Biological Science Technician

National Park Service • Full-time • Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming • $55.88k - $80.24k / year • 10h ago

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Open: October 28, 2026 — Closes: November 5, 2026

Summary

You will serve as a Biological Science Technician at Yellowstone National Park with the National Park Service. Career-Seasonal appointments are permanent positions and include the same benefits as Career appointments, but do not provide work on a year-round basis. You will work for approximately 25 pay periods, and you will be in a non-pay status for the remainder of the year. Non-pay status from late March to early April.

Major Duties

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Serves as a lead technician in the park wolf program, responsible for either leading or participating in all facets of wolf management, monitoring and research. Serves as lead technician in the park wolf immobilization and capture program, to include all collaring and telemetric/GPS tracking of collared wolves. Manages the capture drug acquisition, management, use, tracking and accountability for wildlife capture drugs and agonists. Maintains a DEA research license. Serves as the wolf program aviation coordinator to include aerial wildlife gunning, capture and handling, maintains a Helicopter Crew Member (HECM-R qualification and UA operator license, servicing as program fix wing aircraft use coordinator, executes all program aviation contracting. Maintain a variety of databases. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.

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