151 – The Game Warden Channel

Introducing The Game Warden Channel! From the creators of smash hits North Woods Law and Lone Star Law, TGWC is now streaming exclusively on YouTube – bringing you even more real-life stories from game wardens across the US. In this episode, we go behind the scenes with Steve Engel and Ben Shank of Engel Entertainment, Director of Photography Jamie Azar, and New Hampshire’s own Col. Kevin Jordan and Conservation Officers Jon Demler, Austin Valladares, Kevin Bronson, and Josiah Towne. Subscribe now for an even closer look into the world of conservation law enforcement.

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Here’s what we discuss:

  • “We’re back!”
  • The first call was to New Hampshire
  • YouTube allows more flexibility
  • Episodes will feature NH, then move to Texas, Nevada, and other states
  • NH Fish & Game staff voted unanimously to participate
  • Carrying the torch for conservation and conservation officers
  • “I’d rather be doing this than probably anything else in television.”
  • Officers and camera crew become good friends
  • A turkey poacher in the wrong neighborhood
  • New show features a smaller crew than network television
  • Camera crew helped tend CO Towne’s animals after work
  • “It’s on the interwebs!”

Credits

Hosts: Wayne Saunders and John Nores

Producer: Jay Ammann

Warden’s Watch logo & Design: Ashley Hannett

Research / Content Coordinator: Stacey DesRoches

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150 Tony Rigoli – New York

Lt. Anthony Rigoli is an Environmental Conservation Officer (ECO) who works for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC). In this episode, he takes us through his time as an ECO based in the last place anyone would expect to run into a game warden – New York City!

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Here’s what we discuss:

  • The Great American Outdoor Show
  • Many new officers begin in New York City
  • “It’s a unique experience.”
  • Assigned to Marine Enforcement Unit
  • Specialized training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC)
  • Encountering high-end watercraft
  • “Being a cop is dangerous. Being out on the ocean is dangerous.”
  • Many people are unaware there are game wardens in NYC
  • Checking fish markets for prohibited goods
  • The not-so-secret signal for illegal turtles
  • City-dwelling coyotes
  • Piloting a brand new 44-foot jet boat
  • The challenges of living and working in the city
  • “You’ll come away with experiences that no other game warden is going to get.”
  • Working with highly experienced and talented officers
  • Shoreline fishing in Manhattan and crafty hiding spots
  • Tips from the public matter
  • 17 conservation officers policing 8 million people
  • An outrageous illegal chemical dumping case

Credits

Hosts: Wayne Saunders and John Nores

Producer: Jay Ammann

Warden’s Watch logo & Design: Ashley Hannett

Research / Content Coordinator: Stacey DesRoches

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