What do Game Wardens do in California?
As in the other 49 states and Canadian provinces, California’s 192 Fish and Game Wardens in the field enforce not only wildlife law, but criminal, civil and traffic law, conduct search and rescue operations, deal with “problem” animals, conduct homeland security operations, advise biologists on wildlife populations, do undercover work, respond to toxic spills and pollution, and teach environmental education, including Hunter Education classes. Wardens do all their own CSI work and the Department has an award-winning forensic CSI lab. There is also has a 10-person Special Operations Unit that does deep undercover work in pursuit of organized crime. Wardens are on call 24/7, work from a home office, and cover vast remote areas, usually alone – on foot; in boats, planes, helicopters, patrol vehicles, on horseback, and snowmobiles. In California, wardens are also Deputy Federal Marshals who may work cases in other states and/or involving federal laws like the Lacey Act and Endangered Speci
As in the other 49 states and Canadian provinces, California’s 192 Fish and Game Wardens in the field enforce not only wildlife law, but criminal, civil and traffic law, conduct search and rescue operations, deal with “problem” animals, conduct homeland security operations, advise biologists on wildlife populations, do undercover work, respond to toxic spills and pollution, and teach environmental education, including Hunter Education classes. Wardens do all their own CSI work and the Department has an award-winning forensic CSI lab. There is also has a 10-person Special Operations Unit that does deep undercover work in pursuit of organized crime. Wardens are on call 24/7, work from a home office, and cover vast remote areas, usually alone – on foot; in boats, planes, helicopters, patrol vehicles, on horseback, and snowmobiles. In California, wardens are also Deputy Federal Marshals who may work cases in other states and/or involving federal laws like the Lacey Act and Endangered Speci
