Wildlife Damage Intern: Field Techniques & Data Skills

Sdsoybean; Mitchell (SD); On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Game, Fish & Parks in Mitchell, SD seeks a Wildlife Damage Intern for the Summer session (May - August). The role supports wildlife damage management efforts and offers hands-on experience with exclusion fences, hazing, trapping, and banding migratory birds, plus operation of field equipment.

Applicants must be enrolled as a part-time or full-time student and have completed at least one year of their program by the internship start.

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.

Responsibilities

• Intern will perform wildlife damage management techniques to assist the Regional Wildlife Damage Specialists in Southeastern South Dakota.
• Intern will learn methods of exclusion fences for Canada Geese, turkeys, and deer.
• Intern will learn hazing practices, some trapping for nuisance animals and beavers, banding migratory game birds, and other management assignments.
• They will also learn how to operate and maintain equipment and vehicles such as pick-up trucks, tractors, UTVs, kayaks, and boats with motors.
• Record keeping and data entry will be another area of skill development.

Job description

Department of Game, Fish & Parks in Mitchell, SD seeks a Wildlife Damage Intern for the Summer session (May - August). The role supports wildlife damage management efforts and offers hands-on experience with exclusion fences, hazing, trapping, and banding migratory birds, plus operation of field equipment.

Applicants must be enrolled as a part-time or full-time student and have completed at least one year of their program by the internship start.