Maine Warden Service – Warden's Watch

148 For the Fallen: Daryl Gordon – Maine Warden Service

Posted on May 15, 2025May 15, 2025 by nhfishcop10

Maine Warden Service Pilot Daryl Gordon was known for his faith, his love of family, fishing and flying, and his steadfast dedication to the people and natural resources of his home state. While flying over the North Maine Woods after a busy day of service, Pilot Gordon’s Cessna went down in a snow squall, prompting a massive search. Warden Preston Pomerleau, whose K9 service partner is named in Gordon’s honor, shares his memories of that day, and reflects on how the entire Maine Warden Service continues to honor and remember their friend.

“It is not how these officers died that made them heroes; it is how they lived.” ~ National Law Enforcement Memorial, Washington, DC

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Hosts: Wayne Saunders and John Nores

Producer: Jay Ammann

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Research / Content Coordinator: Stacey DesRoches

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144 Mindy Rugg – Maine Warden Service

Posted on March 27, 2025March 27, 2025 by nhfishcop10

In our final episode celebrating Women’s History Month 2025, we’re excited to welcome Maine game warden Mindy Rugg. Inspired by our very own podcast, Mindy transitioned from a successful career as a vet tech to become a game warden in 2021. Join us as she shares her journey, the challenges she faces, and the unique perspective women bring to the job.

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Here’s what we discuss:

Gained many skills in her previous career as a vet tech
Needed to be outside
Listened to the Warden’s Watch podcast
Not everyone loves the game warden
Hired in 2021, full-time in 2022
Checking hundreds of boats a day
On the job experience can be the best communication training
People react well if you treat them fairly
Strategies to manage dyslexia
Spell check, Grammarly, and text-to-speech
Working in Western Maine – close to home, but not too close
“Every single day I learn something new.”
Mindy’s favorite Warden’s Watch episode
Maine Warden Service now has seven female officers
Many companies don’t make clothing for women in law enforcement
Don’t talk yourself out of it – make it happen
It’s no longer a shock to meet a female game warden
Women can bring a different perspective to the job

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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117 Let’s Go For a Ride – with Bill Livezey

Posted on November 9, 2023 by nhfishcop10

For twenty years, Bill Livezey led a double life rubbing shoulders with some of Maine’s worst wildlife offenders; the kinds of people who not only live by the poacher’s mantra “if it’s brown, it’s down,” but many who were dangerously unstable felons, alcoholics, and drug abusers – his success at putting bad guys out of business stemming largely from his early years as one of them. Since retiring in 2020 as the Maine Warden Service’s longest-tenured covert operative, he has co-written Let’s Go For a Ride, a captivating chronicle of both a life undercover, and a life transformed.

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Here’s what we discuss:

“Let’s go for a ride” – the universal bad guy code
Desire for wealth sent his father down a dark road
From successful businessman to meth dealer
Hired a hit man to kill his own brother
Ultimately died in a confrontation with police
Young Bill loved sports and the outdoors, but was using drugs regularly by 15
Spiraling out of control: “I was broken.”
Positive influences and an invitation from a teammate changed everything
Unity college and riding with the game warden
An extra-long warden service polygraph
Applying as many times as it takes
The young game warden who knew all the tricks
Experience as a juvenile lent itself to undercover work
Befriending, then arresting poachers was a psychological struggle
“Pull over! I’m an undercover game warden!”
Relationships have to feel real; some were easy, some not so much
Undercover work was difficult to step away from
Some cases were especially taxing
The fear of being discovered
The book brings the reader into each case

Credits

Hosts: Wayne Saunders and John Nores

Producer: Jay Ammann

Art & Design: Ashley Hannett

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032 Eric Blanchard – Maine Warden Service

Posted on April 9, 2020June 22, 2021 by nhfishcop10

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Here’s What We Discuss:

Blanchett or Blanchard
Concord NH Police Officer
Stood Out in Kentucky
1997 Drug Unit
Duck Hunting and Coastal Ducks
A Youth Turkey Season
Bowhuntingand GoPro, First Bird Video
Catching the Intentional Violator
Adrenaline Like a 10 Pointer
Hunting the Poacher
Catching 1%, We’re the Threat
Sometimes You Get Them a Few Times
Math Class and Physics
Mechanical Engineer
Accelerometer, Studying Crash Sites
A Warden’s Podcast is Breaking New Ground
North Woods Law, Great Guys
Bit by a Dog
Poaching a Deer to Be on TV
Kids Love North Woods Law
North American Hair Sheep – Field Dressed
Who Shot the Sheep?
I Can Record Anyone in Maine Without a Warrant
A Retired UPS Driver
DNA and a Bow Release
Following a Guy to a Bar
Warrant for a Mouth Swab
Grant Writer to Professor
DNA is Crucial These Days – Forget Fingerprints
Warden Christmas Party
Recruitment Today, 800 to 35, A Problem
Quality and Trustworthy

012 Kris MacCabe – Maine Warden Service

Posted on August 1, 2019June 22, 2021 by nhfishcop10

Hitting clean up is Kris MacCabe as part of our interview series of North Woods Law Warden’s as a lead up to the North Woods Law Throwdown Softball Game. Kris is a competitive guy with a passion for the woods of Maine and the Maine Warden Service.

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Here’s What We Discuss:
The Maine Warden Services
A Name Back to 1880
Vacationland vs Live Free or Die
Search and Rescue, Police in the Woods
Competitive
2 Weeks to 2.5 Year Search
A K-9 and Return to Base
Warden Search vs Volunteer Search
Sighting and False Sightings
Hunting and Search for Closure
Not a Job, It’s a Lifestyle
The Earle of Errol
The People’s Game Warden
A Warden’s Reputation – Healthy Fear
Role Reversal, Mrs MacCabe
Hunting Under the Influence
The Red Coats
My Neighbor was a Really Good Night Hunter
A Decoy and a Backyard Case
A Preemptive Warrant
A Birthday Gift with Deer All Around
The Canadian Did It
Red Handed Night Hunt
Standby to Standby, Nerve Racking
Manhunt for Corp Cole’s Killer
FBI Agents and Clearing the Cabin
North Woods Law
Game Wardens are Curious
We Always Have the Best Spots
Nothing Good Happens After Midnight
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