Joey Provencher

I am a student athlete at Franklin Pierce University as I am a left handed pitcher for the baseball team. I have always loved sports and I have played a good number of different sports growing up. While I am attending Franklin Pierce University for baseball, I am also there to gain an education in both the Environmental Science and Criminal Justice fields because I am interested in trying to become a Fish and Game Warden. I have always had a strong interest in nature and wildlife and I look forward to pursuing my dream of one day becoming a Warden.

Ever since I was young I have always had a great appreciation for the outdoors. As I grew older I realized that the land and wilderness around me was something that I wanted to protect. In the years I have been around, there have been many changes in the forests and the environment around me. There are many problems occurring in the wild and I want to be one of the people on the front line helping to protect all of the native species living in the area. I have loved all animals ever since I was little and I have always had respect for nature and I intend to put everything I have into protecting the land and animals I respect so much.

Becoming a Fish and Game Warden is something that not everyone can do. It takes pride and dedication to become one of the states' finest Wardens. In order to become a Fish and Game Warden there are some qualifications that need to be met. The New Hampshire Fish and Game qualifications are, but not limited to: an Associate Degree or 60 credit hours from a recognized college or technical institute and no experience required. Or completion of high school, G.E.D. or its equivalent and two years of full-time employment as a certified police officer in a recognized jurisdiction, or two years of experience in the military on full-time active duty with an honorable discharge may be substituted for the two years of required formal education. Among these qualifications, there are others that are required to be met in order to become a Fish and Game Warden. There are physical aspects of the job that must be met as well. There are physical requirements that the job asks from the workers that they must be capable of completing and coming from a life of athletics and growing up with a background of being in the wilderness, I believe I have more than enough qualifications for the position of a Fish and Game Warden. Not only do I believe that I have the physical a