Job Description and Duties
Under the supervision of the Beaver Restoration Program Supervisor, the incumbent will assist the Beaver Restoration Program with implementation of beaver-assisted restoration projects to support ecosystem conservation, habitat restoration, species conservation, and improve climate change, drought, and wildfire resilience throughout California. Tasks include conducting pre-trapping beaver surveillance, live-trapping and transporting beavers to CDFW's husbandry facilities, daily animal care and pen cleaning during quarantine, assisting with beaver translocations and pre- and post-release monitoring of the ecosystem and translocated beavers, maintenance of equipment and animal husbandry facilities, data collection, entry, and management, as well as assisting the Judas Nutria Program, and Nutria Eradication and Beaver Restoration Units with image cataloguing in Wildlife Insights to improve the species identification algorithm for species commonly encountered in California’s wetland ecosystems. Duties may also include conducting beaver surveys throughout the state to help determine the current distribution of beavers in California.