| Wildlife Conservation Officer David Grove...End of Watch 11.11.2010 |
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| Officer David Grove |
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Pennsylvania Game Commission Wildlife Conservation Officer (WCO) David L. Grove was shot and killed in the line of duty while on patrol around 10:30 p.m., on Nov. 11, along Shrivers Road in Freedom Township, Adams County. Grove, age 31, of Fairfield, Adams County, was investigating reports of ongoing night-time shooting and possible poaching activity in the area.
A graduate of the 27th Class of the Game Commission’s Ross Leffler School of Conservation, Grove was commissioned a full-time Wildlife Conservation Officer on March 8, 2008, and assigned to the southern district of Adams County. Before being appointed a WCO Cadet, Grove had served as a Deputy WCO in Franklin County, from 2001 until 2007. Grove also worked at the Penn State University Deer Research Facility in University Park, Centre County, from 2003 until 2004.
Grove graduated, in 1997, from Grace Academy in Hagerstown, Maryland, and he attended Appalachian Bible College, in Bradley, West Virginia, from 1997 until 1999. In 2004, Grove earned a bachelor’s degree in wildlife and fisheries science from Penn State University.
To make a tax-deductible contribution, to the Dave Grove Scholarship Fund, make your check payable to the
COPA-WCO David L. Grove Scholarship Fund, and mail it to WCO David L.
Grove Scholarship Fund, Conservation Officers of Pennsylvania
Association, 100 Nature Way, Milroy, PA 17063. An inaugural and hopefully annual run has been set for 4-7-2012. Please see this brochure for more information.
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