Carnivore Biologist

Senior Wildlife Biologist

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is seeking to fill a Senior Wildlife Biologist position within the WGFD's Large Carnivore Section (LCS) as a Large Carnivore Biologist focused on grizzly bear monitoring and management. This position would lead efforts to continue ongoing grizzly bear monitoring and management activities as part of an interagency team as well as working with other LCS biologists on data acquisition/analysis and conflict management.

This position conducts analysis of large carnivore population data on a statewide level for use in population trend, harvest management, season setting, identifying seasonally important habitats, and identifying or mitigating environmental impacts. This position also requires advanced skills in study design and data analysis to increase knowledge on large carnivore ecology and management. This position requires expertise in multiple data analysis tools and publication experience as well working knowledge of grizzly bear conservation strategies employed throughout North America.

This position requires a heavy workload in the field and being on-call throughout portions of the year to immediately respond to conflicts between large carnivores (grizzly bears, black bears, mountain lions and wolves) and people, as well as determining and documenting livestock cause of death.