Intern - Wildlife Damage; Summer

Session:
Summer (May - August)

Position Title:

Wildlife Damage Intern

Hiring Manager:
Brad Baumgartner

Agency:
Department of Game, Fish & Parks

Location:

Sioux Falls

Minimum Salary: $19.09/hr

Intern will perform wildlife damage management techniques to assist the Regional Wildlife Damage Specialists in southeastern South Dakota. Internships will provide experience on methods of exclusion fences for Canada Geese, Turkey's, and deer. Intern will also learn a variety of hazing practices, some trapping for nuisance animals and Beavers, banding migratory game birds, and other management assignments regarding Wildlife Damage. They will also learn how to operate and maintain a variety of equipment and vehicles such as pick-up trucks, tractors, UTV's, kayaks, and boats with motors.

Record keeping and data entry will be another area of skill development.

• Applicant must be enrolled as a part-time/full-time student at a college, university, or technical institute at the time they apply. By the start of the internship, the student should have completed one year (nine months) of their chosen program.
• All students are encouraged to apply, but preference may be given to applicants with a standing of junior/senior, South Dakota residents, and students of South Dakota institutions.

South Dakota Bureau of Human Resources

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An Equal Opportunity Employer