The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife conducted a lengthy investigation to determine who some of the primary responsible parties were in an ORV trespass incident that ruined a meadow and affected an irrigation district near Wenatchee, WA.

Felony charges were filed against six different people and one, who pleaded guilty was sentenced to 22 months in prison for the damage he caused to the area.

One of the wildlife officers won a state award for the investigation, and according to an article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer [1], the officer hopes their aggressive enforcement will deter other similar crimes, though he acknowledged that it is impossible to patrol everything.