The Northern California Fly Fishing Board

troutnut wrote:






3. WARDENS ARE UNDERPAID

Blah, Blah, Blah! If I hear that one more time I am going to PUKE! Everyone's job sucks, everyone on the planet is underpaid.


I think you might be missing the point about warden salaries. When folks bring up the fact that warden salaries are low compared to the salaries of other law enforcement agencies they are generally talking about how it's getting harder for the DFG to find wardens because nobody wants to be one. Why be a warden when you can get a job with the highway patrol that pays another 20-25 grand a year and requires the same training as a DFG warden? I don't think anyone ever claims that wardens don't catch more poachers because they're under paid. The low number of wardens in the state probably has more to do with that then salary.