Intern - Wildlife Damage (Summer)

Sdsoybean; Sioux Falls (SD); On-site; USD 22,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

The South Dakota Department of Game, Fish & Parks in Sioux Falls offers a Wildlife Damage Intern position for the summer session (May–August). The role provides hands-on experience in wildlife damage management, including exclusion fences, hazing, and limited trapping, with field work using trucks, tractors, UTVs, boats, and related gear.

Applicants must be enrolled as a student and have completed at least one year of their program.

Qualifications

• Applicant must be enrolled as a part-time/full-time student at a college, university, or technical institute.
• By the start of the internship, the student should have completed one year (nine months) of their chosen program.
• Preference may be given to South Dakota residents and students of SD institutions.

Responsibilities

• Assist Regional Wildlife Damage Specialists in southeastern South Dakota.
• Learn methods of exclusion fences for Canada Geese, Turkey's, and deer.
• Learn hazing practices, some trapping for nuisance animals and Beavers, banding migratory game birds.
• Operate and maintain equipment and vehicles such as pick-up trucks, tractors, UTV's, kayaks, and boats with motors.
• Record keeping and data entry.

Skills

Wildlife damage management

Data entry

Record keeping

Trapping (nuisance animals)

Banding migratory birds

Equipment operation

Education

Currently enrolled in college/university/technical institute

Job description

Intern - Wildlife Damage (Summer) - 37117

Sioux Falls, SD | Game, Fish and Parks | Full-Time 40 Hours Weekly

19.09 - 19.09 US per hour

Description

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

Position Description:
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.

Qualifications:
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.