Lake County is a rural county in the Northern California Coast Ranges.
Clear Lake is the largest lake completely within California, and is the oldest lake in North America. Lakeport is a town of about 5,000 and is the county seat. The successful candidate will be part of a team whose current projects include an ongoing, US EPA funded, Mercury monitoring project, work on a Superfund site, and a paleolimnological survey of Clear Lake. Mercury biogeochemistry and toxicological knowledge desired. Boating knowledge is a plus.