Syracuse.com - SUNY ESF grad now heads DEC's environmental conservation officers staff for Region 7

[HuntingNY-News]

He replaced Capt. Woody Erickson, who retired this summer.

Capt. Matt RevenaughCentral New York has a new top cop in the regional state Department of Environmental Conservation office.

Capt. Matt Revenaugh, 34, took over recently as head of the DEC’s environmental conservation officers staff for Region 7. He works out of the DEC’s Syracuse office and oversees five lieutenants, an investigator, and 23 environmental conservation officers.

He replaced Capt. Woody Erickson, who retired this summer.

Originally from the Utica area (Whitesboro), Revenaugh graduated from SUNY ESF in 1999 with a dual major in forest resource management and environmental forest biology.

He initially worked as an environmental conservation officer in Rockland, Herkimer and Jefferson counties. In 2005, he was promoted to lieutenant, supervising the officers assigned to St. Lawrence County. He was in St. Lawrence County until his promotion last month.

In addition to his supervisory responsibilities, Revenaugh is also a Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) firearms instructor and police instructor, teaching a variety of topics, often through the DEC’s training center, in Pulaski.

View the full article on The Syracuse Outdoors Blog

[sweet old bill]

best of luck to him...