Wildlife Technician – Southeast Region

A winter and spring field technician job with Idaho Fish and Game’s Southeast Regional Office in Pocatello, running early January to late May 2027. The technician monitors radio-collared ungulates, collects chronic wasting disease samples, surveys sage-grouse and sharp-tailed grouse leks, and deploys and maintains remote cameras. The position also hazes American white pelicans on the Blackfoot River and Reservoir under the region’s avian predation management plan, and helps with habitat restoration including planting and fence repair. Applicants must accept a flexible schedule with early mornings, long days, weekends and stretches of up to seven consecutive days, and be able to lift sixty pounds with occasional loads to a hundred while working outdoors in extreme weather. Housing is not provided, though state camp trailer lodging applies during pelican work.