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Article: Beat cop; The sight of a female conservation officer checking anglers, hunters or snowmobilers isn't unusual these days - but neither is it commonplace.(SPORTS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- February 16, 2003
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Byline: Doug Smith; Staff Writer
Nikki Shoutz always wanted to be a game warden.
She grew up hunting, fishing, trapping and snowmobiling in the woods and on the lakes of north-central Minnesota. "I just really liked being outside," she said the other day.
But a high school advisor threw cold water on her aspirations back in 1975.
"He said I would never be a game warden," she said. "There were no female wardens then, and he said they'll never be any. He encouraged me to be a teacher or a nurse."
She nearly followed his advice and became a teacher. But her passion for the outdoors tugged at her and after more than 20 years of ...