Most outdoors people are frustrated when they observe violations of hunting and fishing rules. They know that a few bad actors can spoil things for everyone else. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has a program that has proven very successful in curbing the number of hunting and fishing violations and gives the general public a chance to help out. The program is call Crime Observation and Report Training (CORT), and there is a class coming up in Okanogan on August 7th. The training session, which begins at 7 p.m. at the Okanogan PUD, will instruct people on the proper way to observe and report game and fish violations without confrontation. The “Eyes in the Woods” course is taught by Ron Poppe, Training Coordinator for Region 2, and all the courses that have been conducted in Wenatchee and Moses Lake have been very well attended and the results are very positive. Those who have completed the training are able to really make a difference and have become a part of the solution to the on-going problem of game and fish violations and poaching. Don’t forget, the meeting is on August 7th at the Okanogan PUD beginning at 7 p.m.