As long as people believe they can get away with crime, our friends at Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources’ Law Enforcement Division will be kept busy. The latest Law Enforcement Report gives us a glimpse into what folks thought they could get away with … until they met DNR Rangers. This week’s perps include: Harvesting […]
This edition of Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources’ Law Enforcement Report is brought to you by fishermen who don’t believe they need a license and by boaters who think they can get away with Boating Under the Influence. This week’s perps include: Operation Dry Water recap – Statewide Taking game fish by illegal method (cast net) […]
Are you tough enough to fight an alligator? One on one? Bare handed? Man against beast? I am, as long as my bare hands are holding a loaded gun capable of blasting through bank vaults. In 2012, 850 hunters in Georgia harvested 247 alligators. The average gator was just under 100″ and the longest gator measured 161 […]
Bandits, crooks and other desperados must not pay attention to the news about other bandits, crooks and desperados getting busted by Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources’ Law Enforcement Division. This Law Enforcement Report proves our natural resources are protected 24/7 by DNR Rangers. This week’s perps include: Stolen watercraft recovered – Forsyth County Operation Dry […]
The board of Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources met on Tuesday, June 25, 2013, at Georgia Southern University and chose to make fundamental changes to the structure of its organization. The DNR reorganized its Wildlife Resources Division (WRD), effective Monday, July 1, 2013. Five former departments will be consolidated into one — the Law Enforcement Division — […]
Time now for another edition of the Department on Natural Resources’ Law Enforcement Report — also known as “Bad Boys in the Woods.” Rangers enforce all kinds of laws, including those covering fish and game. Good thing too. If they didn’t our forests and public lands could become as dangerous and uncivilized as Detroit. This […]
You see an alligator while strolling around McDuffie County. Your little yippy dog wants to take it on, tooth to tooth. You are determining your chances of survival and, in spite of your mother in law, you decide to save your life and run away. Then what do you do? You call Georgia’s Department of […]
Everybody says they want to support wildlife, but who actually has a wild life? Besides, if you had one you’d only get busted, fired, kicked out, sued, disowned and teased by nasty children. That doesn’t mean you cannot support a different type of wildlife. You can! Our friendly friends at the Georgia Department of Natural […]
The West Point Wildlife Management Area’s public shooting range will be closed — temporarily — from Wednesday, June 19, 2013 until Tuesday, July 2nd, says the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division. The Troup County facility will be shut down in order for improvements to be made by workers who would rather perform […]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) at Lake Allatoona has news for hunters. Beginning with the 2013/2014 hunting season, a $20 special activity fee will be assessed for hunting on certain Allatoona Lake lands. This fee is necessary to offset increasing costs in administering the program and for some future improvements of wildlife habitat. Hunters […]