Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division (OSP F&W )has named Mihnea Moga as Prosecutor of the Year for 2023. The Oregon Hunters Association provided a framed wildlife print during a ceremony at the Oregon District Attorney Association Summer Conference in Seaside earlier this month.
Moga, former Deputy District Attorney (DDA) for Columbia County, graduated from Willamette University College of Law and has a long-standing dedication to Oregon’s natural resources. Moga included classes on wildlife conservation in his studies and learned everything he could about how to follow unconventional evidence to prosecute poaching cases.
“I appreciate and would do anything to preserve Oregon’s natural resources,” Moga said, “Seeing people who don’t follow the law infuriates me. With all the people who go through the process and get the permits to do it, why should those that don’t follow those regulations not be punished for it? Ethical hunters are enraged when they find people who break laws.”