Conservation officers working for us and the great outdoors

By MPP Toby Barrett

To The Haldimand Press

Many in Ontario aspire to be a conservation officer (CO). I know I wanted to be a forest ranger while in high school, a sentiment shared by many today as 1,700 people recently applied for 25 CO positions.

Through the recently amalgamated Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF), conservation officers enforce laws that protect our natural resources.