North Woods Law

Turkey season in the spring keeps the wardens on the lookout for poachers; a porcupine is returned to its natural habitat; a suspicious kennel is investigated and found to contain illegal timber wolf hybrids

A look at 24 hours of work by Maine wardens includes patrolling for smelt poachers at night; tagging bears with radio collars; and searching for a home invader with a K9 team.

A Jet Ski hit-and-run accident sends the wardens on a search for a suspect with an arrest warrant; a man arrives in Maine after the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013 and leaves a suicide note.

A child on an ATV is trapped by a flash flood; and a teen flips his four-wheeler and must go to the hospital. Meanwhile, the wardens face their New Hampshire counterparts in an endurance competition; and two women who are wanted by the law are found during an investigation of suspicious activity.

The summer vacation season increases the chances for mayhem, including an altercation in the woods that may have resulted from a drug deal gone bad; and a search for a missing person after a campsite is mysteriously abandoned. Meanwhile, a warden has encounters with a piping plover; a snake that bit a man; and a wild turkey that attacked a pit bull.

The annual Moose Lottery Festival to win a hunting permit for the fall attracts wardens in civilian clothes. Meanwhile, a warden goes undercover to infiltrate a marijuana-growing operation; a farmer claims a mountain lion is stalking his livestock; and a man with dementia wanders off into the woods, prompting a desperate all-night search.