Dare ObasanjoNov 27, 2023

No job opening has deserved the question “Why is this position currently open?” as much as this one.

https://www.usajobs.gov/job/638596100?fbclid=IwAR3jAVffcSHvGLk-2TbuHccN6qe61mmXqncf4pN3oeSVkazWvWoiV2kLeOk_aem_ARtBnmPzSlCC-foEUHHlEgrvss34I7__p-8oStPcs0-gS41S0aIf-poZ3YQ7XT4pMgM

Grizzly Bear Conflict Manager

This position is a Grizzly Bear Conflict Manager (Grizzly Bear Conflict Manager), GS- 0486-12 for the R6-Grizzly Bear Recovery Coordinator. <strong>Duty location is negotiable after selection, but must be located within 100 miles of Missoula, Bozeman, or Kalispell in Montana, United States.</strong><br> <br> <em>This position is also open to status candidates under announcement R2-22-11398543-MP. You must apply to each announcement separately if you wish to be considered under both recruitment methods.</em>

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Show threadninavizzNov 27, 2023
@carnage4life Err... I live in rural Oregon. Wildlife and forestry management jobs are really important in rural communities. The critters were here, first; and then the tribespeople. Cars, freeways, farms, hikers. Read about Canada's feral pig problem, yet?
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@ninavizz @carnage4life We went camping in LaPine some years ago and we were surprised by all the rules and warnings at the campsite, having lived in urban areas in Europe we never heard coyotes in our whole lives or never had to take precautions to avoid attracting bears
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Show threadninavizzDec 1, 2023
@andcarnivorous @carnage4life I'm from Michigan, and went camping for the first time in the Western US with high school friends at 19. None of us had heard of those rules, either—and the camp site had nothing posted that we could see. But, we were woken by a ranger at 7am, for leaving food out, and issued a ticket. I've now lived her for +30yrs, and from hearing about multiple incidents realized—it's an unfortunately big deal.
Show threadninavizzDec 1, 2023
@andcarnivorous @carnage4life For a lot of reasons (namely overly-fast land development, and colonization) the natural ecosystems have been borked pretty badly by humans. Europe was developed slowly, over centuries, long before the industrial methods existed to foster the speedy land development that exist today. I suspect those are the biggest reasons they're uniquely US problems. FWIW, I'd also never heard coyotes before moving to a rural mountain home. Colonization sucks.