Manager.
Candidates can expect to spend 80% of their time at the ACF, an
off-exhibit, refuge, research and captive propagation hatchery for aquatic,
imperiled, native species. Species include the Rio Grande silvery minnow
(RGSM), Socorro isopod, blue sucker, grey redhorse, Zuni bluehead sucker,
Texas hornshell mussel and other fish held temporarily for specific
research projects. Most effort will be spent on the RGSM. Funding for the
RGSM program is acquired through grants and contracts with Federal, State,
and water utility agencies. The BioPark is responsible for RGSM egg
collection throughout the 280km, middle Rio Grande with the propagules to
be reared as brood stock and for future release to augment the wild
population.  Hormone-induced captive propagation of RGSM occurs at the end
of the field season to bring the facility up to capacity. The ACF has the
capacity to rear and hold 75K RGSM through the summer and typically tag
(visible implant elastomers) and release 50K RGSM to the middle Rio Grande
each fall, based on the guidance of the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The
successful candidate will also interact with and serve on committees with
other members of the Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Act Collaborative
Program. Other responsibilities include overseeing design and maintenance
of recirculating aquaculture systems, fish health, captive propagation,
fish rearing at all life stages, research, field collections, grant and
report writing, obtaining permits, data management, and managing a staff of
one supervisor and up to seven full-time and seasonal employees. The
ability to work cooperatively with City, County, State, and Federal
agencies, and the Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Act Collaborative
Program is essential.

In addition, 20% of the Curator's time will be spent managing Tingley
Beach, a year-round, urban fishery located in the heart of Albuquerque.
Tingley Beach is open free to the public, year-round from sunrise to
sunset, and includes a model boat pond and three fishing ponds. The
Children's and Central Ponds are stocked by the New Mexico Department of
Game and Fish with catfish in the summer and rainbow trout in the winter
and have self sustaining bluegill and largemouth bass populations. The
South Pond is a catch and release pond stocked with lunker trout and is
managed as a Special Trout Water.  Responsibilities include customer
satisfaction, fish health and water quality, organizing and implementing an
annual free fishing derby, assisting with and enhancing educational
programs, and coordinating with other departments on design, construction,
maintenance, and horticulture of the facility.

More information on the ABQ BioPark can be found at *www.abqbiopark.com*<http://www.biopark.com/>.
 If you have any questions about this position or would like to know more
feel free to call me at 505-848-7174. I love this job and am always excited
to talk about it!

To apply for this position by the 19 October 2012 deadline, please visit
the City of Albuquerque's career website and select the "BioPark
Curator/Tingley Beach" position or click the following link - *
http://mesa.cabq.gov/cityjobs.nsf/57231a97e6c1628c87256fb100761dcb/cd...
*<http://mesa.cabq.gov/cityjobs.nsf/57231a97e6c1628c87256fb100761dcb/cd...>

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Rebecca Houtman, Curator
Aquatic Conservation Facility
and Tingley Beach

City of Albuquerque
ABQ BioPark
2601 Central Ave NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Tingley - 505.248.8514
ACF - 505.848.7174