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Game warden adapts job duties as seasons change on Lake Lanier

Shane Brown, a game warden with the Georgia Department of Natural Resource’s law enforcement division, checks fishing licenses Monday around Lake Lanier. (Ben Hendren, for Forsyth County News).

06102018 WARDEN 01.jpg — Shane Brown, a game warden with the Georgia Department of Natural Resource’s law enforcement division, checks fishing licenses Monday around Lake Lanier. (Ben Hendren, for Forsyth County News).

The bucket seemed odd. Shane Brown noticed it as he pulled his state-issued Ford F-150 truck up to a closed dirt road at Dawson Forest Park. It was 1:45 p.m., with a clear sky and a soft heat alleviated by the breeze coming off Lake Lanier.