Wildlife Biologist

As a Wildlife Biologist your duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

Designs, analyzes, plans, manages and implements the biological programs, or a major segment of the programs, involving natural resources of significant national or international importance.

Develops and recommends comprehensive management plans covering the biological programs.

Provides biological advice and guidance to senior-level management in the development of comprehensive management plans and coordinates activities with involved agencies, researchers, and other stakeholders, including State and County officials, Native American Tribes and special interest groups and or/ private organizations to identify and resolve biological and management issues of local and national significance.

Prepares issue papers, briefing documents, reports, and portions of management plans, and provides verbal briefings to Supervisor, Regional Directorate, and others regarding issues that could affect the ecological integrity of resources within Service jurisdiction.

Ability to use computer equipment and a variety of software (such as word processing, spreadsheets, database management, graphics, statistical analysis, and geographic information systems) to prepare statistical reports, biological surveys and other related briefing material.

Prepares scientifically defensible reports and articles for publication in peer-reviewed scientific literature and for presentation at professional meetings.
Designs and conducts studies identifying important habitats and recommends strategies to conserve and protect habitats and populations. Analyzes the potential impacts of proposed development affecting populations and recommends appropriate mitigation when requested.

Develops biological study proposals, survey designs, and scopes-of-work and conducts Complex biological field investigations involving wildlife species and habitats, including population and harvest surveys, biological sampling, population health studies, animal collecting, food habit studies, population modeling, and other wildlife monitoring activities.

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