Description:
Schedule: Monday - Thursday - 7:00 - 5:30 (10 hours/day with a :30 minute lunch)
Dates: 05-04-2020 - 09-30-2020
Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Location: Cedar City
Overview:
This position will increase an intern’s skills in wildlife management through capturing and handling wildlife, inventorying and monitoring rangeland and natural resources. Interns will conduct natural resource data collection and management. Position may require some limited weekend work and camping and intern will be exposed to a variety of weather conditions. Some positions are remote where living quarters are difficult to find in rural communities.
Position Responsibilities:
Interns will participate as an interdisciplinary team member in the overall fieldwork and monitoring program for wildlife, riparian, threatened and endangered species. This position also includes inventory, monitoring and data collection for rangeland and natural resource management. The Biology Technician will conduct wildlife baseline inventories to document wildlife and wildlife habitat presence, diversity, relative abundance, and distribution. Interns may assess seasonal migratory birds’ use of habitat improvement for long-term effects monitoring (i.e. bird point counts and raptor nest monitoring) and determine existing wildlife diversity, densities, and habitat utilization. Interns will learn to assess impacts upon wildlife and wildlife habitat that result from an administered treatment program and determine the need to mitigate impacts of treatment for any species or class of wildlife on or near the project area. Interns may evaluate the effectiveness of migration as it pertains to wildlife, and compare habitat quality in potentially affected habitats before and after treatment programs. Some assignments may require limited weekend work and camping while being exposed to adverse weather conditions. A successful Biology Technician intern should expect to learn a broad range of responsibilities, duties, and issues associated with wildlife and endangered species management programs and natural resource management.
Qualifications:
This position requires the candidate to possess a valid driver’s license and the ability to operate a 4-wheel drive vehicle in rough terrain. Experience in any of the following disciplines is desired but not required to apply for the position: Biology, botany, physical science, or zoology. Ability to hike various terrain and work outdoors in a variety of weather conditions and temperatures. Ability to work in both the field and a portion of the time in an office environment. Experience with some data entry and computer work is required.