The primary duties for this position will be to assist with non-invasive hair-snare and remote camera surveys of carnivores in the eastern Sierra Nevada. Job duties will include construction and maintenance of barbed wire hair-snares and remote camera stations. The incumbent will also conduct weekly visitation to the survey stations. Visitation to these sites requires the incumbent to carry a backpack (up to 50lbs) 5 – 10 miles daily in adverse environmental conditions using maps, compass, and GPS units. They must be able to maintain and organize field equipment, vehicles, data recording sheets, and computer data files; keep accurate and up-to-date records of daily work tasks; input data into computers using Excel and Access; conduct basic spatial analysis and generate maps using ArcGIS;