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

  • Snowmobile patrol in the Valle Vidal.
  • Resolved Mountain Lion wildlife complaint in Raton, NM. Mountain Lion was killing and eating pet dogs from landowners backyard.
  • Live pronghorn posing for picture in Maxwell, NM.
  • 2014-2018 Framingham State University Men’s Ice Hockey player #15.

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 [...]

  • NMDGF Conservation Officer of the Month Dominic McCarthy, March 2016
  • NMDGF Conservation Officer of the Month Dominic McCarthy, March 2016

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 [...]

  • NMDGF Conservation Officer of the Month Corporal Logan Vanlandingham, April 2016
  • NMDGF Conservation Officer of the Month Corporal Logan Vanlandingham, April 2016

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 [...]

  • NMDGF Conservation Officer of the Month Shawn Carrell, May 2016
  • NMDGF Conservation Officer of the Month Shawn Carrell, May 2016
  • NMDGF Conservation Officer of the Month Shawn Carrell, May 2016

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 [...]

  • NMDGF Conservation Officer of the Month Matt Ordonez, June 2016
  • NMDGF Conservation Officer of the Month Matt Ordonez, June 2016
  • NMDGF Conservation Officer of the Month Matt Ordonez, June 2016

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 [...]

  • NMDGF Conservation Officer of the Month Wyatt Harwell, July 2016
  • NMDGF Conservation Officer of the Month Wyatt Harwell, July 2016

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 [...]

  • NMDGF Conservation Officer of the Month Don Norton, August 2016

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 [...]

  • NMDGF Conservation Officer of the Month Matthew Lackey, September 2016
  • NMDGF Conservation Officer of the Month Matthew Lackey, September 2016

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 [...]

  • NMDGF Conservation Officer of the Month Shana Burkhardt, October 2016
  • NMDGF Conservation Officer of the Month Shana Burkhardt, October 2016
  • NMDGF Conservation Officer of the Month Shana Burkhardt, October 2016

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 [...]

Career Advancement Archives

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 [...]

Tim Cimbal (Promotion)

Name: Tim Cimbal Promotion to: Colonel Special Area of Responsibility/Game Mgmt Units: Statewide Field Operations Length of Service: 17 years Education: High School [...]

Megan Otero (Promotion)

Name: Megan Otero Promotion to: Guide and Outfitter Program Manager Special Area of Responsibility/Game Mgmt Units: Management of Guides and Outfitters- Statewide [...]

Lt. Shawn Carrell (Promotion)

Name: Lt Shawn Carrell Promotion to: Lieutenant - Revocation Manager Special Area of Responsibility/Game Mgmt Units: Overseeing the Revocation program, Special use [...]

Benjamin Otero (Promotion)

Name: Benjamin Otero Promoted: Sergeant, Chama Supervisory District Special Area of Responsibility/Game Mgmt Units: 6A,6B,6C, 7,5A,5B,4,51,52, Rio Chama Wildlife Area, Sargent Wildlife Area, [...]

  • Career Advancement - Captain Ty Jackson, New Mexico Game and Fish
  • Career Advancement - Captain Ty Jackson, New Mexico Game and Fish
  • Career Advancement - Captain Ty Jackson, New Mexico Game and Fish

Ty Jackson (Promotion)

Name: Ty Jackson Promoted: Captain – Field Operations; Santa Fe Special Area of Responsibility/Game Mgmt Units: I am responsible for law enforcement field [...]

  • Career Advancement - Lieutenant Brady Griffith
  • Career Advancement - Lieutenant Brady Griffith
  • Career Advancement - Lieutenant Brady Griffith

Brady Griffith (Promotion)

Name: Brady Griffith Promoted: Lieutenant, Field Operations Division Special Area of Responsibility/Game Mgmt Units: Training and recruiting (statewide) Education: Bachelor of Science – [...]

  • Career Advancement - Craig Sanchez, Assistant Chief of Education, Information & Education
  • Career Advancement - Craig Sanchez, Assistant Chief of Education, Information & Education

Craig Sanchez (Promotion)

Name: Craig Sanchez Promoted: Assistant Chief of Education, Information and Education Division Special Area of Responsibility/Game Mgmt Units: Oversees the Hunter Education, NASP, OHV, [...]