Geofencing Timber-TechSteve Beltran GEOFENCING has become a popular enforcement tool for the ever-elusive poacher. With most of our poaching incidents taking place off the beaten path it has become frustrating for the modern warden to be in the right place … Continue reading →
OUR 40th ANNUAL CONFERENCETENNESSEE 2022North American Wildlife Enforcement Officers Association In 1980, a contingent of fifteen Game Wardens from the United States and Canada met in Great Falls, Montana to establish an International Association of Game Wardens. These highly motivated … Continue reading →
Cowboy in the Woods Caleb Ritenour, Assistant Editor Feeling nostalgic for our brave military in recent times, a reader’s roll call saluted a collection of Tim O’ Brien short stories of the Vietnam War – The Things They Carried. It … Continue reading →
THINGS YOU CARRY Retired Deputy Game WardenMarshall B. Nych, Pennsylvania Game Commission Feeling nostalgic for our brave military in recent times, a reader’s roll call saluted a collection of Tim O’ Brien short stories of the Vietnam War – The … Continue reading →
Zero Choiceby Terry Hodges A still October night in the forest. The green patrol vehicle, a four-by-four pickup, was all but invisible in the darkness. Alert behind the wheel, Warden Josh Brennan, California Department of Fish and Game, peered down … Continue reading →
Mary Ford PlattenArizona’s First Female Game Warden Mary Ford Platten was a trailblazer. Born June 11, 1869 on Kodiak Island, she was the first white child born in Alaska under the American Flag. Her father, a Civil War veteran, was … Continue reading →
The Merritt SystemHow one federal officer unintentionally achieved a unique status Different paths lead each of us into a career in the outdoors. What started as a chance sighting of a poster during her college days at the University of … Continue reading →
The Trading Game It was the summer of 2010, my second year as a full-time officer for the Pennsylvania Game Commission, when I attended my first North American Wildlife Enforcement Officers Association conference. I began my career in 2003 patrolling … Continue reading →
