The deadline to apply for the Department of Fish and Game's warden academy is Nov. 4.
Applicants will be considered for the proposed January 2012 academy at Butte College in Oroville.
"Game wardens ensure the future of wildlife resources ... through responsible enforcement of laws and regulations," said DFG recruiter Lt. Jeff Longwell. "They are charged with ensuring public safety, investigating illegal commercialization of wildlife, protecting the state from pollution, enforcing habitat protection laws, fighting illegal drug trafficking, keeping the homeland secure and responding during natural disasters."
Wardens make contact with more than 295,000 people and issue more than 15,000 citations for legal infractions.
Successful academy applicants will enter a 30-week program, followed by several monthlong training assignments where they will work with a seasoned field training officer.
DFG's academy at Butte College is Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST)-certified. Cadets are trained to be police officers with specific emphasis on working as a warden.
In California, with 159,000 square miles of area that offers habitat and wildlife diversity unequaled by any other state, the average warden has a patrol district of more than 600 square miles. The state has more than 1,100 miles of coastline, 30,000 miles of rivers and streams, 4,800 lakes and reservoirs, three desert habitat areas and scores of high mountain peaks.
More information and applications are available at www.dfg.ca.gov/enforcement. Applications must be postmarked by Nov. 4.
For more details, visit www.dfg.ca.gov/enforcement/career to view DFG's new recruitment</CF> videos.
Applicants will be considered for the proposed January 2012 academy at Butte College in Oroville.
"Game wardens ensure the future of wildlife resources ... through responsible enforcement of laws and regulations," said DFG recruiter Lt. Jeff Longwell. "They are charged with ensuring public safety, investigating illegal commercialization of wildlife, protecting the state from pollution, enforcing habitat protection laws, fighting illegal drug trafficking, keeping the homeland secure and responding during natural disasters."
Wardens make contact with more than 295,000 people and issue more than 15,000 citations for legal infractions.
Successful academy applicants will enter a 30-week program, followed by several monthlong training assignments where they will work with a seasoned field training officer.
DFG's academy at Butte College is Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST)-certified. Cadets are trained to be police officers with specific emphasis on working as a warden.
In California, with 159,000 square miles of area that offers habitat and wildlife diversity unequaled by any other state, the average warden has a patrol district of more than 600 square miles. The state has more than 1,100 miles of coastline, 30,000 miles of rivers and streams, 4,800 lakes and reservoirs, three desert habitat areas and scores of high mountain peaks.
More information and applications are available at www.dfg.ca.gov/enforcement. Applications must be postmarked by Nov. 4.
For more details, visit www.dfg.ca.gov/enforcement/career to view DFG's new recruitment</CF> videos.
Joe Segura, a mild-mannered reporter for a major metropolitan newspaper, has covered Gotham City, er Long Beach, for 34 years. During his very, very long -- endless -- tenure, he's covered almost every beat, and he was the main writer for BeachWeek, which focused on life and lifestyles of the shoreline communities from downtown Long Beach to the Huntington Beach pier.
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