Pretty dramatic stuff. Wardens are winning some battles. But government is losing the war. The state has cut back on enforcement. Criminal elements have learned they can get away with virtually anything.
Wardens are upset, too.
When a crime is reported, it sometimes goes unworked. We have a whole fishery going on outside the reach of wardens. Our wardens are reduced to patrolling by skiff. The agency's enforcement staff in California was lopped 28 percent last year. Osh McNulty is a foot soldier.