Hey, it's Jason Moon.

For the past year, I've been working with my colleagues at Outside In.

That's another great podcast from NHPR, all about curiosity and the natural world.

It started last fall when the host of Outside In, Nate Hedgy, told me about a story he'd stumbled on to,

about something called Operation Nightcat.

I was hooked.

We're dropping the first episode of Operation Nightcat right here

so you can check it out.

All right, here's Nate.

What's the name of the creek?

This is Merameeton River.

Merameet and River, okay.

Yeah, so we'll go up here.

Ron Arsenault is on patrol.

He's a conservation officer with New Hampshire's Fish and Game Department.

We were walking along this little river looking for folks breaking the law.

This is all general fishing, so this is open for anything.

And this goes all the way up to merrimating.

It's a cold, windy spring morning.

Not too great for fishing, and there's no one really on the water.

Ron is bundled up in a green fishing game jacket.

Black boots, same uniform he wears every day.

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