Biological Science Technician (Wildlife)
- For GS-04/05: Participates in inventories of wildlife and their habitats including water, winter ranges, upland game bird habitat, etc, following guidelines furnished.
- Participates in banding, tagging, and releasing wildlife in connection with wildlife studies. Participates in construction projects such as water developments, and fencing.
- For GS-06/07: Collects data in the field and performs inventories of wildlife data including but not limited to habitat, population, reproduction, food habits, mortality. Analyze findings and propose recommendations to management.
- Interprets aerial photos, landsat imagery, and topographic maps to determine land use and vegetation distribution; plots nest/herd breeding sites, and maps and photos.
- Determines likely impacts of and conducts compliance checks on minerals exploration, development, and operation, realty actions, recreational activities, forestry and range development or improvement projects on wildlife and their habitat.
- Provides information and prepare preliminary analysis of impacts on wildlife for inclusion in environmental documents.
- Evaluates impacts and assures conformation with mitigation measures; confers with offending party to resolve nonconformance situations.
- For GS-04/05/06/07: Enters and retrieves data from automated databases