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Fish and Wildlife Biologist
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · Posted 15 days ago
Hybrid Fort Worth, TX $97K – $127K Apply by Sep 11, 2026 General Natural Resources Management And Biological Sciences ENTJENTPINTJINTP Engineering
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You will serve as a Fish and Wildlife Biologist with US Fish and Wildlife Service. This position is for a Senior Fish and Wildlife Biologist in the Texas Coastal and Central Plains Ecological Services Field Office in Fort Worth, Texas. This office focuses on administering the Endangered Species Act, reviewing development and infrastructure projects, and developing and maintaining partnerships for the conservation of fish and wildlife resources.
What You'll Do
- →Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Position works with multiple state and Federal partners to address complex plant and wildlife conservation issues largely in the east and north regions of Texas, including the panhandle, as well as other projects in the state and beyond.
- →Serves as an agency expert on threatened, endangered, and at-risk species occurring in north Texas, including the peppered chub, sharpnose shiner, smalleye shiner, Arkansas River shiner, golden-cheeked warbler, Texas kangaroo rat, Texas heelsplitter, Louisiana pigtoe, tricolored bat, and lesser prairie-chicken.
- →Provides technical assistance to agencies, researchers, and other stakeholders with regard to the Endangered Species Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and other wildlife or conservation laws.
- →Independently works to administer activities under the Endangered Species Act, including conducting consultations and conferences under section 7, negotiating and developing conservation agreements under section 10, and drafting/reviewing documents associated with section 4 of the Endangered Species Act.
- →Coordinates landscape scale conservation and recovery projects with multiple state, Federal, and private entities that target threatened, endangered, or at-risk species with ranges that overlap north/east Texas.
- →Develops work plans and technical reports of findings, conclusions, and recommendations regarding management plans, development projects, or conservation agreements.
Requirements
- ✓Must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen or National.
- ✓Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
- ✓Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
- ✓Direct Deposit participation required.
- ✓Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
- ✓To learn more, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.
- ✓Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probation to evaluate your fitness and whether your continuation of employment advances the public interest.
- ✓This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized.
- ✓In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
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