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The Western Environmental Law Center is a leading nonprofit, public-interest environmental law firm rooted in the landscapes and communities of the western U.S. Founded in 1993, WELC has been celebrated as an Outside Magazine Best Place to Work for the final six years of the contest (it ended in 2024), Oregon Business Magazine Best Nonprofit, Law360 Environmental Group of the Year, and Better Business Bureau Torch Award winner for ethics. Lived experience within or past work experience in partnership with people and communities of diverse backgrounds and experience, particularly in the western U.S. Six to 12 years relevant attorney experience if applying for the staff attorney position, and 13+ years relevant attorney experience if applying for the senior attorney position.

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<p><strong>Job Opening Announcement: </strong>Wildlands and Wildlife Program Attorney</p><p><strong>Reports to: </strong>Wildlands and Wildlife Program Director</p><p><strong>Location: </strong>Portland, OR, Eugene, OR, preferred. Other WELC office locations, including remote, may be considered for the right candidate in the right situation.</p><p><strong>Timeline: </strong>Job opening posted April 14, 2026; we will review applications and interview candidates on a rolling basis beginning May 26, 2026.The position is open until filled.</p><h1><u>ABOUT THE WESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER</u></h1><p>The Western Environmental Law Center is a leading nonprofit, public-interest environmental law firm rooted in the landscapes and communities of the western U.S. Founded in 1993, WELC has been celebrated as an Outside Magazine Best Place to Work for the final six years of the contest (it ended in 2024), Oregon Business Magazine Best Nonprofit, Law360 Environmental Group of the Year, and Better Business Bureau Torch Award winner for ethics. <br/><br/>We envision a thriving western U.S., abundant with protected and interconnected ecosystems, powered by renewable energy, and cared for by communities brought together in an ecology of kinship. We embrace a collaborative, team-based approach to foster the trust, belonging, and dignity essential to a healthy organization and to relationship-based advocacy that builds power for transformative change. <br/><br/>We seek to retain either a Staff Attorney (6-12 years of experience) or Senior Attorney (13+ years of experience) to join our team. We strongly encourage people of color, persons with disabilities, women, LGBTQ+ applicants, and people of diverse lived experience to apply.</p><h1><u>POSITION SUMMARY</u></h1><p>The Wildlands & Wildlife Program Attorney is an exempt, full-time position. The central focus of this position is strategic legal advocacy centered on public lands, waters, wildlife, and communities in the western U.S. The position's responsibilities will be allocated among the following core areas: </p><ul><li>Litigation and administrative engagement protecting federal public lands, wildlife habitat, species, and water. </li><li>Engagement in federal and potentially state-level legislation, rulemaking, and policymaking to protect public lands, water, and species. This may include defense of existing laws and regulations as well as efforts to improve the same. </li></ul><p>Given the dynamic moment in which we find ourselves, this position's focus and time allocations will necessarily evolve in response to changing political, scientific, social, and economic circumstances and opportunities consistent with specific organizational strategies. Further, and as with all WELC positions, this position is flexibly designed to accommodate a successful candidate's distinctive skills, experiences, and interests to further and complement WELC's strategic Wildlands and Wildlife focus. WELC's organizational and strategic direction is not "top down," but is informed precisely by the individual qualities of its staff. Moreover, the location of the successful candidate will play a role in their precise docket of work. <br/><br/>Accordingly, the Attorney will be encouraged and supported to identify and advance opportunities to shape WELC's organizational and strategic direction, to share perspectives, and to be a trusted and respected leader in their field and within their scope of work. The Attorney will support and coordinate with WELC leadership, development, communications, and finance staff, as well as represent WELC in public and private settings. The Attorney will also participate in retreats, trainings, and other organizational events. <br/><br/>To fulfill this position's responsibilities, the Attorney may provide a full range of legal services on behalf of WELC, including litigation, policy advocacy, and administrative action. To assist in these efforts, the Attorney will stay apprised of relevant law, policy, social, and other developments. The Attorney will work collaboratively with staff across the organization, as well as with partner organizations and clients. <br/><br/>The Attorney is a normal 40-hour week position based out of any of WELC'S existing offices or, potentially, a remote home office in the western U.S., primarily working during Monday to Friday business hours, though some night and weekend hours may be required at times, depending on organizational and advocacy needs. Limited travel is required, averaging a total of 2-3 weeks per year, including some overnight and weekend travel. The position also involves standard office physical demands. WELC will provide all reasonable accommodations to the extent possible or required pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act.</p><h1><u>QUALIFICATIONS</u></h1><p>We are keenly interested in considering a range of applicants with diverse lived experiences who approach the world with kindness, empathy, imagination, and vision. We will happily consider applicants who offer an equivalent or alternative set of qualifications to fulfill this position's responsibilities, apart from the first two qualifications set forth below, which are mandatory.</p><ul><li>Law degree from an accredited law school.</li><li>Admission to and good standing with a U.S. state bar or willingness and ability to obtain membership to a U.S. state bar where the attorney is located at the earliest opportunity.</li><li>Lived experience within or past work experience in partnership with people and communities of diverse backgrounds and experience, particularly in the western U.S.</li><li>Six to 12 years relevant attorney experience if applying for the staff attorney position, and 13+ years relevant attorney experience if applying for the senior attorney position.</li><li>Excellent research, writing, and oral advocacy skills.</li><li>Experience with and knowledge of public lands, waters, species, and community challenges and opportunities in the western U.S.</li><li>Experience with and knowledge of the relevant agencies, laws, and regulations employed in litigation to protect public lands, waters, and species.</li><li>Ability and willingness to act as a lead attorney on cases and projects and use a complete set of legal advocacy tools including litigation, policy, and administrative advocacy.</li><li>A commitment to conceptualizing and implementing legal strategies that further equity, inclusion, and justice, including through the just treatment and meaningful involvement of clients, partners, and frontline community groups and individuals.</li><li>Dynamic and empathetic skills to foster relationships with partners, clients, agency staff, and community members. Demonstrated ability to work in complex, potentially high-conflict, multi- dimensional arenas involving a broad array of organizations and interests.</li><li>Eagerness to mentor, support, and help develop newer attorneys, and a self-awareness, motivation, and desire to seek opportunities for your own growth and development.</li><li>An interest in and understanding of science and other technical fields and their interplay with public interest environmental law.</li><li>Ability to work independently and proactively, including a willingness to be flexible and adaptive when needed.</li><li>Desire to work on and contribute to a team. This includes learning from others, giving and receiving support and feedback, and active, constructive engagement in organizational discussions to advance the organization's mission and contribute to its cohesion.</li><li>Highly organized and intellectually curious.</li><li>Demonstrated commitment to WELC's mission and strategies and the public interest as well as a love for the land, waters, wildlife, and communities of the western U.S.</li></ul><h1><u>BENEFITS AND COMPENSATION</u></h1><p>Western Environmental Law Center is an equal opportunity employer. We offer a flexible, friendly, team-based environment with immediate opportunities to shape organizational strategies, and competitive salaries as follows:</p><ul><li>Staff Attorney (6-12 years of legal experience): $85,000 - $110,000</li><li>Senior Attorney (13+ years of legal experience): $110,000 - $150,000</li></ul><p>WELC offers an excellent benefits package, including health, vision, dental, life, and disability coverage (with 100% employer paid premiums), a 401(k) retirement plan with a 4% employer match, 22 days combined of paid annual vacation and personal leave, 13 days of paid holiday leave, paid sick leave, and a paid long-term leave policy (3 months sabbatical leave for every 5 years of employment).</p><p style="text-align:center"><strong><u>TO APPLY</u></strong></p><p>Please submit the following as PDF attachments through our ApplicantPro portal:</p><ul><li>1-2 page cover letter addressed to Sarah McMillan, Wildlands & Wildlife Program Director</li><li>Resume;</li><li>3 professional references; and</li><li>1-2 concise writing samples, with at least 1 writing sample involving a legal memorandum, brief, or filing. An additional, non-legal writing sample is also welcomed to illustrate the candidate's background, views, or </li></ul><p>Cover letters should communicate applicants' commitment to WELC's mission and advocacy and their motivation to work in this position and in public interest environmental law generally. In your cover letter, please do not repeat information apparent from a review of your resume. Instead, in their cover letters, applicants are very strongly encouraged to tell us who they are as human beings, why they care about this work, and why they want to work for WELC specifically.</p><p style="text-align:center"><strong>For more information about WELC, please visit <a href="http://www.westernlaw.org/" rel="nofollow"><u>www.westernlaw.org</u></a></strong></p><br/><br/><b><i>Job Posted by ApplicantPro</i></b><i></i><br/>

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Bachelor’s degree and six (6) years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree and two (2) years of relevant experience, from an accredited college or university in aquatic biology, conservation biology, fisheries management, wildlife management or related field of study, with one year of experience relating to the specific task order. Our continually expanding team combines scientific expertise with mature, results-driven processes and tools to achieve technically sound, cost effective solutions in hydrology/water sciences, geospatial analysis, information technology, resource management, conservation, and management and business process improvement.

Overview:
<p style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt">Lynker Corporation is seeking to hire two (2) Technical Leads to support a contract with NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), West Coast Regional Office (WCR). These are full-time, primarily remote positions providing operational oversight for teams supporting interagency consultation, regulatory compliance, and scientific analysis efforts. The positions are anticipated to begin on September 30, 2026. Hiring for these positions will be contingent on contract award. Lynker will be operating under its FLOAT joint venture, a NOAA ProTech Fisheries 2.0 prime contract holder.<strong>*</strong></p><p style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt">WCR provides interagency consultation pursuant to ESA, MSA, FPA, FWCA, and MMPA authorities and conducts NEPA analyses to evaluate impacts of federal actions on protected species and habitats. This role provides leadership, oversight, and technical direction to contractor staff performing consultation support and scientific analysis under multiple Executive Orders and Presidential Memoranda.</p>

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<h2 style="margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><strong>Tasks</strong></h2><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><li style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Provide operational oversight of all assigned projects and contract personnel</li><li style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Distribute tasks, establish timelines, and manage workload across Scientific and Technical Support staff</li><li style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Serve as primary liaison between contractor staff and WCR personnel</li><li style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Review and approve deliverables prior to submission to NOAA, ensuring compliance with WCR protocols</li><li style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Analyze and synthesize scientific data to evaluate environmental impacts on aquatic habitats and protected species</li><li style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Lead development of ESA Biological Opinions, Letters of Concurrence, and MSA responses</li><li style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Review biological assessments, consultation packages, and permit applications</li><li style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Provide pre-consultation technical assistance to action agencies and stakeholders</li><li style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Prepare NEPA documentation and ESA Section 10 permit materials</li><li style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Coordinate with NMFS engineers, Science Centers, and external researchers</li><li style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Manage administrative records, consultation tracking, and quality assurance processes</li><li style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Participate in stakeholder meetings, interagency coordination, and technical working groups</li><li style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Support mitigation banking development and regulatory compliance efforts</li></ul><h2 style="margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><strong>Deliverables</strong></h2><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><li style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Monthly progress reports summarizing activities, timelines, and contractor performance</li><li style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Reviewed and edited scientific and regulatory documents</li><li style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">ESA Biological Opinions, Letters of Concurrence, and MSA responses</li><li style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">NEPA analyses and ESA Section 10 documentation</li><li style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Administrative records and consultation tracking documentation</li><li style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Programmatic consultation responses and verification materials</li><li style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Technical guidance and oversight documentation for contractor staff</li></ul><p style="margin:0px"> </p><p style="margin:0px"> </p>

Qualifications:
<h2 style="margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><strong>Minimum Requirements</strong></h2><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><li style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'roboto' , sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400"><strong>Bachelor’s degree and six (6) years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree and two (2) years of relevant experience</strong>, from an accredited college or university in aquatic biology, conservation biology, fisheries management, wildlife management or related field of study, with one year of experience relating to the specific task order</li><li style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Knowledge of salmonid life cycles and habitat requirements</li><li style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Experience implementing ESA and MSA regulations and preparing federal regulatory documents</li><li style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Strong technical writing, editing, and analytical capabilities</li><li style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Experience assessing impacts of human activities on aquatic species and habitats</li><li style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Experience working with tribal governments and diverse interagency teams</li><li style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Program management and project scheduling experience</li><li style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Proficiency with MS Office and Google Workplace tools</li><li style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Excellent written and verbal communication skills</li></ul><p style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><strong>Certifications/Other Requirements:</strong></p><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><li style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Valid state driver’s license</li></ul><h2 style="margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><strong>Place of Performance</strong></h2><p style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt">Work will be performed primarily offsite, with occasional on-site coordination as needed.</p><h2 style="margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><strong>Travel</strong></h2><p style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt">Travel may be required for coordination meetings, site visits, and regional trainings (approximately up to two trips per quarter within the West Coast Region).</p><p style="margin:0px"> </p><p style="margin:0px"><strong>About Lynker</strong></p><p style="margin:0px"> </p><p style="margin:0px">Lynker is a growing, employee owned business, specializing in professional, scientific and technical services. Our continually expanding team combines scientific expertise with mature, results-driven processes and tools to achieve technically sound, cost effective solutions in hydrology/water sciences, geospatial analysis, information technology, resource management, conservation, and management and business process improvement.</p><p style="margin:0px"> </p><p style="margin:0px">We focus on putting the right people in the right place to be effective. And having the right people is critical for success. Our streamlined organization enables and empowers our talented professionals to tackle our customers' scientific and technical priorities – creatively and effectively.</p><p style="margin:0px"> </p><p style="margin:0px">Lynker offers a team-oriented work environment, and the opportunity to work in a culture of exceptionally skilled professionals who embrace sound science and creative solutions. Lynker's benefits include the following:</p><ul><li>Comprehensive healthcare for the employee at no monthly cost</li><li>Healthcare benefit covers medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision</li><li>Personal Time Off (PTO) Policy plus paid holidays</li><li>Highly competitive compensation plan regularly calibrated against industry and location benchmarks</li><li>401(k) retirement plan with company-matching</li><li>Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – we're all company owners!</li><li>Flexible spending accounts</li><li>Employee assistance program (EAP)</li><li>Short- and long-term disability insurance</li><li>Life and accident insurance</li><li>Tuition assistance/Training/Workforce improvement reimbursement per year</li><li>Spot bonuses for exceptional performance</li><li>Annual Employee Recognition Awards with bonuses</li><li>Employee Referral Program</li><li>Free centralized, self-directed Learning Management System to learn at your own pace</li><li>Personalized career growth plans for every employee</li></ul><p style="margin:0px"><strong>Lynker is an E-Verify employer.</strong></p><p style="margin:0px"> </p><p style="margin:0px"><strong>Lynker is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions based on merit, qualifications, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other legally protected status under federal, state, or local laws</strong>.</p><div class="iCIMS_InfoMsg iCIMS_InfoMsg_Job"><div class="iCIMS_Expandable_Container"><div class="iCIMS_Expandable_Text"><p style="margin:0px"> </p><p style="margin:0px"><strong>*This position is advertised through our joint venture, FISH and Lynker Ocean Alliance Team (FLOAT), a partnership between Lynker and Fisheries Immersed Sciences Hawaii (FISH) serving the NOAA ProTech Fisheries 2.0 IDIQ contracting vehicle.</strong></p><p style="margin:0px"> </p><p style="margin:0px">️ <strong>Fraud Alert: Recruitment Scam Warning:</strong> Lynker has been made aware of fraudulent individuals posing as Lynker recruiters and offering fake job opportunities. 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