Wildland Sentinel: Field Notes from an Iowa Conservation Officer - Paperback

by Erika Billerbeck (Author)

In America's Midwest, where "wilderness" is in short supply, working to defend what's left of Iowa's natural resources can be both a daunting and an entertaining task. In Wildland Sentinel, Erika Billerbeck takes readers along for the ride as she and her colleagues sift through poaching investigations, chase down sex offenders in state parks, search for fugitives in wildlife areas, haul drunk boaters to jail, perform body recoveries, and face the chaos that comes with disaster response. Using an introspective personal voice, this narrative nonfiction work weaves stories of Iowa's natural history with a cast of unforgettable characters. Wildland Sentinel touches on what it means to be a woman working in the male-dominated field of conservation law enforcement.

Author Biography

Erika Billerbeck is a conservation officer with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. She is the previous author of the "Warden's Diary" column in Iowa Outdoors Magazine. She lives in Solon, Iowa.