The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is seeking to hire a Nongame Mammologist to help implement Wyoming's State Wildlife Action Plan in either Casper or Lander.  This would include coordinating and implementing Wyoming's Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse recovery and monitoring/management of other nongame mammal species (excluding bats and forest carnivore species).  

• Coordinates nongame mammal management by developing and implementing internal and external projects that address needs identified in Wyoming's State Wildlife Action Plan and benefit nongame Species of Greatest Conservation Need.
• Represent the Department on a wide variety of interagency recovery, conservation, and working groups.
• Develops and disseminates technical and non-technical information regarding assigned nongame mammals to the public, agencies, and NGOs.
• Maintains and updates nongame databases to ensure contiguous and seamless data.
• Coordinates the management, conservation, inventory, and monitoring of Threatened, Endangered, and Species of Greatest Conservation needs across multi-jurisdictional boundaries.
• Establishes management goals and objectives, conducts field surveys, and analyzes data; collaborates with Department personnel to plan habitat proposals to ensure consideration of game and nongame needs.
• Makes recommendations to guide policies or procedures by diagnosing and addressing complex programs that require technical knowledge.
• Reviews all biologic data on assigned nongame mammal species collected within the work unit and fulfills annual reporting requirements.
• Provides comments on Wildlife Environmental Reviews to the Department's Habitat Protection Program and assists Regional Wildlife Biologists with their review process.
• Hires and directs work of temporary employees to conduct nongame mammal monitoring.

Education:

Bachelor's Degree (typically in Wildlife Management) Experience:

1-2 years progressive work experience (typically in Wildlife Management) with acquired knowledge at the level of a Wildlife Biologist II

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

None

OR

Education & Experience Substitution:

4-6 years of progressive work experience (typically in Wildlife Management) with acquired knowledge at the level of a Wildlife Biologist II