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Virginia game wardens were first appointed in 1903. The title was changed to "conservation police officer" in 2007. [4] Since the establishment of the department, eleven officers have died while on duty. In the 1920s and 1930s, five game wardens died from gunfire, and two game wardens died from drowning/pneumonia.
Unlike many lower 48 states, the AST also serves as Alaska’s primary environmental law enforcement agency; troopers assigned to the AST’s Division of Alaska Wildlife Troopers are known as "Alaska Wildlife Troopers" and primarily serve as game wardens, although they retain the same powers as other Alaskan state troopers.
The Code of Virginia provides that "the Board shall consist of not more than one member from each congressional district". Following Census 2000, Virginia was allocated 11 Congressional districts; therefore, the Board was limited to a maximum of 11 members. Members are appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the General Assembly. [1]
Game Warden Phillip Nelson was recipient of the 2024 Rocky Wainwright Waterfowl Award, an award named in honor of Wainwright, a game warden who at the age of 36 died in the line of duty in Twiggs ...
A Virginia State Parks Police vehicle at Mason Neck State Park. The agency's name changed in 1938 to the Virginia Conservation Commission, which was led by N. Clarence Smith (1939–1942), and William A. Wright (1942–1948).
On July 16, Game Warden Jeremy Schmid got a call from the Stowe Police Department saying a bear had climbed a two-story deck at a condominium development near downtown and now found itself in the ...
William Bailey, 24, was involved in a training exercise at the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Game Warden Academy in Barren County when the medical incident occurred at 1:13 p ...
Virginia Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) are state-managed protected areas that exist primarily for the benefit of wildlife. Within the Commonwealth of Virginia , 46 tracts of land have been protected as WMAs, covering a total of over 216,000 acres (338 sq mi; 870 km 2 ).