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![]() | A San Diego man was arrested for the fourth time for poaching lobsters in the La Jolla Conservation Area. On one of the four arrests, the investigating warden found he had hidden six undersized lobsters in his pants. ![]() A Tuolumne County man was convicted of deer poaching to the extreme. During the initial investigation, wardens found evidence of 26 deer, many of them fresh kills with body parts strewn about the property. In the garage, 23 severed deer tails were tacked up on the wall. | ![]() A Gilroy man was convicted of a gross overlimit of waterfowl among other violations. Wardens found him to be in possession of 335 birds, mostly waterfowl species, representing almost every species of waterfowl that migrates to and from California. | ![]() Two Monterey County men were arrested for take and possession of 66 abalone from an area completely closed to abalone harvest year round. Both men had multiple prior convictions for abalone/commercial fishing violations. | |
Wardens were involved in two shootings that took place during marijuana garden raids with allied law enforcement agencies. One grower was killed by a member of an allied agency during one raid and in a separate incident, another grower was apprehended after shots were fired. Marijuana garden eradication on public lands is a high priority for wardens because of public safety concerns, poaching associated with the growers, pollution of grow sites and extensive habitat destruction.
On a positive note, DFG added 23 wardens from the 2008 Warden Academy and eight lateral transfers from other law enforcement agencies. The January 2009 Warden Academy is scheduled to begin with 28 new warden cadets.
Contact:
DFG Warden Patrick Foy, 916-651-2084