Description:
Schedule: Monday - Thursday (7:00 am - 5:30 pm) with a 0:30 lunch break.
Housing: No Housing Available
Dates: 05-01-2023 - 08-25-2023
Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Location: Richfield
Overview:
THIS INTERNSHIP IS BASED AT THE RICHFIELD FIELD OFFICE – BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
The BLM Richfield Field Office (RFO) is responsible for the management of 2.1 million acres in Central Utah. The renewable resources division of the field office is responsible for the administration of the range, wildlife and fisheries, soil, water and air, forestry, sensitive plants, and wild horse and burro programs. The diversity of resources and issues surrounding them provide many opportunities for interdisciplinary and inter-agency projects. Recent projects stretch across many disciplines, including development of grazing management systems, fuels treatments, wildlife habitat improvement projects, Emergency Stabilization and Rehabilitation and invasive species control.
Position Responsibilities:
The BLM RFO has 2 Wildlife Technician Internship positions available that will be hired for the 2023 summer (May – August) field season. The selected technicians will participate as an interdisciplinary team member in the overall fieldwork and monitoring program for 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.
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 (e.g., 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
• 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
Applicants who possess these skills and who are pursuing a degree in fields related to Wildlife Biology or Natural Resource will be given the greatest consideration.