Job Title:Student Trainee (Biology)
Department:Department Of The Interior
Agency:Interior, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Job Announcement Number:R3-14-1101488-MT
This is a Pathways Career Internship Program position at
the Wisconsin Private Lands Office, Madison, WI. Incumbent of this
position serves as a Student Trainee (Biology) performing a variety
of duties that provide meaningful training and developmental
opportunities leading to a career in fish and wildlife biology or
wildlife biology. The intern performs a variety of duties designed to
orient and expose the student to the mission and work of the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service and to the benefits and conditions of
Federal employment. Applicants must be mobile to all duty locations in
Region 3 before and after graduation, if offered a permanent position upon
graduation from college. This position requires the selectee to work a regular
work schedule during the summer. Work will be optional during the school
year.
DUTIES:
The Pathways Internship Program is a work experience that provides an opportunity for students to
pursue work that is relevant and beneficial to their academic or career goals. The assignments may
include tasks such as the following:
 Reviews
sites on private property for potential wetland restoration activity or
native prairie restoration activity.
 Recommends seeding mixtures and techniques for native prairie restoration
and/or brush land management.
 Assists with invasive species removal projects, recording and submitting
accomplishment data on the process of technical assistance and habitat
restoration activities.
 Represents the Service in discussion with private landowners and agencies
involved with Farm Bill programs that are less complex and noncontroversial nature.
 Assists the Project Leader with developing priority areas to conduct restoration
activities that center on endangered species of wildlife, migratory birds.