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Operation Surf and Turf: Joint Effort Removes Impaired Operators on Water and Roadway

Operation Surf and Turf: Joint Effort Removes Impaired Operators on Water and Roadway On May 31, 2024, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) wildlife officers partnered with the Tennessee ...

NASBLA Names 2024 Regional Winners for Pamela S. Dillon Boating Educator of the Year Award

NASBLA Names 2024 Regional Winners for Pamela S. Dillon Boating Educator of the Year Award LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 12, 2024) – The National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) ...

NASBLA Announces 2024 Regional Winners of the Butch Potts Boating Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Award

NASBLA Announces 2024 Regional Winners of the Butch Potts Boating Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Award LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 12, 2024) – The National Association of State Boating Law Administrators ...

2024 Western Region Educator of the Year Award Winner Announced

2024 Western Region Educator of the Year Award Winner Announced Scott Murdoch, a dedicated wildlife officer with Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), has been named the NASBLA Western Region Educator ...

Deputy Adam Peterson Named the 2024 NASBLA Western Region Officer of the Year

Deputy Adam Peterson Named the 2024 NASBLA Western Region Officer of the Year Deputy Adam Peterson, of the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office , has been named the NASBLA Western Region Officer ...

Marcus Bowling Named the 2024 NASBLA Southern Region Educator of the Year

Marcus Bowling named the 2024 NASBLA Southern Region Educator of the Year Marcus Bowling, of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, has been named the 2024 NASBLA Southern Region ...

2024 NASBLA Southern Region Officer of the Year Awarded to Tennessee's Montana Michelson

2024 NASBLA Southern Region Officer of the Year Awarded to Tennessee's Montana Michelson Officer Montana Michelson, a dedicated member of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) , has ...

NASBLA Announces the 2024 Northern Region Educator of the Year

NASBLA Announces the 2024 Northern Region Educator of the Year Christopher Calhoun, of the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission, has been named the 2024 NASBLA Northern Region Educator of ...

NASBLA Names the 2024 Northern Region Officer of the Year

NASBLA Names the 2024 Northern Region Officer of the Year Conservation Officer James Fogarty, of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) – Law Enforcement Division , has been named ...

NASBLA BOAT Program Recognizes Charlie Mallow as the 2023 Instructor of the Year

NASBLA BOAT Program Recognizes Charlie Mallow as the 2023 Instructor of the Year The National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) is proud to announce the 2023 BOAT ...

North Dakota Game Warden Jerad Bluem Earns Certified Recreational Boating Professional Certification

North Dakota Game Warden Jerad Bluem Earns Certified Recreational Boating Professional (CRBP) Certification On March 30, 2024, District Game Warden Jerad Bluem of the North Dakota Game and ...

Vermont names new Boating Law Administrator

Vermont names new Boating Law Administrator The National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) is excited to welcome Al Johnson, the new Boating Law Administrator (BLA) ...

New York names new Boating Law Administrator

New York names new Boating Law Administrator The National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) would like to welcome Alexi Howland, the new Boating Law Administrator ...

NASBLA Hosts Dual Events: 2024 State RBS Workshop and Inaugural Education Seminar

NASBLA Hosts Dual Events: 2024 State RBS Workshop and Inaugural Education Seminar State agency representatives, including boating law administrators, education coordinators, and enforcement coordinators, ...

NASBLA Renames Lifetime Achievement Award in Honor of John M. Johnson

NASBLA Renames Lifetime Achievement Award in Honor of John M. Johnson During the 2024 State Recreational Boating Safety (RBS) Workshop in Lexington, Kentucky, on March 12-13, the National ...

Mike DiMeo Achieves Certified Recreational Boating Professional (CRBP) Certification

Mike DiMeo Achieves Certified Recreational Boating Professional (CRBP) Certification On March 4, 2024, Officer Michael DiMeo (Harbormaster) of the Marshfield Police Department in Massachusetts ...

Phoebe Wallace Awarded Certified Recreational Boating Professional (CRBP) Certification

Phoebe Wallace Awarded Certified Recreational Boating Professional (CRBP) Certification On February 22, 2024, Phoebe Wallace of the Idaho Department of Parks & Recreation passed the Certified ...

NASBLA Kicks Off 2024 Spring Events

NASBLA Kicks Off 2024 Spring Events The National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) is hosting the 2024 State Recreational Boating Safety (RBS) Workshop and the ...

Yvonne Pentz Attains Certified Recreational Boating Professional (CRBP) Certification

Yvonne Pentz Attains Certified Recreational Boating Professional (CRBP) Certification On February 5, 2024, Yvonne Pentz of the National Safe Boating Council passed the Certified Recreational Boating ...

NASBLA Signs Memorandum of Understanding with the International Association of Marine Investigators

NASBLA Signs Memorandum of Understanding with the International Association of Marine Investigators The National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) and the International ...