POSITION TITLE: wildlife biologist

Hiring Organization/Employer:  USDA
Application Deadline:  9/9/26
Education Required:  None
Location:  Linthicum, MD

Description:  

 Conducts integrated wildlife damage management activities where needed to prevent or reduce
losses to property, agriculture, and natural resources, or to protect human health and safety.
Performs a variety of technical procedures including capture, restraint, chemical immobilization,
marking, transport, euthanasia, and/or necropsy of wildlife.

 

 

Compensation & Benefits:  

 

 $57,736 – $91,815 per year 

 

Responsibilities:  

 Modifies or adapts established damage or disease control techniques as necessary to meet local
conditions and environmental, economic, or political considerations.
Monitors and ensures compliance with program directives, and local, State, and Federal laws and
regulations in wildlife damage management activities.
Develops and maintains categorical exclusions, environmental assessments, monitoring reports, and
other documents required by NEPA.
Gathers, compiles, evaluates, and presents data on damage or hazards caused by various wildlife
species to cooperators, stakeholders, and colleagues.
Establishes and maintains cooperative relationships with other Federal, State, county and city government agencies, Tribes, corporations, etc.
Communicates safe and effective damage management techniques through outreach and other
channels to the general public.
Other duties as assigned.

 

 

Preferred Qualifications:  

 BASIC REQUIREMENT:
A. Degree: biological science that included:
• At least 9 semester hours in such wildlife subjects as mammalogy, ornithology,
animal ecology, wildlife management, or research courses in the field of wildlife
biology; and
• At least 12 semester hours in zoology in such subjects as general zoology,
invertebrate zoology, vertebrate zoology, comparative anatomy, physiology, genetics,
ecology, cellular biology, parasitology, entomology, or research courses in such
subjects (Excess courses in wildlife biology may be used to meet the zoology
requirements where appropriate.); and
• At least 9 semester hours in botany or the related plant sciences.
OR:
B. Combination of education and experience: equivalent to a major in biological science
(i.e., at least 30 semester hours), with at least 9 semester hours in wildlife subjects, 12
semester hours in zoology, and 9 semester hours in botany or related plant science, as shown in
A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
In addition to the above, applicants must have:
FOR THE GS-07 LEVEL: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience
(equivalent to the GS-05 level) that demonstrates:
• Identifying North American wildlife species and assess their abundance, behavior, and
habitats.
• Dealing with human-wildlife conflicts, principles of wildlife damage management and
airport wildlife hazard management.
• The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), Endangered Species Act, National
Environmental Policy Act, and Federal Air Regulations.
• The skilled use of firearms, traps, snares, pesticides, immobilizing drugs, pyrotechnics,
electronic harassment devices, and other non-lethal control tools.
• Using computers for word processing, spreadsheets, and database applications.
OR:
One (1) year of graduate-level education (18 semester hours) in Wildlife Biology, Wildlife
Ecology, Wildlife Management.

 

 

 

How to Apply:  

 

  Additional materials not listed above (i.e. position descriptions, training
certificates, etc.) may not be considered. Applicants who do not submit the required items listed
above may not be considered. Applications with all supporting documents must be submitted to the
contact office and must be RECEIVED by the CLOSING DATE of this announcement.

 

 

 

Contact:  

 

 Ronald Scott Healey
USDA APHIS Wildlife Services
1568 Whitehall Road
Annapolis, MD 21409
410-349-8055
ronald.s.healey@usda.gov