BATON ROUGE, La – Today, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Secretary Madison Sheahan held an Enforcement Division statewide meeting at LDWF Headquarters in Baton Rouge where she announced Stephen Clark, as the Superintendent of Wildlife and Fisheries Law Enforcement.
“I want to congratulate the new Superintendent of Wildlife and Fisheries Law Enforcement, Stephen Clark. I have full confidence in his leadership, and I am looking forward to the work he will accomplish at LDWF alongside Secretary Sheahan,” said Governor Jeff Landry.
“I want to thank Governor Jeff Landry for allowing me to put one of my most trusted advisors as the leader of the Enforcement Division. Superintendent Stephen Clark’s extensive career and expertise in conservation law has given him the skills and knowledge to lead our 234 agents as they serve the sportsmen of Louisiana,” said LDWF Secretary Madison Sheahan.
As Superintendent of Wildlife and Fisheries Law Enforcement, Clark will be responsible for the LDWF Law Enforcement Division comprised of enforcement agents and employees. He will serve as the statewide chief administrator and a member of the Department’s executive team directing all the enforcement programs associated with operational and technical functions of the Department’s mission and cooperative state/federal natural resource enforcement.
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Background
Superintendent of Wildlife and Fisheries Law Enforcement, Stephen Clark
Superintendent Stephen Clark started his law enforcement career as a “Game Warden” with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in 1994. For the past five months, Clark served as an advisor to Secretary Sheahan on the executive staff as Deputy Secretary/Assistant Secretary of Wildlife. Superintendent Clark has also served in multiple positions for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service including Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Resident Agent in Charge, and Special Agent. He has over 29 years of natural resource conservation experience. In addition to his duties as a Special Agent, he was an airplane pilot for the government where he was assigned to pilot different U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service airplanes on law enforcement operations across the country. Superintendent Clark served as a Special Agent in Charge with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement. In this position, he was responsible for all U.S. Fish and Wildlife law enforcement operations for the southeastern United States. Superintendent Clark graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University in 1993 with a bachelor’s degree in economics and a minor in management. While attending college, he enlisted in the Louisiana Army National Guard where he served for 6 years. As a veteran who served in Operation Desert Storm, he was awarded the Army Service Ribbon, Army Lapel Button, the National Defense Service Medal, the Louisiana War Cross, and the Humanitarian Service Medal.
LDWF Superintendant Clark addresses the LDWF Enforcement Division agents.
LDWF Secretary Madison Sheahan announces Superintendant Stephen Clark to the LDWF Enforcement Division agents.
