ADMINSTRATIVE DATA AND PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: • Modifies or adapts established damage or disease control techniques as necessary to meet local conditions and address specific environmental, economic, or political considerations. • Prepares required scientific and administrative program reports. • Gathers, compiles, evaluates, and presents data on damage or hazards caused by various wildlife species to cooperators, stakeholders, and colleagues through project or program reports and presentations at cooperator, stakeholder, and public meetings and/or professional conferences. • Assists cooperators and the public with obtaining migratory bird depredation permits and compliance with Depredation Orders. • Develops budgets, timelines, scopes of work, projections and opinions of cost for on-going wildlife management. • Provides expertise and support to the General Services Departments Natural Areas Manager and natural areas management programs. • Provides trainings, informational sessions and or guidance to city staff whose public services overlap with wildlife. COMPLIANCE AND COORDINATION WITH FEDERAL STATE LOCAL AGENCIES. • Establishes and maintains cooperative relationships with other Federal, State, county and city government agencies, Tribes, corporations, educational or research institutions, and individuals in meeting program needs and goals. • Monitors and ensures compliance with program directives, and local, State, and Federal laws and regulations in wildlife damage management activities. Assists cooperators in understanding of and compliance with the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), Endangered Species Act, Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, and other wildlife-related laws. • Develops and maintains categorical exclusions, environmental assessments, monitoring reports, and other documents required by NEPA. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS: • Working Conditions Some jobs require an employee to be exposed to inclement weather conditions. • Physical Requirements Duties require long periods of walking and standing and carrying of equipment and supplies in the field. • Knowledge of the principles and practices of wildlife ecology and general understanding of forest, grassland, and wetland ecology. Knowledge of wildlife species biology. • Knowledge of basic subject matter in zoology, ornithology, animal ecology, botany, wildlife and ecosystem management. • Knowledge of food and cover requirements of wildlife, including game, nongame, and endangered species. Knowledge of methods of producing and maintaining suitable habitat for various wildlife species. • Knowledge of laws pertaining to the take or protection of wildlife in the state. • Knowledge of natural resources and land use laws, including the process of setting wildlife regulations. • Ability to map land areas and inventory environmental conditions to determine their suitability for wildlife projects. • Ability to make sound decisions on practical problems in wildlife management. • Ability to analyze tabular data and interpret the content of data sets. • Ability to maintain records and prepare reports and correspondence related to the work. Ability to communicate effectively with others. • Ability to maintain favorable public relations
