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Terry Grosz (June 22, 1941February 5, 2019) was an American game warden. He rose in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to oversee a district in the Mountain states and Midwestern United States before retiring in 1998. After his retirement he published several books that included stories from his career.
In 1974 he received a promotion to senior resident agent in North and South Dakota, supervising agents and laws of the service. In 1989 the Feather River Bulletin reported that Grosz considered that role his "most satisfying". While there, he oversaw a reduction of annual violations from 800 to 150. Two years later Grosz reached the position of senior special agent, working in Washington, D.C., with endangered species and as a liaison to foreign powers for three years, until 1979. In that capacity he traveled around the world, including to the United Kingdom and Southeast Asia.
From 1979 to 1981 Grosz worked in Minneapolis as the assistant special agent in charge, before he was transferred to serve as the special agent in charge of Region 6. Region 6 was centered in Denver and spanned across eight states. In 1988 Grosz visited Alberta as part of an effort to emphasize the need for preservation efforts in the region. In 1989 he organized anti-poaching raids in Colorado's San Luis Valley where 275 officials arrested numerous locals. The raids were accused of using excessive force and entrapment, which the officers denied. Grosz retired from the role in 1998. He wrote over 10,000 citations in his career.
Recognition included a recipient of the Guy Bradley Award in 1989, an honorary degree in Environmental stewardship from Unity College in 2002, and several other achievement awards.
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