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FUL - Biologist
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · Posted 51 days ago
Hybrid Anchorage, AK $70K – $91K Apply by Aug 21, 2026 General Natural Resources Management And Biological Sciences ISFPISTP
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This position serves as a Biologist (Migratory Birds) with the Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7, Division of Migratory Birds in Anchorage, Alaska. This vacancy uses the Field Unit Local Hiring (FUL) Authority. Applicants MUST reside within a 50-mile commute of the duty location.
What You'll Do
- →Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Design, coordinate, and implement statewide and regional non-game bird monitoring programs, including surveys to assess species distribution, abundance, habitat use, productivity, and population trends.
- →Coordinate statewide implementation of the North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) and provide technical oversight for long-term bird monitoring programs.
- →Coordinate Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) eBird program, including statewide data quality assurance, reviewer coordination, volunteer engagement, and integration of citizen science into conservation and management.
- →Design and conduct Sikes Act avian monitoring projects on military lands, including Bird/Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) surveys to support military readiness, environmental compliance, and natural resource management.
- →Conduct and oversee standardized non-game bird surveys using methods such as point counts and line transects using distance-sampling, area searches, nest monitoring, across forest, tundra, alpine, wetland, coastal, and other habitats.
- →Develop survey protocols, sampling designs, field methods, and quality assurance procedures to ensure scientifically rigorous and defensible monitoring data.
- →Plan and conduct field studies involving the capture, handling, processing, marking, and release of wild birds, including the deployment of satellite, radio, and geolocator tracking devices, and the collection of biological samples (e.g., blood, feathers, fecal samples, morphometrics) to support research and conservation objectives.
- →Manage, standardize, archive, and disseminate large biological datasets to support long-term monitoring, conservation planning, and public data accessibility Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.
- →Salary Range Information (Per Annum): $69,789 - $90,731 per annum *First time hires to the federal government typically start at the beginning salary in the range for their respective grade level.
Requirements
- ✓Must provide proof of U.S. citizenship.
- ✓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 www.dhs.gov/EVerify/.
- ✓Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment.
- ✓Pre-employment and random drug testing are required.
- ✓You will not be appointed to the position if a verified positive drug test is received.
- ✓You cannot hold an active real estate license, nor can you have an interest or hold stocks in firms with interest in Federal Lands.
- ✓You may be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority.
- ✓Firearm qualification and certification are required for the role, and ongoing proficiency must be maintained.
- ✓You must be free of any domestic violence convictions.
- ✓You must be 21 or older.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 88734bd3-61f4-4cdd-a492-6608bb0516bb
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