Wildlife Habitat Biologist 9-12- Cass City

Wildlife Biologist 9-P11 - 
This position performs a wide variety of professional wildlife management activities including planning, implementation, monitoring, and analyzing wildlife habitat projects on public and private lands and protects, develops, and maintains State Game and Wildlife Areas in the assigned area of Huron, Tuscola, and Sanilac Counties within the Michigan Thumb Unit (MTU).. Other activities include ecosystem management planning, mapping (GIS), deer, and furbearer check station activities, making management recommendations for hunting and trapping regulations, and responding to and providing guidance on nuisance wildlife management. The employee will work closely with other agencies, divisions, government organizations, stakeholder groups, and private citizens while implementing these programs and tasks, which will require occasional public contact via multiple media outlets including but not limited to in-person interviews, written communication, teleconferences etc.

Position Description

Wildlife Biologist 12 -
 The employee is responsible for all aspects of wildlife habitat and wildlife species management plans outlined in WLD’s Guiding Principles and Strategies (GPS) on public and private lands in Huron, Sanilac, and Tuscola Counties as well as overseeing the implementation of these plans. The Wildlife Biologist is responsible for complex habitat management activities on public lands throughout the assigned work area and utilizes Michigan Forest Inventory (MiFi) and other available resources and data to develop detailed short- (annual operational plans), mid- (five-year operational plans), and long-term (ten-year master plans) habitat guidance for wildlife habitat improvements utilizing various treatment options depending upon habitat type and the featured species involved.  The biologist plans and oversees the development of annual work plans and budgets for the assigned work area.  The biologist conducts wildlife surveys, collects biological data, and makes recommendations on harvest quotas and changes to hunting and trapping regulations for these species.  The biologist is responsible for public lands administration and facilities management for the assigned work area from reviewing land purchases and exchanges, trespass resolution, land use permit review, timber sale administration and Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) permit application and review.  The biologist handles wildlife damage and nuisance complaints according to Departmental and Bureau policy, provides public contact and education and builds partnerships with wildlife-related recreation organizations to assist with habitat management projects and surveys for game and non-game species.  

Position Description

Education
Possession of a bachelor's degree in natural resource science or biological science with at least 8 semester (12 term) credits in wildlife biology and 16 semester (24 term) credits in one or a combination of the following: botany, ecology, ecosystem management, entomology, natural resources GIS applications, mammalogy, ornithology, wildlife management, zoology, conservation biology, human dimensions of fish and wildlife management, evolutionary biology, forest resources, environmental science, or natural resources law and policy.

Experience

Wildlife Biologist 9
No specific type or amount is required.

Wildlife Biologist 10
One year of professional experience carrying out wildlife biology assignments equivalent to a Wildlife Biologist 9.

Wildlife Biologist P11
Two years of professional experience carrying out wildlife biology assignments equivalent to a Wildlife Biologist, including one year equivalent to a Wildlife Biologist 10.

Wildlife Biologist 12
Three years of professional experience carrying out wildlife biologist assignments equivalent to a Wildlife Biologist, including one year equivalent to a Wildlife Biologist P11 or a Research Biologist P11 with wildlife emphasis.

Please attach a cover letter, resume, official college transcripts, and three professional references to your application. Information provided in your application, resume, cover letter, transcripts and any other documentation provided will be used to verify responses to the supplemental questions. Unsupported responses may not be considered further. 

If applicable, you must attach an electronic and/or scanned copy of your official college/university transcripts. For our purposes, "Official Transcripts" must contain the college/university name and address, the degree conferred and date granted, coursework completed (especially if no degree granted), and the Registrar's signature and/or seal.

Your application for any position does not guarantee that you will be contacted by the Department/Agency for further consideration. Only those applicants interviewed will be notified of the results.

View the job specification at: https://www.michigan.gov/mdcs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdcs/JOBSPECS/W/WildlifeBiologist.pdf

Salary : $25 - $46