Biological Science Technician (Wildlife)

Schedule: 5/8

Agency: NPS

Location: Bryce Canyon

Description:

This position will increase an intern’s skills in wildlife management through capturing and handling wildlife, inventorying and monitoring natural resources. Interns will conduct natural resource data collection and management. Position may require some limited weekend work and intern will be exposed to a variety of weather conditions.

Responsibilities

• Interns will participate as an interdisciplinary team member in the overall fieldwork and monitoring program for wildlife, riparian, threatened and endangered species
• Interns may assess seasonal migratory bird 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 may evaluate the effectiveness of migration as it pertains to wildlife, and compare habitat quality in potentially affected habitats before and after treatment programs
• 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
• The Biology Technician will conduct wildlife baseline inventories to document wildlife and wildlife habitat presence, diversity, relative abundance and distribution
• This position also includes inventory, monitoring and data collection for natural resource management

Qualifications:

• This position requires candidate to possess a valid driver license
• Experience in any of the following disciplines is desired but not required to apply for the position: Biology, and 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