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Oklahoma wildlife commissioners honor wardens, accept donation for Pack Saddle range and review fisheries and finances
Summary
The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission met in Oklahoma City and recognized long service and life‑saving actions by game wardens, accepted a donation for the Pack Saddle Shooting Range, heard a director’s operations report including fisheries and paddlefish work, and received December financial figures showing year‑over‑year increases in both revenue and expenditures.
The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission met in Oklahoma City and recognized long service and life‑saving actions by game wardens, accepted a donation for the Pack Saddle Shooting Range, heard a director’s operations report including fisheries and paddlefish work, and received December financial figures showing year‑over‑year increases in both revenue and expenditures.
The commission presented a 25‑year service recognition to Drew Pope and life‑saving awards to game wardens Zane Arnold, Josie Branch and Cody Jones for separate incidents in which each intervened to save people in distress. Drew Pope said of his career, "If you find a job you love, you'll never have to work a day in your life." Nathan (presenter) introduced the life‑saving citations and described each rescue, including a shooting victim treated at Blue River Fishing Area, a one‑year‑old pulled from a dock at Blackwell Lake and resuscitation after a roadside vehicle accident.
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