TX Coordinating Wildlife Biologist , II, or III

Location
:USDA Service Center – Edna, TX

Final date to receive applications
:Open Until Filled

Anticipated Start Date
:August 2025

Starting Salary Information
:$45,000 to 60,000 annually (commensurate with experience) + benefits, up to $200/month student loan reimbursement, AND performance-based yearly increases (view benefit summary on our recruitment website:(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).).

Overview
:The Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever (PF & QF) Coordinating Wildlife Biologist will work in a joint capacity with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Gulf Coast Joint Venture (GCJV), Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), and other State and Federal partners to promote, accelerate enrollment, coordinate, and implement the conservation provisions of the Federal Farm Bill (esp. the Working Lands For Wildlife [WLFW] fund pool within the Environmental Quality Incentive Program [EQIP]) and other wildlife related conservation programs such as the Coastal Grassland Restoration Incentive Program (C-GRIP).

Activities will include program promotion (workshops and one-on-one meetings), contract coordination, conservation plan development, site assessment, and reporting. In addition, the incumbent will provide conservation technical guidance, including wildlife habitat enhancement techniques, and conservation program delivery, to private landowners and public organizations within partner identified priority areas, as appropriate and will collaborate with partner project managers to increase involvement in C-GRIP.

Other duties will include:
1) Work with local chapters of Quail Forever (QF) and other local partners to increase habitat management efforts and participate in regional and statewide habitat meetings as assigned;
2) Assist or coordinate activities and projects with other QF, NRCS, GCJV, and TPWD staff;
3) Provide leadership and support for outreach activities including direct collaboration with project managers, and through landowner field events, inter-agency partnership training meetings, and other communication efforts.

This position will be an employee of, and supervised by Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever, with daily instruction and leadership provided by NRCS & GCJV. Hired individual will work largely within the focus areas of the GCJV’sC-GRIPto achieve the objectives of the partnership. This position will be located within the USDA Service Center in Edna, TX.

Responsibilities
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Coordinating Wildlife

Biologist

I:

• Become familiar with Conservation Programs (esp. EQIP-WLFW) and partner processes and procedures.
• Become familiar with coverage area including landscape, landowner culture, and partnerships.
• Conduct outreach to landowners on conservation programs with wildlife focus available in assigned counties including public outreach meetings, targeted mailers, newsletter articles, social media content, etc.
• Conduct natural resource surveys.
• Provide technical assistance and guidance (wildlife habitat focus) to landowners, government agencies, non-government organizations and others – training opportunities will be available through the NRCS, PF & QF, and other organizations.
• Develop conservation plans, complete job sheets, wildlife habitat evaluation guides, environmental evaluations, complete contracts, applications, and other required documentation for conservation programs offered through NRCS Conservation Programs, and other conservation programs.
• Communicate program requirements, complete site visits to determine eligibility, and develop plans and contracts for applicants enrolling in NRCS Conservation Programs, or other state and local conservation programs.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Coordinating Wildlife Biologist II:

• All duties of a Coordinating Wildlife Biologist I
• Coordinate NRCS and other partners with the promotion and implementation of wildlife focused initiatives, targeted implementation for EQIP-WLFW, relevant NRCS conservation programs, and other grassland-focused state level and partner’s programs.
• Coordinate and foster relationships with conservation partners, local landowner coalitions, and local communities.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

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