ATAW99-2022-03851-Wildlife Technician-Cody

• Assist regional personnel with wildlife conflict situations in urban and rural settings in an appropriate manner.
• Humanely euthanize sick and injured wildlife.
• Assists game wardens in mitigating and evaluating damages by big game, game birds, and trophy game animals to crops and livestock. Routinely communicates with landowners experiencing wildlife damages.
• Communicate with landowners and provide information regarding wildlife conflict situations.
• Assist with the collection and submission of biological data during wildlife surveys.
• Provide department outreach information and assistance to the public.
• Collect lymph nodes from harvested deer, elk, and moose using a scalpel and forceps, and record data for the Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) surveillance program.
• Collect and record wildlife harvest information (i.e., species, age, and sex of harvested animals and harvest location).
• Maintain equipment as directed.
• Provide department outreach information and assistance to the public.
• Assist Regional Access Coordinators with sign maintenance, hunting and fishing season presence & landowner relations.
• Communicate effectively with landowners, sportsmen, and Department personnel.
• Coordinate with Department personnel concerning public hunting and fishing opportunities.
• Provide customer service to landowners, hunters, and anglers during hunting/fishing seasons.
• Interprets legal land descriptions and reading of maps delineating land ownership.
• Respond to inquiries from the public that requires extensive knowledge and interpretation of agency operations and policies.
• Bonded by the state of Wyoming as a licensed agent, therefore responsible for selling and collecting funds from over-the-counter Game & Fish licenses, stamps, and interstate game tags.
• Routinely deal with angry and difficult people and resolve conflicts tactfully.
• Boat registrations, assigning HIN numbers, AIS inspections.

• Extensive knowledge of current Wyoming Game & Fish Department laws and hunting and fishing regulations.
• Well-developed oral and written communication skills.
• General knowledge of/and skill with computers.
• General knowledge of wildlife, knowledge of deer/elk anatomy.
• Knowledge of data recording.
• Knowledge of wildlife management concepts, principles, and practices.
• Knowledge and interpretation of legal land descriptions.
• Knowledge of general outdoor skills.
• Skill in the safe use of handguns, shotguns, rifles, and pyrotechnical devices.
• Skill in strong interpersonal communication with employees, landowners, and the general public.
• Skill in the use of GPS and reading maps.
• Ability to record and manage collected data, skill in map-reading.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and to be self-directed.
• Ability to operate four-wheel-drive truck, ATV, binoculars/spotting scope, and pull/back trailer.
• Ability to drive vehicles in various types of weather, terrain, and conditions.
• Ability to use scalpels and forceps.
• Ability to clarify information and resolve common problems from the public, other agencies, and department personnel.
• Ability to positively work with and facilitate relationships with the ranching and hunting communities and other interested individuals as a team.

• Ability to lift 50 lbs.
• Ability to work outside and perform under adverse weather conditions and difficult terrain, often during long periods.
• Ability to walk in rough, uneven terrain with unstable footing.
• Ability to work weekends, holidays, early mornings, and late evenings.
• Will be required to work alone in the field in a rural setting.
• Ability to use small power and non-power hand tools.
• Ability to safely operate 4-wheel drive pickup, ATV, and snowmobile in various terrain and road conditions.
• Ability to tow bumper pull and gooseneck trailers.
• Travel and overnight stays may be required.

• FLSA: Non-exempt
• Successful applicants for employment must pass a background check before appointment.
• Housing is not provided. The selected candidate must obtain housing within 15 minutes of the regional office.
• 12-month At-will contract position (40 hours per week)
• Contact information: Dan Smith at dan.smith1@wyo.gov