84 Bob Farrell – Hawai’i

Bob Farrell is a former fish and wildlife enforcement officer with more than 30 years of maritime experience in multiple environments from Alaska to Hawai’i. After a successful career with the California Department of Fish & Wildlife – culminating in serving as Assistant Chief – Bob figured he’d return to his home state of Hawai’i to wind down his career as an active game warden in the field, but fate soon intervened, and he once again found himself in a leadership position. Today, he continues his mission to strengthen conservation law enforcement through consultation and training all over the world.


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Here’s what we discuss:

Involved in wildlife conservation post-retirement

Enforcement is sometimes an afterthought

Earliest memories are on the water

“I wanted to be Jacques Cousteau when I grew up.”

NOAA fisheries observer aboard a Korean trawler in Alaska

Six years fishing the Bering Sea

Operating boats for the California Department of Fish & Wildlife 

Joined CDFW as a dive instructor

Accepted as a reserve warden

Warden-centric TV programs helped recruitment

Promotions are nice, but being an active warden is more fun

Bob delayed promotion to join a major task force operation 

Moved to Hawai’i to get back into the field, but then…

“At the end of the day, I was obligated.”

Helping enact progressive change

Building skills from the ground up

Secured funding for the first DOCARE academy

Developing a Field Training Officer program

Established the state’s first DLNR Officer of the Year award

Sending officers to NACLEC 

“Now we’re the tip of the spear.”

Working nights wasn’t typical

Caught spotlighters the first night

Protect cultural as well as natural resources

Retirement allows freedom to advocate for policy and legislation

The importance of listening to different perspectives

We can effect change

Bob’s advice for potential game wardens


Credits
Hosts: Wayne Saunders and John Nores
Producer: Jay Ammann
Art & Design: Ashley Hannett
Content Coordinator: Stacey DesRoches

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