[We are no longer accepting new applications for Summer 2026. Thanks to everyone who applied. We will read every application personally, and anticipate making decisions and notifications in mid to late February.
Read on for an example of what our field team does and what we look for in future applicants.]
Are you passionate about wildlife conservation and do you excel at living in remote mountain environments? Does your dream job combine these interests?
The Mountain Lakes Research Group, based at the University of California Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory (SNARL) in Mammoth Lakes, CA, USA, is seeking applications for up to four seasonal research crew members for the Summer 2026 field season. Successful applicants will work in the Sierra Nevada mountains as part of a team restoring populations of the endangered mountain yellow-legged frogs (Rana muscosa and R. sierrae) in the presence of the amphibian chytrid fungus, a widespread amphibian pathogen.
Read more in the flyer below! Application instructions are in the flyer.