History
Conservation Officers can trace their history back to the middle ages, see gamekeeper. Their modern history is linked to that of the conservation movement, and has varied greatly between different regions of the world. The history of conservation officers in New York is a good example of the general progress from gamekeeper to conservation officer.
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