Game Warden Cracks Down on Duck Poachers
A series of swift convictions and heavy fines target illegal hunting activities near Richland.
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N. G. Palmer, game warden of Benton county, is making violations of the game laws a hazardous business in his county, having secured seven convictions in the past week. F. Lancaster, Homer Rowland, C. E. Rowland, and J. F. Anderson plead guilty before Justice Baker of Prosser to shooting ducks after sunset north of Richland. They were fined forty dollars apiece, their guns confiscated and their licenses revoked. Other hunters, including Mat Kirkwood, G. E. Beardsley, and W. H. Beardsley, were also fined and had their equipment seized for various hunting violations.
“N. G. Palmer, game warden of Benton county, is making violations of the game laws a hazardous business in his county.”
Wildlife management and the enforcement of conservation laws have been a central point of civic tension in Benton County for over a century. The aggressive enforcement of hunting regulations reflects the historical move toward protecting resources from over-exploitation.
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