Melvin "Bucky" Garrison Memorial Dedication Program.

0n Friday, June 24, 2005 the Oklahoma Game Warden Association and the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation paid tribute to fallen Warden Melvin "Bucky" Garrison. Through the collective efforts of the OSGWA and ODWC as well as a donation from the Fort Gibson Lake Association and many others a monument was created in Bucky's honor. The memorial is located at the Fort Gibson Lake Association office at the intersection of US 69 and SH 51 in Wagoner, Oklahoma. The memorial reads:"We enjoy the bountiful wildlife and rich natural resources in Oklahoma because of the many officers who have dedicated their lives to wildlife law enforcement. Ranger Buck Garrison gave his life, the ultimate sacrifice, while attempting to arrest a ring of illegal commercial fish poachers in the Hoffman Bottom area of Lake Eufaula. May we never forget our loss and the words written on his tombstone: 'Buck loved God, He loved his creation. Thus, he chose a Game Ranger's life as his vocation."'