Fish and Wildlife Biologist

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Job Description

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

1. Position works with multiple state and Federal partners to address complex plant and wildlife conservation issues largely in the east and north regions of Texas, including the panhandle, as well as other projects in the state and beyond.
2. Serves as an agency expert on threatened, endangered, and at-risk species occurring in north Texas, including the peppered chub, sharpnose shiner, smalleye shiner, Arkansas River shiner, golden-cheeked warbler, Texas kangaroo rat, Texas heelsplitter, Louisiana pigtoe, tricolored bat, and lesser prairie-chicken.
3. Provides technical assistance to agencies, researchers, and other stakeholders with regard to the Endangered Species Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and other wildlife or conservation laws.
4. Independently works to administer activities under the Endangered Species Act, including conducting consultations and conferences under section 7, negotiating and developing conservation agreements under section 10, and drafting/reviewing documents associated with section 4 of the Endangered Species Act.
5. Coordinates landscape scale conservation and recovery projects with multiple state, Federal, and private entities that target threatened, endangered, or at-risk species with ranges that overlap north/east Texas.
6. Develops work plans and technical reports of findings, conclusions, and recommendations regarding management plans, development projects, or conservation agreements.