ILLINOIS (RFD) — The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is actively recruiting new conservation officers. A conservation officer has the enforcement authority of a local, county or state police official but works predominantly in nature, enforcing the rules when it comes to poaching and licensing and other laws related to being in public forests, and other wildlife areas.

Lt Curt Lewis is a Conservation Police officer.

Lewis on what type of enforcement does a Conservation Officer do.

To apply to become Conservation Officer with the Illinois Department of Resources go to DNR.Illinois.Gov.