Marshall Haynes Named Idaho Conservation Officer Of The Year
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June 13, 2006
Idaho Fish and Game conservation officer Marshall Haynes is the 2006
recipient of the agency's Conservation Officer of the Year award.
Two conservation officers are selected each year to receive this
coveted award; in addition to Haynes, conservation officer Barry
Cummings also received the 2006 honor.
Haynes' patrol district encompasses portions of Boise, Elmore and
Ada counties. He is responsible for the north half of the City of
Boise, Idaho City, the North and Middle Fork drainages of the Boise
River, Banner Ridge, Graham, Atlanta and a portion of the Trinity
Mountains.
Haynes' passion for the varied facets of a conservation officer's
job led to his nomination for the award by his supervisor, district
conservation officer Bill London. "Marshall is a leader in wildlife
protection through enforcement of game laws, through field-based
biological studies and management, and through public outreach
programs," London noted. "It is by melding these differing aspects
of wildlife management that Marshall is able to promote the
implementation of Fish and Game's conservation programs."
Bull trout - a threatened species - occur over a large portion of
Haynes' patrol area, prompting Haynes to become the leader of
regional bull trout enforcement efforts. Not only did he organize
patrols targeting bull trout vulnerabilities, Haynes also designed a
data form for recording bull trout enforcement efforts and
violations. He then compiled this information and wrote an
end-of-year report that Fish and Game fishery managers have used to
better detail Fish and Game's bull trout education/enforcement
effort.
Community outreach is important to Haynes who regularly writes
articles for his weekly paper, and meets regularly with both his
prosecutor and the judge to discuss Fish and Game legal changes and
philosophies. He teaches Hunter Education classes, and is working
with the Idaho City Police Department and the U.S. Forest Service to
improve a local pond for increased fishing and improved public
access.
An avid wild turkey hunter himself, Haynes made arrangements this
past spring with a local rancher and the National Wild Turkey
Foundation to make the dream of hunting wild turkeys a reality for
one wheelchair-bound boy. A life-long memory was made for this young
man when he harvested a large tom turkey with the able assistance of
Haynes.
Conservation officer Marshall Haynes' willingness to go above and
beyond in all aspects of his job made him a worthy recipient of the
2006 Conservation Officer of the Year.
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