Fish and Wildlife Biologist

Job Duties

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following:

1. Coordinates and facilitates compliance work for federal environmental statutes and regulations (e.g. Endangered Species Act (sections 4,6,7, and 10)).
2. Works under deadlines to plan and conduct reviews and ecological investigations of a wide variety of complex and diverse land and water resource development proposals to determine their effects on fish and wildlife resources, with special emphasis on rare, candidate, proposed, and federally listed species habitat and designated critical habitat; migratory species including anadromous fish, aquatic connectivity; and habitats of concern in the affected area.
3. Participates in diverse, complex, and multi-disciplinary planning efforts with public and private groups and state, local, and federal agencies to achieve Service policies, objectives, and goals.
4. Prepares objective and complete written biological reports, decision documents such as biological opinions, letters conveying biological and regulatory technical assistance, and other documents.
5. Delivers oral presentations to Service staff, other agency and organization professionals, and public groups based on investigations conducted and analysis of present and future impacts of various complex project alternatives on fish, wildlife, and habitat resources.
6. Acts as technical advisor to other Field Office staff on species' needs and ecology, statutory and regulatory topics, current agency policies, and problem solving.
7. Provides guidance to, and directs the work of, lower-graded biologists in matters pertinent to areas of special expertise.

Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.