What is the most accurate description of the typical work schedule for Maine Game Wardens regarding public resource use peaks?

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Wardens schedule their work around when people are using public resources. In Maine, outdoor recreation and resource use peak during weekends, holidays, and specific hunting and fishing seasons, as well as when daylight hours encourage activity. To keep people safe and enforce laws where violations are most likely, wardens are on duty more during those high-usage times, which means irregular hours, longer shifts, and coverage that includes evenings and weekends. This makes the description of high peak times the best fit. A standard 9-5 routine year-round doesn’t reflect how enforcement follows user activity, and “only weekdays” or “always posted to urban areas” miss the flexible, broad coverage of rural lands and waters that wardens must provide.