Featured Officers

Featured Officers of the Month and Career Advancement officers answer your questions from the field. Learn more about Conservation Officer (Fish and Game Warden) employment from the Careers in Enforcement page.

Officer of the Month

March – Officer Spotlight: Jayme King

Name: Jayme King Duty Station: Socorro District Officer Special Area of Responsibility/Game Mgmt Units: Game Management Unit’s 13, 17, 18, 19, 20 Length of Service: 10 months - Game and Fish Recruit Academy Class #54 Field Training: Truth or Consequences Education: Highschool - Tohatchi High School, Tohatchi, NM College - [...]

Career Advancement

Andrew Armendariz (Promotion)

Name: Andrew Armendariz Promotion to: Lieutenant, Law Enforcement Training & Recruiting Special Area of Responsibility/Game Mgmt Units: Statewide- Law Enforcement Training, Field Training Program, Recruiting and the Game Warden (Conservation Officer) Recruit School Length of Service: 6 years Prior position: Sergeant- Roswell Supervisory District Education: [...]

Officer of the Month Archives

March – Officer Spotlight: Jayme King

Name: Jayme King Duty Station: Socorro District Officer Special Area of Responsibility/Game Mgmt Units: Game Management Unit’s 13, 17, 18, 19, 20 Length of Service: 10 months - Game and [...]

April – Officer Spotlight: Derek Ridgway

Name:Derek Ridgway Duty Station: Cimarron District Officer Special Area of Responsibility/Game Mgmt Units: Valle Vidal, GMU’s 55A, 55B, 54, 48 Length of Service: 2.5 years Field Training: Ruidoso Education:High School: [...]

July – Officer Spotlight: Ryan Francis

Name: Ryan Francis Duty Station: Carlsbad District Officer Special Area of Responsibility/Game Mgmt Units: Game Management Units: 30, 31, 33 Lincoln National Forest, Guadalupe District Length of Service: 2 years [...]

October – Officer Spotlight: Matt Lackey

Name: Matt Lackey Duty Station: Grants District Corporal Special Area of Responsibility/Game Mgmt Units: Game Management Units: 9, 10, 12, 13 Cibola National Forest Length of Service: 8 years Field [...]

March Officer of the Month

Name: Dominic McCarthy Duty Station: Grants District Officer Special Area of Responsibility/Game Mgmt Units: GMU’s 7, 9, 10, 13, Bluewater Lake & Grants Riverwalk pond Education: Bachelor’s degree in Fisheries [...]

April Officer of the Month

Name: Logan Vanlandingham Duty Station: Corporal, T or C District, Las Cruces Supervisory District Special Area of Responsibility/Game Mgmt Units: GMU 16C, 17, 19, 20, 21 and Elephant Butte Lake [...]

May Officer of the Month

Name: Shawn Carrell Duty Station: Corporal, Jemez District Special Area of Responsibility/Game Mgmt Units: GMU 6A,6B,6C, Southern Jemez Mountains Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Wildlife and Fishery Science, Eastern New Mexico [...]

June Officer of the Month

Name: Matthew Ordonez Duty Station: Conservation Officer, Raton District Special Area of Responsibility/Game Mgmt Units: GMU: 55A, 55B, 56, 57, 58 Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Forestry/ Wildlife and a Minor [...]

July Officer of the Month

Name: Wyatt Harwell Duty Station: Conservation Officer, Espanola District Special Area of Responsibility/Game Mgmt Units: GMU’s 5B, 6C, 45, 50 and 51 Education: New Mexico State University, Go Aggies! Length [...]

August Officer of the Month

Name: Don Norton Duty Station: Game Warden, Carlsbad District Special Area of Responsibility/Game Mgmt Units: GMU’s 29,30,31 Education: Bachelor Degree Forestry Wildlife/Law Enforcement; WNMU Length of Service: 2.5 years Specialty [...]

September Officer of the Month

Name: Matthew Lackey Duty Station: Socorro District Officer Special Area of Responsibility/Game Mgmt Units: GMU 13 17 18 19 20 Education: Bachelor of Science/Wildlife Sciences West Texas A&M Length of [...]

October Officer of the Month

Name: Shana Burkhardt Duty Station: District Officer, Bloomfield/Largo Special Area of Responsibility/Game Mgmt Units: GMU 2C, GMU 7 Education: Bachelors of Science Degree in Aquatic Biology from University of California [...]