Andrew Wade

Conducted avian surveys on woodcock (audio) and Kirkland's Warbler (grid survey). Collected bear hair for the 5 year bear hair snare surveys. Participated in aerial black bear surveys, via radio telemetry. Operated watercraft machines (PWC and Jon boats) to round up geese for bird banding.

Helped age and sex geese, as well as leg banding over the Roscommon and local areas.

Worked with other Wildlife Technician's on mallard trapping and leg banding, as well as placing transmitters on hen mallards for tracking purposes. Participated in educating elementary students about the furbearers in Michigan, during a field day.

Operated large closed-cab tractors, with multiple brush hogs to maintain growth in wildlife openings.

Maintained the larges and implements by checking fluid levels, greasing every 8 hours, and visual inspections to make sure all moving parts were functional. Operated a bull dozer to maintain hunter access trails by leveling out dirt and sand.

Operated and maintained chainsaw's, pole-saws, and string trimmers to trim hunter access trails, remove fallen trees, and keep gates accessibly on WMA (sharpened chains, clean air filters, replace blades, mix fuel correctly)

• Controlled pesticide and herbicide application
• Demonstrated self-reliance by meeting and exceeding workflow needs
• Maintain State grounds, by picking up trash, custodial tasks (sanitizing, cleaning and re supplying restroom facilities)
• Operation of mowers, string trimmers, large tractors and implements
• Maintain the beaches by raking them and cleaning debris
• Maintenance on mowers, tractors, vehicles, small engines and UTVs
• Operation in chainsaws and tree trimming
• Operating work boats for moving buoy markers, pulling logs out of the water
• Operating UTVs for transportation, trash cleanup, blowing sidewalks off, mulching jobs
• Operation of power and hand tools
• Electrical repairs on mowing equipment, light fixtures, and outlets
• Plumbing for restroom sinks, toilets, and minor busted pipes
• Carpentry work, refacing docks, building kiosk signs, shelter houses and framing up walls
• Goose surveying.

• This was a month-long deer-check station position
• Responsibilities of collecting information from hunters, including location of harvest (town, range, section) upon them bringing a harvest deer in
• Then enter information into a mobile database
• Removed heads from white-tailed deer, then tag them for bovine TB testing
• Operated hand tools: knives, sharper's, jaw bars, and powered reciprocating saws.