After you retire, you can leave your money in your current 401 or 457 plan. You don’t have to start withdrawals until the year that you reach age 70 1/2. You can, if you wish, roll your plans into…
Vacation
Converting or Cashing Out Your Vacation or Annual Leave Time Although you may not realize it, going on vacation or cashing out your vacation time are not the only options to consider as you approach retirement. Did you know that…
Surviving Spouses
One of the things that I discovered was missing was info for spouses and surviving spouses of our wardens. If you are married to a retired game warden, do you know your status with CalPers. The have several rules regarding…
Fish and Game Commission Biennial Reports
Probably one of the most valuable set of documents for tracking the history of the Department of Fish and Game, now the Department of Fish and Wildlife, is the California Fish and Game Commission Biennial Reports. I used these documents…
SB-1446 Changes the law pertaining to large capacity magazines
Anytime most of us see a new gun law, we automatically panic, thinking that our rights are being taken away. I understand that reaction. In fact, just this evening I saw a note on facebook listing several bills that have…
The Game Warden’s Son
Hello Friends, We hope this finds you well and enjoying the first signs of autumn. We have some exciting news to share with you: The Sequel Has Landed –The Game Warden’s Son , scheduled for release by Coffeetown Press on…
Fish Commission Biennial Reports
Thanks to one of my favorite employees at DFG, Debra Hamilton, I have copies of most of the Biennial reports from DFG. If you see missing documents below, and happen to have a copy of such documents, please Click on this link and…
Black Coffee
By Jim Wictum Being assigned to the San Francisco Office gave me a good excuse to leave my family at Mavis’ parents, far away from Nature Boy. There was the usual backlog of warrants to be served, so I…
Buck
By Jim Wictum The big black Labrador wandered around the yard looking, searching. Whenever a green patrol car pulled up to the house he would meet it eagerly, mouth open, tail flailing. Then his tail would slow to a…
The Line of Duty
California’s Game Wardens Killed or Wounded/Assaulted In The Line of Duty The Thin Green Line Names in Red were killed; Names in Black were Wounded/Assaulted I apologize for the limited info for some entries as we are still working on the research.…