SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. – The Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Law Enforcement Division is pleased to announce that Major Stephen Adams recently graduated from the National Conservation Law Enforcement Leadership Academy (NCLELA) at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, WV.

“It is vitally important to have Rangers who provide effective, efficient and thorough conservation law enforcement. And, to accomplish this, you must have a Command Staff that is willing to seek out educational opportunities that will help them continue to provide solid management and leadership into the future,” said DNR Law Enforcement Division Director Col. Eddie Henderson. “I commend Major Adams on his commitment to continuing education and I greatly appreciate his contribution to conservation law enforcement and to our Division.”

According to their web site, NCLELA prepares conservation law enforcement executives to successfully carry out the conservation law enforcement mission in a rapidly changing world. The NCLELA provides education on contemporary issues, trends, management and leadership skills and abilities needed by executive level conservation LE leaders in state and federal agencies.

During the training, Adams engaged in such topics as adaptive leadership, leading change, resource management, personnel management, shaping organizational culture, strategic planning, surviving and succeeding as an executive liability, establishing a leadership legacy, and more.

Maj. Adams is a 17-year veteran with GA DNR Law Enforcement.