Montana Appoints New Chief Game Warden

Tom Flowers has been selected as the new Chief Game Warden for the Enforcement Division of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP).  Tom’s career started with Montana FWP in 1988 as a field warden with assignments in Miles City and Jordan.  In 1989, Tom moved to the Shelby area until 1993, and then to Choteau where he was the area warden until 2007.  Late in 2007, Tom accepted a criminal investigator position, which he held until September of 2013.  From that point until the present, Tom has been the Region 6 Supervisor in Glasgow. 
 
Tom’s started his new position in Helena on August 10 and looks forward to his association with NACLEC.

 

Maine Warden Service Launches Youth Camp

Last week the Maine Warden Service launched Camp North Woods, a camp specifically designed to capture the enthusiasm youth have expressed in our hit TV series, North Woods Law, on Animal Planet. Held at the University of Maine’s 4-H Camp and Learning Center in Bryant Pond, the camp involved a long list of exciting educational opportunities, some of which involved shooting sports, paddle sports, fishing, hunting, outdoor survival, and map and compass. 
The camp also featured mentor game wardens from North Woods Law including Game Wardens Peter Herring, Sarah Miller, Cody Lounder, and Jonathan Parker. Staff from Bryant Pond also worked tirelessly and provided an exceptional setting for this year’s camp. 
The camp included 48, eight to twelve -year-old boys from Maine and all over the country. Starting July 29th, 48 lucky girls will experience Camp North Woods for their turn at this action-packed week. The mission of the camp is dedicated to providing opportunities to youth in the outdoors, where they can learn lifelong skills and the importance of sustaining Maine’s natural resources.

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Virginia Bans Use of Deer Urine Attractants

For many deer hunters, hanging scent wicks near a hunting stand or dragging a strip of cloth soaked in a doe’s urine compound was a proven strategy for focusing roaming bucks’ attention just before and during the whitetail breeding season known as “the rut.”

Effective July 1, it is illegal in Virginia “to possess or use deer scents/lures that contain natural deer urine or other bodily fluids while taking, attempting to take, attracting, or scouting wildlife.”

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