Students in the university’s Conservation Law Enforcement program investigate several mock crime scenes to learn how to investigate environmental crimes. That is one of several scenarios students take on when they enroll in NMU’s wildlife conservation law and policing program. Jeremy Sergey, a conservation officer who teaches the class called Conservation Law Enforcement, said his goal is to immerse students in the lifestyle of conservation officers. Since Sergey began teaching in fall 2023, two students have gone on to graduate from the DNR’s 23-week conservation officer training academy. A conservation law enforcement student pulls a hunter out from his blind as part of a class scenario.