Blackfoot Area Wildlife Biologist

Job Description - Blackfoot Area Wildlife Biologist )

Position Title:

Blackfoot Area Wildlife Biologist - (  )

Please remember to attach the required documents listed in this announcement.

Resume
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Applications missing the requested documents will be considered incomplete and may not progress further in the process. Documents not requested will not be considered in the recruitment process. The State Application is not a substitute for a Resume. This position will remain open until filled. You must apply through the State of Montana Career site.

Applicants must reside in Montana but may reside outside the responsibility area. However, applicant must be able and willing to commute to the assigned area on a (daily, weekly, or other regular basis), as required by the position, within a reasonable distance as approved by the Wildlife Program manager. Commuting expectations will be reviewed on a case‑by‑case basis with preference given to applicants that reside within the Blackfoot responsibility area.

Specific conditions will be outlined as part of the job offer and must adhere to state policy.

Special Information:

This position may be eligible for a statutory base pay increase of $1.00 an hour effective July 1, 2026.

Identity of applicants who become finalists may be released to the public if the Department deems it necessary. Employees who exceed 1,040 hours in a calendar year are also provided health, dental and life insurance. Other benefits include retirement, paid vacation, sick and holidays. This position may be covered by a VEBA (Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association).

A successful applicant will be subject to a background investigation.

Women and minorities are under-represented in this job category and are encouraged to apply.

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Specific Job Information:

Blackfoot (Seeley Lake)

The Blackfoot biologist’s responsibility area includes all of the Blackfoot watershed in Region 2 to include the communities of Seeley Lake, Potomac, Ovando, and Lincoln and deer/elk hunting districts 280, 281, 282, 284, 285, 290, 292, a portion of 293 and 298; an area encompassing over 2,500 sq miles. The responsibility area includes a diverse mix of private and public lands, including numerous working cattle ranches, as well as portions of the Bob Marshall and Scapegoat wilderness areas.

The biologist is expected to develop strong working relationships with landowners, stakeholder groups, city governments, local conservation non-government organizations (e.g., Blackfoot Challenge, Clearwater Resource Council, The Nature Conservancy), industry, and government agencies (e.g., BLM, DNRC, USFS, and USFWS). Building and fostering these relationships will be critical to the responsibilities of managing a diverse suite of wildlife-related issues: game damage issues on private property, grazing leases on FWP property, serving as FWP’s representative for the Blackfoot Community Conservation Area (BCCA) and the Blackfoot Prescribed Fire Working Group, representing FWP on collaborative habitat projects with partner land management agencies, and monitoring FWP conservation easements in the watershed.

The biologist serves as the Wildlife Management Area (WMA) manager on more than 48,000 acres of FWP lands on four WMAs: the Blackfoot-Clearwater, Aunt Molly, and Marshall Creek. Management of WMAs includes serving as the lead on habitat…