Economist

This position is located at the National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC), Fort Collins, Colorado. Conducts original benefit-cost studies of NWRC wildlife management products and of Wildlife Services (WS) operational effectiveness to solve wildlife damage complaints.

Apply economic methodology to quantify the benefits and costs of WS activities and NWRC products and develop improved assessment, sampling, and econometric methods. Conceptualize, organize and create presentations to NWRC researchers, WS personnel and Stakeholders to disseminate Project research study findings and activities. Collaborate with the Project Leader/Research Economist and economics project staff, as well as other NWRC researchers and WS personnel, in the conduct of economic research and data analyses. Assist in planning, conduct research and report results of economic research dealing with the benefits and costs of human-wildlife conflicts, wildlife damage management techniques and activities. Independently derive novel procedures for economic analyses with readily definable objectives, available information sources, and conventional research procedures. Identify important variables and perform data collection and assembly of relevant files for economic research.