The Maine Coastal Program’s Mapping Initiative is seeking a Marine Mammal and Avian Observer. The position is full-time July 1 through December 31. The Maine Coastal Mapping Initiative, created by the Maine Coastal Program in 2012, is acquiring critical data about the seafloor and our oceanic environment, including bathymetry (seafloor depth), sediment information, benthic fauna type and abundance, and water column information. As part of this work, we record observations of protected marine mammal species, sea turtles, fish, and seabirds during seafloor mapping surveys off the coast of Maine to monitor any impacts or potential interactions to endangered species during use of multibeam sonar/sounding equipment. These spatial data are also used to create observation maps that can be us