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Wildlife Biology Technician

#39708
Outdoor Pathways

Details:

  • Category: On-Campus
  • Position Type: Internship
  • Posted on: September 15, 2022
  • Open until: Thu, August 3, 2023
  • Work Hours: 20
  • Wage: $13.45
  • Location: Cedar City, UT

Description:

Schedule: Flexible with school schedule. 20 hours per week between 7Am and 5PM

Housing: No Housing Available

Dates: 10-01-2022 - 12-31-2022

Agency: Bureau of Land Management

Location: Cedar City

Overview: The selected technicians will participate as an interdisciplinary team members 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 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 birds' 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 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

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