New PDF release: Poachers, Polluters and Politics: A Fishery Officer's Career

By Randy Nelson

Retired fishery officer Randy Nelson’s past love used to be catching poachers. That obsession, plus a devious brain and exuberance for marathon working, spelled sizeable hassle for law-breaking fishermen. Thirty-five years within the box (and move) netted a gold mine of news with hair-raising stories of grizzly endure assaults, indignant axe-wielding, rock-throwing, shotgun-blasting fishermen and high-speed chases on dust roads and during bush. Poachers, Polluters and Politics offers an extraordinary glimpse into the lives of DFO officials and the groups within which they stay. the following too are tales displaying the lighter facet of the DFO, like how Nelson honed his “psychic powers,” and reminiscences of lifestyles in a rodent-infested, government-issue trailer—where his spouse Lorraine as soon as woke up to discover a mouse chewing her hair.

Firm yet reasonable, and constantly leading edge, Randy Nelson frequently earned the—often grudging—respect of groups and fishermen he encountered. no matter if it intended carving a peephole in a hole tree or instructing his puppy to smell for salmon, Nelson used to be continuously scheming up new and difficult how one can seize poachers and polluters, lots of them identified violent criminals. Nelson spent a profession devoted to holding BC’s waters and fish inhabitants and his ardour for his paintings shines via with each note, drawing the reader into the fascinating global of defending natural world and prosecuting undesirable guys.

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