About This Role
This advanced-level position involves professional biological and technical work, assisting the District Wildlife Biologist with the supervision and administration of wildlife management activities within District 2. The role includes supervising a team of wildlife resource specialists and laborers, developing operational plans and budgets, and collecting and analyzing biological data. It requires effective communication, sound judgment, and the ability to work outdoors in varying conditions.
Responsibilities
- Perform professional biological and technical work at an advanced and supervisory level
- Assist the District Wildlife Biologist with supervision and administration of wildlife management activities within District 2
- Supervise 8 wildlife resource specialists and laborers within the district
- Develop or assist with the development of operational plans, budgets, prescribed fire plans, capital improvement plans, P.S. & Es, special land use permits, equipment inventories, and WMA management plans
- Collect and analyze biological data
- Assist with wildlife research projects as assigned
- Investigate nuisance and diseased wildlife complaints and provide aid as needed
- Dispatch diseased wildlife and collect tissue samples
- Assist with implementing prescribed fires
- Prepare and execute timber sales on wildlife management areas
- Assist with implementation of other habitat management projects such as planting, herbicide application, and mowing
- Provide technical assistance/advice to landowners on habitat management and other wildlife-related issues
- Conduct wildlife population surveys
- Review, evaluate, and prepare documentation on potential land acquisitions
- Prepare, review, and edit a variety of Wildlife Resources Section publications, news releases, popular magazine articles, and correspondence for the District Wildlife Biologist and the Supervisor of Game Management, Northern Region
- Provide information and education to the public in the form of popular and technical publications, news releases, and verbal presentations
- Attend and represent the Wildlife Resources Section at a wide variety of meetings, including sportsmen and landowner groups, and government agencies
- Follow oral and written instructions and exercise sound judgment in decision-making
- Perform other work as required
Requirements
- Master of Science degree from an accredited college or university with a major in wildlife or fisheries management and biology, fish culture, conservation biology, natural resources, aquatic biology, botany, biological sciences or environmental sciences
- Two years of full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience in wildlife or fishery management or related fields
