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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