Syracuse.com - Head ECO for the DEC's Region 7 retires

[HuntingNY-News]

Capt. Woody Erickson, head of the state Department of Environmental Conservation's Region 7’s environmental conservation officers staff, spent his last day in the Syracuse last week. He retired. His last day officially is June 30, but he had “unused vacation and furlough leave” day to use up. “After 35 great years as a law man, with 28 of those years... Capt. Woody Erickson, head of the state Department of Environmental Conservation's Region 7’s environmental conservation officers staff, spent his last day in the Syracuse last week.He retired.His last day officially is June 30, but he had “unused vacation and furlough leave” day to use up.“After 35 great years as a law man, with 28 of those years as an environmental conservation officer and the last 12 years as the chief environmental conservation officer for Region 7, I am moving on,” Erickson said.Lt. Dave McShane, who is the supervisor of the environmental conservation officers in Onondaga and Cayuga counties, will be the officer-in-charge until Erickson’s replacement is named.Erickson said last week he flew out to Seattle to visit his granddaughter.“At this point, it’s been so busy, it’ll just feel good to do nothing for a while and be bored,” he said. “I also plan to get back into hunting and fishing and other things I haven’t had time to do.”

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