Description:
Schedule: Monday - Thursday 7:00 am - 5:30 pm (:30 minute lunch) - 10 hours per day
Work Load
Field Work – 90%
Office Work – 10%
Dates: 04-25-2022 - 09-01-2022
Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Location: Cedar City, Utah
Overview:
he BLM Cedar City Field Office (CCFO) has 2 - 4 Wildlife Technician Internship positions available that will be hired for the 2022 summer (May – September) field season. The selected technicians will participate as an interdisciplinary team member in the overall fieldwork and monitoring program for the wildlife, riparian, threatened and endangered species. A person working in this position can expect to apply their education in various settings, learning on-the-ground field applications, BLM inventory and monitoring procedures, and uses of the data. The technician should expect to learn about a broad range of responsibilities, duties and issues associated with the wildlife and threatened and endangered species management programs.
Responsibilities:
The candidate will conduct wildlife baseline inventories to thoroughly document wildlife and wildlife habitat presence, diversity, relative abundance and distribution. Information collected will allow for the following:
Assessment of seasonal migratory bird use of habitat improvements for long term effects monitoring (i.e. bird point counts, raptor nest monitoring)
Determinations of existing wildlife diversity, densities, and habitat utilization
Assessments of impacts upon wildlife and wildlife habitat as a result of a treatment
Assessments of the need to further mitigate impacts of a treatment for any species or class of wildlife on or near the project area
Evaluations of the effectiveness of mitigation as it pertains to wildlife
Comparisons of habitat quality in potentially affected habitats before and after treatment activities
Qualifications:
Good communication and interpersonal skills
Experience working in an outdoor setting
Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite