Seasonal Employment Opportunities

Locations: Various areas around the state of North Dakota
Salary: $13.50 to $18.75 per hour - based on college credits and experience
Closing Date: January 31, 2027
Status: Temporary, Seasonal
Housing: Free housing is available at all locations. Security deposit required. No pets allowed at any locations.
Job Duration: Positions are generally 40 hours per week and 3 months in duration.

Seasonal employees attending a North Dakota college or university may be eligible for a scholarship. Restrictions apply.

Wildlife Seasonal Technicians

Summary of Work:

Seasonal employees assist with routine land and habitat management on Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) and PLOTS tracts across a multi-county district. Duties include fencing, signing, food plot establishment, prescribed burning, weed control, mowing, tree planting, habitat improvements, equipment maintenance and computer data entry.

Additional opportunities may include wildlife surveys, waterfowl and dove banding, CWD sampling, fish netting and electrofishing. Work involves operating ATVs, UTVs, tractors and other equipment. 

Fisheries Seasonal Technicians

Summary of Work:

Fisheries seasonal technician opportunities exist in the following areas: fisheries management, ANS management and fisheries development (boat ramps, docks, and piers).

Dove Banding Technicians

Dove banding technician duties involve determining potential mourning dove banding sites, securing permission to band doves on private and public property, maintenance of equipment/bait, running trap sites morning and evening, banding doves, entering dove banding data, maintaining detailed banding records, and using conibear and/or live traps to eliminate potential predation problems. Successful applicants will also be expected to write a summary report of banding activities at the end of the banding season.

Enforcement Seasonal Worker

The enforcement seasonal worker will assist District Game Wardens with various day to day activities. Activities include, but are not limited to, boat safety inspections, calls for service from the public, equipment maintenance, educational programs, and aquatic nuisance species inspections.