Thursday, June 21, 2012

Resource Conservation Specialist- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Duties:
Review literature from last 5 years, including federal and state wildlife management plans as well as NGO reports, to collect the following information for approximately 60 relative to their status in Idaho, Washington, and Oregon:
  • Status (e.g., ESA listed, State priority, focal species in regional mgmt. plan)
  • Primary habitat requirements
  • Current range
  • Recent population trends (increasing, stable, declining)
  • Population objectives (past and present)
  • Status of monitoring programs and extent of associated monitoring data (past and ongoing collection efforts)
  • Summary of major management/restoration activities (recent and current)
  • Primary threats (e.g., disease, forestry, urbanization, invasive species)
  • Recognized role, if any, as a surrogate species (e.g., umbrella species for a larger set of species, representative species for a particular habitat type, or indicator species for a particular threat or conservation approach.
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