USFWS Assistant Technician Snowshoe Hare

Duties/Responsibilities

• Live-trapping, handling, and collaring snowshoe hares (80%)
  • Setting, baiting, and checking live-traps
  • Handling, ear-tagging, and radio-collaring (VHF and GPS collars)
  • Collection of morphological data and genetic data (tissue samples from ears)
  • Weekly telemetry surveys to obtain locations on a subset of individuals with VHF collars
  • Auxiliary necropsy investigations on any deceased hares
• Camera and acoustic recording unit surveys (10%)
  • Establishment of camera-trap and acoustic recording unit protocols
  • Fieldwork mostly occurring during hare surveys, with CTs/ARUs located adjacent or within snowshoe hare sampling sites
• Administrative work (10%)
  • Direct reporting to project supervisors/cooperators prior to leaving and upon finishing surveys
  • Communication with supervisors through email/phone during the evening
  • Data entry and emailing of field data to the project supervisor

Requirements

• Minimum Acceptable Education & Experience: Undergraduate degree (BS) in wildlife ecology or a related field, at least 1 season of experience live-trapping and radio-collaring mammals and performing radio-telemetry.
• Required Licenses & Certifications: Valid driver’s license, completion of a defensive driver course.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Independent work capability, effective communication, problem-solving skills, ability to work in various outdoor environments, hiking up to 10 miles per day, carrying a 50 lb. pack, working long days, using modern and traditional navigation tools, following field protocols, proficiency in database, email, and word processing software, and mapping software.
• Preferred Qualifications: BS degree in wildlife ecology, wildlife biology, or a related field, prior experience with live-trapping and radio-collaring snowshoe hares, conducting CT and ARU surveys, conducting telemetry and necropsy surveys, identifying trees, shrubs, and plants of northern New England.

Compensation

Pay Range: $17.00 per hour

Note: Continued employment in this role is contingent upon the availability of external sponsor funding. If sponsor funding is reduced or discontinued, employment may be modified or terminated.