Duties Description This position will support multiple wildlife management programs in Region 5. Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, coordinating and conducting wildlife surveys for game and nongame species, collecting harvest monitoring data, banding waterfowl, assisting with habitat and access projects on Wildlife Management Areas, evaluating project impacts to endangered/threatened species, and data entry and organization. Throughout the year, the technician will respond to public requests for hunting/trapping information, provide technical assistance and issue permits for nuisance wildlife issues, and provide technical assistance with regard to injured or distressed wildlife.
Minimum Qualifications 30 semester credit hours, including 12 semester credit hours in fisheries; marine resources or wildlife management; mariculture; marine biology; aquaculture; aquatic, marine or terrestrial ecology; zoology; marine technology; botany; limnology; hydrology; or oceanography.
Preferred Qualifications include: experience with a variety of bird and mammal survey techniques, experience live-trapping, handling, and marking birds and mammals, trailering vehicles, driving 4x4 vehicles/ATVs//boats, and working in back-country environments.