Wildlife Biologist

This position is assigned to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Oregon/Washington State Office; Coos Bay District Office; Myrtlewood Field Office.

This position serves as the district program lead and technical expert for all aspects of terrestrial wildlife habitat and species management. This includes serving as the primary district contact and section 7 consultation expert for interpretation and coordination of the Endangered Species Act. The incumbent provides support to the field offices by guiding and directing field office wildlife biologists in overall program development. This position function as a District employee and will coordinate with both Field Managers.

Duties include recommending, developing, and conducting training to address technical issues evolving from changes in program direction, policy, procedures, or technology; compiling documents, tracking annual workplan accomplishments, and making adjustments with management approval; designing and implementing administrative studies and monitoring programs, participating in research projects, and providing peer review on progress; monitoring work and impacts from the implementation of our Resource Management Plan that is species specific, site specific, and spatially and temporally driven.

Additional duties specific to Coos Bay District:

• Serve as the district technical expert on matters involving the wildlife management programs and RMP interpretation.
• Serve as the liaison with the State Wildlife lead for timber and non-timber needs.
• Attend and/or coordinate wildlife meetings.
• Compile budget needs for Wildlife at the beginning of the fiscal year.
• Support Western Snowy Plover (WSP) work such as request funding for program.
• Assist the field office biologists in developing and reviewing their Biological Assessments for USFWS Consultation and NEPA
• Reading and cataloguing the latest literature
• Compiling Wildlife Program Budget needs
• Complete annual reporting for expenditures, District Programmatic Consultation Reporting, Sudden Oak Death Treatment and Timber sale reporting