The Department of Fish and Wildlife is recruiting to fill one full time, project, Fish & Wildlife Biologist 2 position located in the Wildlife Program, Region 1, District 3. The duty station for this position is located at 3316 16th St, Lewiston, ID,83501, working out of the Idaho Fish and Game office of the Hells Canyon Bighorn Sheep restoration coordinator. The incumbent works in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho on bighorn sheep research and restoration efforts.

This position is a journey level professional biologist under general supervision of the District Wildlife Biologist in District 3. The incumbent conducts professional biological studies specific to the bighorn sheep research and restoration project; and is responsible for monitoring, restoration, management andr research of bighorn sheep. Using predefined methodologies and predetermined criteria the incumbent will monitor bighorn sheep in Hells Canyon. This includes but is not limited in scope to the duties of planning and implementing captures and disease sampling, maintain data, and author annual reports and peer reviewed articles regarding bighorn sheep management and research.
Duties

Under the direction of the District Wildlife Biologist:
Bighorn herd monitoring:

  • Expected to coordinate and implement monitoring of the Asotin, Redbird, Black Butte, Mountain View, and Wenaha bighorn sheep herds as defined in the Hells Canyon Restoration Plan monitoring schedule.  Incumbent will be responsible for maintaining mobile data collection app and all monitoring data associated with Hells Canyon bighorn herds as assigned.  This will include fixed-wing telemetry, mark-resight, and helicopter sight-ability surveys.  Incumbent will be expected to hike into and locate mortalities, recover carcasses or conduct field necropsies and collect and deliver samples to a diagnostic laboratory according to Hells Canyon Protocols and manage all of the associated data.

Bighorn Disease Research

  • The incumbent will coordinate field work being conducted by outside collaborators (i.e. Universities or other entities).  Incumbent is expected to implement capture and monitoring techniques associated with disease transmission research currently being conducted in the Asotin, Black Butte, Mountain View, and other sheep herds.  Capture techniques will range from chemical immobilization, drop-nets, clover traps, and coordinating helicopter captures.  Incumbent is expected to expertly handle and collect biological samples associated with capturing wildlife.  An annual report will be expected from this research each year.

Data Analysis, Annual Reports, Manuscripts

  • The incumbent is expected to author annual reports and technical papers as opportunities present. Opportunities to generate peer reviewed literature will be explored as much as possible.

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