Fish and Wildlife Biologist

Job Title

One vacancy will be filled in Manhattan, Kansas and one vacancy will be filled in Helena, Montana; Bismarck, North Dakota; Pierre, South Dakota; or Yankton, South Dakota.

Duties

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

• Coordinate and facilitate activities pursuant to sections, 4, 6, 7, and 10 of the Endangered Species Act.
• Act as technical advisor to other Field Office staff on the habitat needs of rare, candidate, proposed, and federally listed species. Independently conduct consultations pursuant to Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended, with other Federal agencies and designated non-Federal representatives for development, transportation, infrastructure, water conveyance, recreation, restoration and flood control projects.
• Plan and conduct status assessments for listed, proposed and candidate species, in cooperation with other Federal, state, and local agency personnel, private organization representatives, contractors, and other partners.
• Develop and manage propagation and genetic-diversity strategies.
• Manage budgets, evaluate proposals, and direct funding.
• Recommend recovery actions tailored to the ecology, and geomorphology of the Missouri and Mississippi River basins.