A conservation officer is a law enforcement officer that protects the wildlife and the environment that they live in.
A conservation officer may also be called gamekeeper, game warden, environmental technician/technologist, investigator, park ranger, ranger, wildlife officer, wilderness officer, or wildlife trooper. All of these titles fall under rubric of National Occupational Classification code 2224.
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“The putting into force of laws which shall secure the conservation of our resources, as far as they may be within the jurisdiction of the Federal Government, including the more important work of saving and restoring our forests and the great improvement of waterways, are all proper government functions which must involve large expenditure if properly performed.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)
“I who have cursed
The drunken officer of British rule, how choose
Between this Africa and the English tongue I love?
Betray them both, or give back what they give?
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How can I turn from Africa and live?”
—Derek Walcott (b. 1930)